Meze Audio LIRIC

Meze packs multi-dimensional sound and a deluxe multi-sensory experience into the closed-back LIRIC headphones. Meze Audio has a knack for making all their product releases feel special — but the LIRIC headphones mark a new step for the company: these are the first closed-back headphones to include their acclaimed hybrid planar magnetic drivers. Meze connected once again with Rinaro, a Ukrainian research team and frequent collaborator, to retool the special drivers and optimize the size, tuning, and airflow. It's all to preserve the three-dimensional, textured sound of their open-back Empyrean and Elite headphones, but in a more intimate closed-back design. I've spent a few days with them and they are among the more airy, open-sounding closed-back headphones I've heard. Closed-back headphones make more sense than open-backs in many listening environments because your music won't spill out and distract other people within earshot. Meze knows this and has included some flexible connection options. There are ...