The Neo 99 is a great headphone, and value-wise, I think it is definitely worth considering if you were looking at the Classics but didn't quite have the funds. Not content with award-winning sound and style, the 99 Classics come with a class-leading range of accessories. If for some reason you’re hearing audible distortion, noise, or other artifacts: you may want to look into a DAC or soundcard.

I usually don’t comment but this article has the most flashy disturbing horrendous ads I’ve ever seen around the web. After another week with the Meze 99 Classics, we’re ready to share how this headset holds up in the modern age.Meze Audio's aim is to change the perception of headphones as technical devices or as cheap plastic accessories and create a mature product to fall in love with. There’s no app, there’s no advanced virtualization or surround features, and there are no features dependent on data collection.

I’m all for getting your name known but the Classics have been hawked around more often than those sunglasses Ads you see on Facebook. With the ov21, bass will sound more pronounced than it appears in the chart above due to a steep under-emphasis in the mids. Headband bracket made of metal; very unpleasantly microphonic and ringing when touched, which is a big factor of annoyance.

As was the brass section, actually which displayed a welcome texture, that essential vibration that shows that a human being is blowing a trumpet and not a wind machine. Still, there is lots of depth and clarity, and that overtone of warmth really makes them great for rock and acoustic listening.