Meze Audio Elite Tungsten
Our Price:£3,749.00
What HFL Thinks
Meze Audio Elite Tungsten – For the past 10 years, Meze Audio has been developing audiophile headphones and earphones renowned for their timeless design, pure comfort and engaging, vivid sound. From looks to technology, Meze Audio products are designed to surpass all short-living trends and become heirlooms, rather than just headphones. We have a selection of Meze Headphones on demo so please feel free to come in to the HFL and get lost in the multi-sensory world Meze Audio provides.
An Elite History
Originally released in Autumn of 2021, Meze’s hugely successful flagship – the ELITE headphone – is an open-back circumaural headphone powered by isodynamic hybrid array drivers built by long-time Meze collaborators RINARO.
Asides from their formidable driver array, ELITE includes a number of additional technical innovations designed to assist performance and, crucially, comfort during longer listening periods. The ELITE carbon fibre headband is twinned with unique pressure distribution wings (also found on Empyrean models) for ultimate support, while ELITE’s revolutionary iso-magnetic ear pads feature an anthropometric ear cup shape for a groundbreaking sense of audio isolation.
ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO RINARO PARUS® DIAPHRAGM EASY TO DRIVE PATENTED ISODYNAMIC HYBRID ARRAY TECHNOLOGY The new driver behind ELITE features Rinaro Parus®, an innovative low mass acoustic diaphragm built on an ultra-thin biaxially oriented semi-crystalline polymer film. This, combined with the signature Isodynamic Hybrid Array Driver technology, allows sound waves to be targeted with more accuracy around the shape of the ear, producing natural sound transparency and a wide, articulate soundstage. This results in improved definition and speed over the entire frequency range. The use of different voice coil configurations found in the Isodynamic Hybrid Array creates the opportunity to improve the sound intensity distribution at high frequencies when directed at the auricle and ear canal. This solves a common problem with conventional planar magnetic arrays whereby reflected signals enter the ear canal with different time delays, thereby worsening the focus of 3D sound imaging. The use of dual coil arrays not only creates a balanced frequency response around the whole range, it also allows for better frequency targeting within different areas of the ear, improving acoustical perception on the upper frequency range. SWITCHBACK COIL SPIRAL COIL 95% Magnetic field shielding Invisible locking system 12% Increase in driver power 01. ANGLED ALCANTARA® EARPADS These earpads are designed to enhance the acoustic personality of your Elite, revealing new, exciting sound nuances. The angled shape creates more space inside the earpad, which translates to an airier sound signature, with cleaner bass and improved presence in the mid-range frequency. Made of soft foam coated with Alcantara, with a fine protective mesh on the grill, the angled earpads provide increased wearing comfort for most ear shapes
Total harmonic distortion (THD) measures under 0.05% in the whole frequency range.LIGHTWEIGHT
75g combined driver weight designed to create a headphone that offers prolonged listening sessions.
Upper frequency limit of audio reproduction is 112,000 Hz.
An innovative low mass acoustic diaphragm constructed on an ultrathin biaxially oriented semi-crystalline film.
101db@1mw/1kHz; 32Ohm; can be driven by almost any source without the need for amplification.
One of the most sophisticated and advanced planar magnetic technologies in the world.
The switchback coil is more efficient at reproducing lower frequencies and is positioned in the upper part of the driver.
The spiral coil is more efficient at reproducing middle-high frequencies and is positioned directly over the ear canal, enabling more direct sound waves to enter the ear without any time delays. At frequencies above 10kHz, where sound wave length is smaller than the cushions’ inner cavity, the sound field becomes diffused with an amount of direct and reflected sound waves within the ear canal. A significant increase of direct sound waves can be achieved by positioning the most efficient part of the diaphragm in mid-high frequencies directly over the ear canal, resulting in improved 3D imaging and spatial localization.
Ferromagnetic earpads decrease the magnetic stray field affecting the listeners head by 95%
Innovative use of the magnetic field of the drivers to keep the earpads in place
Patented ferromagnetic plates channel the magnetic field back into the driver increasing output by 1db or 12%
• Two sets of earpads included: one Angled Alcantara®,
one Hybrid (Perforated Alcantara® Interior + Real Leather Exterior)
• Cable options:
– mini XLR to 3.5mm jack OFC standard cable, 1.2m
or
– mini XLR to 6.3mm jack OFC standard cable, 2.5m
or
– mini XLR to 4 pin XLR connector standard cable, 2.5m
• Warranty period: 2 years
Technical Specification
OVERVIEW
- Driver Type
- Rinaro Isodynamic Hybrid Array®
- Operating Principle
- Open
- Ear Coupling
- Circumaural
- Frequency Response
- 3-112,000 Hz
- Impedance
- 32 Ω
- Nominal SPL
- 101 dB (1 mW / 1 kHz)
- Maximum SPL
- > 130 dB
- Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
- <0.05%
- Weight
- 420 g
MZ3SE DRIVER SPECIFICATIONS
- Geometrical Shape
- Ovoid
- Size
- 102 mm x 73 mm
- Driver Weight
- 75 g
- Casing
- Fibreglass reinforced polymer
- Diaphragm Type
- Rinaro Parus® [MZ3SE]
- Active Area
- 4650 mm2
- Diaphragm Weight
- 0.11 g
- Acoustic Mass
- 7.5 kg/m4
- Lower Frequency Limit
- 3 Hz
- Upper-Frequency Limit
- 112,000 Hz