99 CLASSICS

I also remember meeting Antonio Meze at CES many years ago and thinking that he was a genius for walking around the show and giving attendees the opportunity to listen to the Meze 99 Classics that quickly became the talk of the Head-Fi community.

The Meze 99 Classic is perfect for people who want a pair of headphones that can easily last them a lifetime and even be passed down while still looking fabulous.

The Meze 99 Classics are wonderfully fast and dynamic in no small part due to the accuracy of their proprietary 40mm drivers. The title track to AC/DC’s The Razors Edge is propelled along with formidable force, guitar riff scything all before it, while Johnson’s delivery presented with exactly the right blend of grit and clarity.

The Meze 99 Classics headphones are a classic that blends excellent workmanship with exceptional audio performance. These headphones radiate elegance with their real wood ear cups and stylish metal accents. The 99 Classics produce rich, clear audio with deep bass and precise imaging.

The Meze 99 Classic is a really easy to drive be it a reasonable smartphone, DAP or efficient portable amp, the choice is yours. This is also one of those few headphones that I can have no complaints about with regard to smartphone amping performance ...

These headphones stand out not only for their exquisite sound but also for their stunning design. Featuring real wood ear cups and a self-adjusting headband, these headphones offer both style and substance. They deliver a warm, rich sound that is particularly well-suited for genres like jazz and classical music.

The 99 Classics, however, are much more affordable in comparison, and have a walnut wood ear cup that gives them a sophisticated, almost antique-like quality.

For the price and beyond, the Meze 99 Classics are wonderful headphones that perform as well as much more expensive headphones.

Using the Meze 99 Classics is simple. With the exception of the removable cables, pretty much all of your interactions with the headphones will be some variation of: place on head, hit play.

For a sub-£300 pair of headphones to evoke such an emotional response is impressive. And that’s my point: the Meze ‘phones are for those who demand an emotional experience when listening to music.

The dwindling number of wired over-ears compared to a decade ago means there aren't many models around today that we’d recommend at this price point. But the 99 Classics are one of them.

I would imagine that for the vast majority of us music is comfort food. Perhaps not so much for those for whom music serves first and foremost as a professional calling, wherein a different set of instruments—tools—are needed to perform their work.

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Initial impressions - they look as wonderful in the walnut and silver finish as I had hoped. I had rejected the gold as being a little gaudy for me. They do also have a special edition maple and silver that looks beautiful, but alas, these are both more expensive (an extra $20/€20) and a little harder to find lightly used.

Meze 99 Classics have a pneumatic, even-handed, ear-neutral sound. Highs are crisp and shimmery; their even, laterally wide sound pressure and energy are probably the biggest reason people suggest the 99 Classics have a large sound stage.

It’s easy to be distracted by the Meze 99 Classics’ good looks, but they’re also great-sounding headphones.

I've literally worn this pair of headphones all morning for 4 hours straight and counting and I'm not experiencing any listening fatigue whatsoever.

The sound is excellent, and you’ll find yourself falling down a rabbit hole of music just to see how it sounds with the 99 classics.

Unboxing experience is exceptional. They came double boxed for extra protection, the 99 Classics inner box looks really stylish I must add, even a frequency response chart and the full-specs are printed on it.

Here the soundstage superiority found with the Meze 99 Classics steals the show, capturing his percussion on "I'm an Old Cowhand," making me remove the headphone to see who was delivering "more" cowbell behind me.