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The MEST mini retains that bone conduction driver and simplifies the configuration down to 3 balanced armature drivers with no dynamic and EST drivers. I am basing that conduction driver grouping from UM’s own FR response that documents the energy from the driver starting from around 1k onwards.Īll of this is meshed together using a 5-way crossover system and rated at 14Ω and 118dB so despite the use of EST and dynamic the MEST seems easy enough to drive on paper. The bone conduction driver adds an additional layer across the mids and highs. You get a single 10mm dynamic driver for the lows, 2 BA for the mids and upper mids, 2 BA for the highs, and 2 Sonion electrostatic drivers for the ultra-highs. The precise configuration is also relatively complex. That is the most eclectic selection of drivers I have seen to date in an in-ear monitor to date. The larger MEST is a complex design feature 4 different types of drivers which includes dynamic, balanced armature, electrostatic, and bone conduction. The vibrations are then passed to the carbon fiber shell and finally delivered to your inner ear. In order to avoid having a brute ugly wraparound Unique Melody has designed the conductor to directly transmit the vibration into the MEST faceplate. These types of drivers are almost always coated in a ceramic piezoelectric layer which can receive and emit an electrical charge that is converted into those physical vibrations. So, what makes bone conduction and Unique Melody’s implementation of this technology so different from regular drivers?Īt a very crude level, a typical driver in an IEM, be it EST, dynamic, or BA transmits sound waves via air which is then directed into your ear canal and down to your cochlea and auditory nerve to be processed by your brain as ‘sound’.īone conduction drivers work on a very different principle by converting electrical audio signals into physical vibrations and sending them through your skull (solids) to your cochlea which is then also converted into an audible signal for your brain.

This is a hybrid driver audiophile in-ear construction and not your usual fitness lifestyle wraparound. Before you mentioned that bone conduction earphones are a thing, well yes it is, but this is totally different. What am I talking about? Bone conduction drivers. However, both share some very interesting design properties that have not been done like this before in our hobby. More than that, the MEST is not just one IEM but two: the MEST and the MEST Mini.īoth monitors have been launched within the space of a few months of each other and much as the title hints, one is the small sibling and a good deal cheaper at $599 compared to the custom format which starts at $1699 ($1399 for the universal MEST). The MEST features something entirely new for this hobby and we like new here at Headfonics.

Malody game custom resolution