Meze 99 Classics Wired Wooden Closed Back Over Ear Headphones with Microphone (Walnut/Black)

Extremely comfortable headphones that account for the actual shape of the human head (which I wish I didn't have to consider such high praise but... it's unfortunately a very rare thing these days). The audio quality is so wonderful that these literally brought tears to my girlfriend's eyes when she was listening to some of her favorite songs. Given that "audiophile grade" headphones can easily be ten times the cost of these, you really can't beat the value Meze has on offer here, nor are you going to beat the quality of the materials or workmanship. These walnut ear cups are so smooth, they almost don't feel real (they are, just to be clear), and the cushions are so comfortable and soft that, combined with the light weight and gentle headband, you can absolutely forget that you're wearing them.The only downside, and please note that this didn't keep me from rating these with 5 stars, is that the cord transmits a LOT of motion noise (such as dragging against your shirt) up to the ear cups). So adjust your use case expectations accordingly. For me, these are "sit and appreciate" headphones which also see a fair bit of use when I'm at my desk. They're NOT "casually putting around the house" headphones because the noise of the cord moving pulls me out of my music.If you've never used audiophile grade headphones before and your expectation is that "more bass means more better" then you're going to be shocked to learn these don't boost the bass in any form. These provide a very balanced sound a lot more akin to the studio monitors the audio engineer who mastered your songs were listening in through -- and what that means for you, in practice, is that if you sit, listen, and appreciate your favorite songs, you're very likely going to pick up on details you've NEVER heard before. These are truly remarkable and well worth the investment.

Sound great. Looks great. Super comfortable.

They are VERY comfortable and eye-strikingly beautiful, but they failed my expectations on how they sound. I first ran them through my iPhone, then my Onkyo TX-NR6100 receiver, and lastly my ifi Zen DAC 3. On each device, they sounded flat and had little to no bass. Playing the Portals track and scene from Avengers: Endgame was not anywhere close to immersive I bought them to replace my broken Sony MDR-1AM2 headphones, which I love. I chose the Meze Classics because of its construction and awards it received. My experience with it’s sound was far from good. For a company that sells $3000 headphones, I expected a much better performance and listening experience with its entry level offering.

Great headphones if you can afford them. I prefer wired headphones as I listen to High Resolution recording. Bluetooth won’t cut it for me. They are comfortable although being closed back you may experience sweating in warmer environments. I have these for in home use. Currently use connected to my home stereo unit equipped with a separate headphone amplifier. If connected to phone or iPad with I use a DAC amp. Nice design, lightweight, comfortable and above all great resolution of music detail with good soundstage. Lows, mids, and highs all reproduced with warm to neutral resolution. The next step after these would be audiophile quality costing $500 or more. Would buy again.

If A=Amazing, then these phones are 4x(A).Amped and DAC'ed up with the ifi con signature MC99 and the hiby R4. You could spend &1000's more on highend gear and I really don't think it could get better than this.