Meze Audio Arta Headphones

Meze's new reference flagship, unveiled at the Vienna High End show in 2026 and engineered and hand-assembled at Meze's workshop in Baia Mare, Romania. It's built around the Rinaro-developed MZ5 HΩ High Impedance Isodynamic Hybrid Array driver, run at high voltage and low current for linearity and signal purity, with an angled acoustic blade grille designed to reduce internal reflections. The headphone is fully disassemblable, with replaceable pads and drivers, and sits above Elite Tungsten at the top of the range.

Needs real amplifier power to open up: plan on 500mW or more with a wide voltage swing rather than a modest desktop DAC/amp.

Specifications

• Driver: Rinaro MZ5 HΩ High Impedance Isodynamic Hybrid Array, open-back planar
• Impedance: 225 ohms
• Sensitivity: 98 dB/mW
• Frequency response: 3 Hz to 115 kHz
• Weight: 495g
• Included: two 2m silver-plated LC-OFC cables (6.3mm and 4-pin XLR), Slim Alcantara and Duo Angled ear pads, leather cable pouch, ABS hard case