Meze Audio was founded by Antonio Meze in 2011, built from his desire to create a headphone that he felt a connection with as strong as his connection with his Fender Stratocaster guitar. Antonio slowly built the company with the aim to change the perception of headphones from being technical devices or cheap plastic accessories to being a mature product that you could fall in love with.

The companies big breakthrough came in 2015 with the release of the 99 Classics. Today they continue to develop headphones and earphones in-house, from the ground up, and in the spirit of their 'no-compromise' vision, resulting in gorgeous creations like the Empyrean.