Empyrean II

Owns the Elites and Empyrean II; loves the Empyrean II's tuning, but would keep the Elites if choosing one.

Notices the weird bass bump on the Empyrean 2 but it doesn't bother them with their genres.

Owns the Empyrean II and finds it much better than the $500–$1000 headphones they've owned in sound, build and comfort.

Currently has the Empyrean 2 and loves them; hard to imagine a better headphone for their preferences.

Paired their Empyrean IIs with a solid-state Geshelli Erish2, which makes them sound super romantic and smooth.

Calls the Empyrean II their favourite headphone of all time.

Landed on the Empyrean II after the Ananda Nano and Arya Organic, which feels like home; pairs it with a JDS Labs Element IV.

Calls the Empyrean II a very comfortable, warm, smooth headphone with good resolution and soundstage, warmer than the LCD-X.

Uses the Empyrean II now: fantastic tuning needing no EQ, though voices don't pop as much as on the LCD-X.

Opening their Empyrean II was like Christmas morning; it is their favourite set of headphones.

Among many headphones, the Empyrean 2 with hybrid pads ended their search: no EQ needed, detailed yet fun.

Finally bought their dream headphones, the Empyrean II, and built a stand worthy of how they look.

The Empyrean II is the best headphone they've heard in a year of the hobby: balanced bass and treble, vocal presence, spacious.

Bought the Empyrean 2 in Japan for about $2,430 as their fun headphone alongside a DCA Noire X.

Calls the Empyrean II possibly the last headphone they'll buy; surprisingly comfortable and easy to run.

The Empyrean II on an iFi hip-dac 3 and iPhone sounds incredible and lifts their mood.

Bought an Empyrean 2 and loves it, even run from a phone with adapters, wondering whether a better DAC/amp is worthwhile.

Loves the look of copper grills on their Empyrean II and modded the foam behind the drivers.

Bought the Empyrean 2: great for general listening but lacks bass for electronic, so they go back to the HD 800S.

Owns the Empyrean 2, calls it totally worth it after 15 years in the hobby, and prefers headphones' intimacy.

Has had the Empyrean 2 a week: their new favourite open-back, noticeably better in detail than their other open backs.

Owned the Empyrean II for about two years (January 2024 to December 2025) as a jack-of-all-trades headphone and wrote a long review.

Bought the Empyrean II coming from the LCD-X and Noire X; finds it proportionally better for its price.

Chose the Empyrean II over the Abyss Diana MR after coveting it for years and wrote a review.

Owns the Empyrean 2 alongside the HE1000se and HD800S.

Received the Empyrean II after the Liric II: much wider soundstage, less shrill and more comfortable.

Chose the Empyrean II because it is relaxed and comfortable, unlike their other headphones.

Keeps both the Liric 2 and Empyrean 2; likes the Empyrean 2 with angled Alcantara pads.

Moved from the HiFiMan Edition XS to the Empyrean II and wrote a thread on using it with angled Alcantara pads.

Owns both the LCD-2c and the Empyrean II and enjoys them equally.

Runs the Empyrean 2 on a Naim Uniti Atom: warmer and more laid-back than the HE1000, tamed highs, hefty lows and mids, still quite resolving.

Upgraded from the Beyerdynamic T90 to the Empyrean II after a showroom demo and instantly fell in love; tuned it on a Mojo 2.

Pairs their Empyrean II with a JDS Labs Element IV and enjoys the pairing, using its PEQ.

Says the Empyrean 2 has some of the best bass they've heard, perhaps a bit boomy for some, versus the DCA E3.

The Empyrean II is by far the best headphone they own and their daily driver: excels in nearly every area and is comfortable.

Their daily drivers are now the Empyrean II with a Focal Clear MG as backup, driven by an iFi Gryphon.

Sold their Arya Organic to try the Empyrean 2 but isn't that amazed and preferred the Organic over their former Elite and Empyrean 1.

Calls their Empyrean 2 the most comfortable headphones they've worn.

Sold their Focal Stellias for the Empyrean II, which they find much better: emotional and amazing.

Ranks the Empyrean II top for stock tuning among their headphones, above the LCD-3 and HD800S.

The Meze Empyrean II is their perfect headphone: most comfortable, best built and favourite sounding.

After TOTL headphones left them disappointed, the Meze Empyrean II is one of their endgames.

Their Empyrean II lacked bass and they almost sold it after a year, but EQ with an Oratory1990 preset fixed it and they kept it.

Had the Empyrean II before the Mod House Tungsten and finds it a bit wider and more spacious, and much easier to drive.

Compared the Empyrean II with the Austrian Audio Composer: fuller and warmer with slightly rounded details, great for metal and rap, warm midbass that can crowd dense passages, and peaks they EQ out; very flexible with EQ and the deeper pads keep their ears off the driver.

Has owned the Empyrean II for 18 months and finds its soundstage narrower and less airy than their AD900X, HD 800 or Arya Stealth.

Found the Empyrean II's bass far better than its graph suggested, articulate across genres without EQ; only EQed down peaks at 6k and 12k that made T and S sounds etched.

“But I did jack all for bass at the end - I have a polite 0.2dB peak at 40hz and that's it. And yet they deliver some incredibly articulate bass for just about every genre out there.”

Would keep the Empyrean II: the most comfortable headphones they own, lush yet detailed and non-fatiguing.

An audio engineer whose Empyrean II, EQed to a subtle V, is all they use for mixing; would keep it over everything else.