Arta Headphones

EXPERIENCED RATHER THAN EXPLAINED
Meze Audio has transformed cold metal into a living, sculptural object that feels like a work of art in motion. ARTA’s design transcends conventional headphone aesthetics, blending futuristic, bionic fluidity with refined Art Nouveau elegance. The materials tell the same story: precision metals, carbon fiber, and leather, each one premium, each one purposeful.

ARTA delivers a rich, speaker-like presentation with lifelike detail, offering the most immersive sonic experience Meze has ever created. The soundstage expands naturally beyond the confines of the ear, projecting music around you with the organic spaciousness of an acoustically treated listening room. Bass carries physical weight, and instruments occupy real positions within a vivid, three-dimensional stage. The result is not just something you hear, it is something you inhabit.

THE MZ5 HΩ DRIVER
This is the single highest-impedance planar magnetic headphone driver to date, delivering exceptional linearity, stability, and signal purity through a high-voltage, low-current operation.

A NEW DIMENSION OF REALISM
Expect a warm-neutral sound signature. The soundstage expands naturally, projecting music with the organic spaciousness of an acoustically treated listening room, where instruments occupy real positions within a vivid, three-dimensional stage.

ART IN MOTION
ARTA’s design transcends conventional headphone aesthetics, blending futuristic, bionic fluidity with refined Art Nouveau elegance. Meze transformed cold metal into a living, sculptural object that feels like a work of art in motion.

ACOUSTIC INNOVATION
Cleaner transients and a more open presentation are achieved through a grille composed of angled acoustic blades that minimize internal soundwave reflections.

ADJUST YOUR SOUND SEAMLESSLY
Experience the sound of ARTA in two distinct and refined flavors.

• Duo Angled Ear Pads:  Crafted from a complementary blend of perforated lambskin leather and Alcantara®, and precisely angled for a richer, more impactful presentation.
• Slim Alcantara Ear Pads:  Crafted from two types of Alcantara® with perforations on the inner chamber, designed for more neutrality, and a smoother, rounder upper region.

TWO HIGH-QUALITY CABLES INCLUDED
Two 2 m (6.6 ft) cables are included, each featuring silver-plated Linear Crystal Oxygen - Free Copper (LC-OFC) conductors arranged in a dual-strand configuration, with 161 individual conductors per strand. Insulated in SoftFlex PVC for enhanced comfort and flexibility, both cables incorporate CNC-anodized aluminum housings. One is terminated in a 6.3 mm single-ended jack, the other in a 4-pin XLR
balanced connector, covering both single-ended and balanced listening.

BUILT FOR GENERATIONS
Engineered and hand-assembled in Baia Mare, Romania, the ARTA has been designed to endure, providing full serviceability and timeless design - every component, from the earpads and headband to the drivers and earcups, can be fully disassembled, serviced, or replaced. Because an artistic headphone made to this standard should never become waste, but rather appreciate with the passing of time.

ACOUSTIC PHILOSOPHY
"ARTA came into existence from asking the same question over and over: what is there still between the listener and the music? Through our collaboration with Rinaro Isodynamics, we’ve arrived at something that doesn't quite sound like headphones anymore, but simply music occupying real space." - Alex Grigoras, Acoustic Engineer

A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT PLANAR MAGNETIC
This level of technical performance is made possible through the use of an advanced new High Impedance Isodynamic® Hybrid Array driver developed by Rinaro Isodynamics: the MZ5 HΩ. It is the single highest impedance planar magnetic headphone transducer to date, delivering exceptional linearity, stability, and signal purity. 

Rinaro Isodynamics has been at the forefront of planar magnetic technology for over 40 years. With a state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing facility in Ukraine, Rinaro developed the Isodynamic® Hybrid Array technology, featured in the Empyrean, Elite, LIRIC, POET, and ARTA headphones.

Unlike conventional planar magnetic designs, which operate in a low-voltage, high-current mode, the MZ5 HΩ’s high impedance design allows it to operate in a high-voltage, low-current mode. This translates into unprecedented electrical linearity across the audible spectrum. Moreover, less current means less heat and stress on the diaphragm, allowing ARTA to deliver ultra-low distortion and dynamic compression at any listening volume.

The planar magnetic trace is 2.5 times longer, with a cross-sectional surface area 2.8 times smaller, achieving a higher-density trace geometry that spreads electromagnetic drive more evenly across the membrane. This results in incredibly consistent on-axis and off-axis response without localised stress points, and the membrane moves as a unified whole, preserving transient integrity and keeping distortion vanishingly low even at demanding listening levels.

Synergy with sources – ARTA’s high-impedance design minimises sensitivity to amplifier output impedance variations, ensuring the headphone's own acoustic character remains consistent regardless of amplification. Whether driven by tube or solid-state amplifiers, the tuning you hear is the tuning Meze designed, not an artifact of the electrical interface. 

That said, these headphones are a pure window into your entire signal chain: the subtle warmth of a tube amplifier, the precision of a high-end solidstate design, all faithfully reflected. For the discerning listener, this is an invitation to explore, experiment, and make the sound truly their own.

ANGLED ACOUSTIC BLADES
ARTA’s open-back grille is composed of angled acoustic blades that help preserve the headphones’ sound quality while providing physical protection to the driver. 

The grille geometry is carefully designed to work in concert with the Rinaro MZ5 HΩ driver’s precision, ensuring that enclosure acoustics do not constrain the transducer’s performance.

Through their precision-engineered angled design, the blades diffuse rearwave energy and minimize internal reflections, supporting cleaner transients and a more natural, open presentation.

OVERVIEW

• Driver Type: Rinaro MZ5 HΩ - High Impedance Isodynamic® Hybrid Array
• Operating Principle:  Open-back
• Ear Coupling:  Circumaural
• Frequency Range: 3 Hz – 115 kHz
• Impedance: 225 Ω
• Sensitivity: 98 dB SPL/mW (at 1 kHz)
• Maximum SPL: >130 dB SPL
• Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): <0.05%
• Headphone Weight: 495 g or 17.46 oz (without cables)
• Input connector: Dual 4-pin mini-XLR

AMPLIFICATION

• Designed for desktop amplification, the ARTA headphones are optimized for high-voltage sources and perform best with capable desktop DAC/amp setups.
• Output power (225Ω): 
  • Minimum: 200 mW
  • Recommended:  500 mW+
• Voltage swing:
  • Minimum:  ±12V peak
  • Recommended:  ±15–18V peak
• Output impedance:
  • Minimum:  <22Ω
  • Recommended:  <5Ω
• Current output:
  • Minimum:  >75 mA
  • Recommended:  >150 mA

MZ5 HΩ DRIVER

• Geometrical Shape:  Ovoid
• Size:  102 mm x 73 mm
• Driver Weight:  84 g
• Casing:  Fiberglass reinforced polymer
• Diaphragm Type:  Rinaro Parus ARTA® [MZ5 HΩ]
• Active Area:  4,650 mm2
• Diaphragm Weight:  0.10 g
• Acoustic Mass:  4.7 kg/m4
• Lower Frequency Limit:  3 Hz
• Upper Frequency Limit:  115,000 Hz

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES

• Case: High-strength ABS plastic suitcase with foam inserts and leather handle
• Two sets of magnetic ear pads:
  • Duo Angled (lambskin/Alcantara®, richer presentation)
  • Slim Alcantara® (smoother, more neutral)
• Two cables in 2 m length (6.6 ft), silver-plated LC-OFC: one 6.3 mm single-ended and one 4-pin XLR balanced