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Meze Audio 109 PRO, three-quarter view
Meze Audio 109 PRO, side view of the walnut earcup
Meze Audio 109 PRO, front view
Meze Audio 109 PRO, resting against a stone block
Meze Audio 109 PRO, worn by a listener
Meze Audio 109 PRO, close up of the yoke and its copper lyre badge
Meze Audio 109 PRO, close up of the headband, embossed 109 PRO
Meze Audio 109 PRO, close up of the copper grille
Meze Audio 109 PRO, close up of the walnut earcup and copper yoke pivot
Meze Audio

Meze Audio 109 PRO

Price$799.00

Open-back dynamic in black walnut, zinc and manganese steel, undemanding enough to run off a laptop.
Ordered from the maker when you order, then shipped usually inside two weeks and always inside thirty days. Shipping
Thirty days from delivery to send it back. Returns
Specifications
  • Type Open-back dynamic
  • Driver 50 mm dynamic
  • Impedance 40 ohms
  • Sensitivity 112 dB SPL/mW at 1 kHz
  • Weight 375 g
  • Housing Black walnut, zinc, manganese steel
Why it is here

A dynamic-driver open-back that gets called beautiful before anyone mentions the sound. Nearly every part is user-replaceable.
Meze Audio 109 PRO, three-quarter view
Meze Audio 109 PRO Price$799.00
Before you buy
How I Listen, and What a Measurement Will Not Tell You

How I listen

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The buying guides

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