Наушники — Unique Melody MEST Fortune Edition

The MEST Fortune is a special edition of the MEST in-ear monitor that Unique Melody created for the 2026 Lunar New Year. Production is limited to 200 pieces worldwide, and buyers choose between red and purple shells, colours the company links with prosperity and good fortune. Each shell carries a multi-layered decorative pattern designed to catch the light. The universal version is priced at USD 2,699, and Unique Melody stresses that everything from the drivers to the crossover was designed in-house.

Key specs that matter

Ten drivers per side form what the maker calls a quadbrid layout. One dynamic driver covers the bass, two balanced armatures handle the midrange, two further balanced armatures take the treble, and two electrostatic drivers work at the ultra-high end. Three hybrid bone conduction drivers act as auxiliary units that set the shell itself into vibration. A six-way crossover network, which UM describes as highly precise, divides the signal among these groups. Unique Melody quotes a range of 20 Hz to 35 kHz, a sensitivity of 107 dB at 1 kHz and an impedance of 10 ohm.

Engineering and use context

Mixing four transducer principles inside one universal shell requires the crossover to keep the dynamic woofer, the armatures and the electrostats in their own bands while the bone conduction units add mechanical energy through the housing, which UM says reinforces the sub-bass region. The earpieces use a recessed 0.78 mm two-pin socket for the cable. The edition ships with the JoyFort Line, a custom lead designed and colour-matched for this model, black with the purple shells and red with the red ones. Termination can be 3.5 mm or 4.4 mm, and UM also lists a 2.5 mm option. The package includes a carrying case, a cable clamp, ear tips, a manual and a warranty card, with one year of cover on the earphones and six months on the cable.

Pairing

The low impedance combined with high efficiency means low-noise sources matter more than raw output power, so a player or DAC with a low output impedance suits this multi-driver design. The balanced terminations suit portable players and desktop units with a matching balanced socket, while the single-ended plug works with standard headphone outputs.

Alternatives

For a regular production version from the same family, Unique Melody offers the MEST Jet Black in-ear monitor.