What hit your eyes first is the quality protective case you have, it is made of hard material that take perfectly the shape of Meze headphone, with not extra space. Firstly, perhaps construction look more solid, but its an illusion as the SR325i heavy earcups can slide down for no reason with the time, as well, the cable will undoubtly break one day or another due to twisting earcups.

On poorly mastered or low bitrate songs, the 99 Neo does tend to sound a little muffled throughout its midrange, especially with genres such as hip-hop.SOUND quality is another time night and day, or let’s say, cold dry night with agressive neon street lamp and colourfull sunny day with fresh air from the Meze ocean. Bass also suffers from slight bloat and tubbiness, notes aren’t as taught as I would prefer though I’m sure many will enjoy the extra punchiness and fullness provided by the Neo’s bass response.

Even if the earcups are made of plastic, it isn’t a cheap looking one, it have a grainy texture and mate black color that is a pleasure to watch and touch, we will not get overly sensual here but yeah, this type of details even if superficial for sound rendering is very appreciate for headphones collector. Case in point—Massive Attacks’ Angel (MEZZANINE, ) plays now via this combo and it is as tight as new drum skins, as notes reach down to stygian depths and rumble! It’s designed to accommodate the headphones accurately and can withstand some shock when dropped on the floor.But must of all, its the comfort, i’m sure any head size will fit between these 2 cups, and even if you can’t sleep with them its as comfortable as having 2 pillows pressing gently but firmly your head. As the Meze Neo shares the DNA of the Classics, we guarantee that the Meze 99's are serviceable if any parts ever need to be replaced. Percussion have great texture and extend, but aren’t sharp or too bright, it feel natural and inviting.

Quality earpads, low weight, and a perfect headband combine to make one of the comfier headphones I have reviewed in the past few years. I also found the Neo to have quite a well-rounded soundstage, better rounded than the 99C due to their reduced width, resulting in impressive imaging performance. Meze has made quite the entrance into the audio field with a great reception to both their in-ear and over-ear headphone line-ups. Due to the advantages of closed-back headphone design, not much external sound gets in or out of them, and whilst not the most noise-isolating of headphones, they do a good enough job for use in the library or an office.

Essentially styling and build quality are excellent, and the changes can be seen in the materials for the earcups and the sound signature. However, the bass ensures that the finest blade is not unpacked in the separation, as it sometimes acts a bit growly. Bass of MEZE is warmer but have more body and a wider presence, lower region is more accentuated than the more punchy energic presentation of PRO82, wich feel faster than Meze but dryier too. So while bass is rather omnipresent due to the headphones accentuated tuning, notes don’t drone and remain articulate. So rather than veiled, I would argue that the midrange is simply full-bodied, making vocals sound a little thicker.