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Meze Audio ARTA, three-quarter view
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Meze Audio ARTA, lying on a desk in front of an amplifier
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Meze Audio ARTA, close up of the leather headband and carbon fiber band
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Meze Audio

Meze Audio ARTA

Price$6,000.00

Meze's 2026 flagship, an open-back planar built on a deliberately high impedance Rinaro driver that will not run off anything small.
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 planar magnetic
  • Driver Rinaro Isodynamic Hybrid Array MZ5 HΩ
  • Impedance 225 ohms
  • Sensitivity 98 dB SPL/mW at 1 kHz
  • Weight 495 g
  • Connection Dual 4-pin mini-XLR
  • Origin Baia Mare, Romania
Why it is here

The ARTA is the first Meze headphone that genuinely will not work with whatever you already own. Rinaro wound the driver at 225 ohms instead of the usual 32, so it wants voltage, and a dongle has none to give. If the amplifier you own is a portable, buy the Poet and put the difference into an amp.
How it is built

Rinaro High Impedance Isodynamic Hybrid Array MZ5 HΩ driver, 4,650 mm² active area, Parus composite diaphragm at 0.10 g, fibreglass reinforced polymer casing with a padded leather headband. Ships with two pad sets, Slim Alcantara and Duo Angled, and two 2 m silver-plated LC-OFC cables terminated 6.3 mm and 4-pin XLR.
What it is for

A settled desktop rig with a capable amplifier already behind it. Long evening listening, not commuting, and not a first serious headphone.
Meze Audio ARTA, three-quarter view
Meze Audio ARTA Price$6,000.00
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