HarmonicDyne Zeus Elite Review
HarmonicDyne has been one of our favorite brands for over-ear headphones since the original Zeus we reviewed back in 2021. The company is back with its successor, the Zeus Elite, and it’s quite an improvement. With supreme comfort, grown-up style, and a detailed, spacious listening experience, these are great headphones for music and gaming alike.
We would like to thank Linsoul for providing the sample for this review.
The HarmonicDyne Zeus Elite is the successor to the original Zeus, a dynamic driver headphone release over two years ago. It was one of the best headphones we reviewed that year and many other listeners agreed. The Elite version takes everything that worked with the original and adds to it, making it, yet again, a fantastic addition to its price range.
Like the original, the Zeus Elite is a dynamic driver pair of headphones but utilizes two brand new drivers with upgraded designs. While the original used beryllium plated drivers, the Elite utilizes a layered composite it describes like this :
The Zeus Elite has been upgraded with a new 50mm long-stroke layered diaphragm. The diaphragm is composed of two layers of inert composite film sheets that are held together by a layer of acoustic adhesive in between to stabilize the membrane.
This sandwich design ensures more uniform vibrations across the membrane and reduced distortions that can result from segmented reverberations. This linear performance enhances the clarity and definition in the sound, while allowing greater dynamic range.
Composite diaphragms are relatively new to me, at least with such a “sandwich” design as described here, so I can’t speak to the merits of the design itself, beyond to say that they hold true to my ear.
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