V-Shaped Perfection Enhanced – Moritz Enzo Flagship IEMs
Moritz Enzo is a $1369 USD pair of flagship-grade IEMs with a complex 1 Dynamic Driver + 6 Balanced Armatures + 2 Planar Magnetic Drivers and a daring, beautiful and royal design. Today we review the Enzo and will also compare the sound of them with other flagships we’ve recently reviewed including Sweear HE-Live5 (899 USD), YanYin Carmen (849 USD), Campfire Moon Rover (1199 USD), and Letshuoer Cadenza 12 (1999 USD)
Introduction
This is my second review exploring a pair of IEMs from Moritz and after the Dragon left a lasting positive impression, it was time for me to look into a flagship from the same company, and Enzo is truly impressive, having a completely different design, price bracket and technology inside. Moritz products are available on their official website, but also on Amazon, as the company is doing efforts to improve the distribution channels and bring their products to your doorstep more easily.
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Product Link
Amazon – https://amzn.to/4l20Edi
Official Website – https://moritzaudio.com/products/mortiz-enzo
Build Quality / Design
I love short and to-the-point product pages because they make my reviewing job easier, but at the same time there’s a bit of mystery and secrecy surrounding the inner design of the Enzo, as we do know that the whole IEM is designed around the flagship driver array, and a meticulously tuned ultra-low noise crossover network. The driver configuration includes one 10mm dynamic driver, 6 balanced armatures and two planar magnetic drivers.
Moritz Enzo has a specially precise SPL or Sensitivity of 107.6 dB SPL/mw and an ultra-low impedance of 11 OHMs. Cable length is 1.2 meters and they come with a high-end braided cable covered in a textile material with a 4.4mm balanced connector. This cable is a Silver-Plated Copper Cable.
Fit / Subjective Usage
Moritz allows the sound and experience to speak for itself as Enzo is an earphone that is comfortable, has larger shells, but with an ergonomic design, resin shells, and one of the most beautiful faceplates that I’ve ever seen in my entire life. There’s such a high resolution to the model of the faceplate and so much attention to details, that if I didn’t know any better I’d think that the guys behind Moritz Audio also build hand watches.
Moritz Enzo isolates from the outside noise with a passive noise isolation of around 15 dB to 20 dB, and does not leak much to the outside world. There are no failure points on the IEM, although there are two electronic crossover switches about which the marketing material does not speak much. The default eartips are incredibly good right out of the factory, and there is no need for tip rolling. Fitting is a medium fit towards slightly deep, and Moritz Enzo feels comfortable inside of my ears.
With a fairly thick and heavy cable, I am happy to report zero of the IEM associated issues, this cable is not very microphonic despite the texture sheathing, there is no driver flex and Enzo has no void either. It is basically perfect for long-term wearing. It is not easy to drive and not sensitive to source noise, and it handles both quiet and extremely high volumes really well with minimal distortion.
Sound Quality
Pairings – To test the Moritz Enzo, I have paired it with a selection of sources, including Rose Technics RT-5000, Dethonray Listening M1, Dethonray Clarinet, iBasso DX340, Lotoo PAW GT2, FiiO K17. You need a high-end source to really take advantage of the resolution and clarity Enzo has to offer, and you need a good source to enjoy their sound. I find the sonic presentation to be better with medium gain levels, if the source has a different voltage / power curve for gain levels. Enzo has best synergy with detailed and more neutral sources given that it has a rather powerful sound with a strong bass.
Overall Signature – I rarely find something that I like as much as I like Moritz Enzo, it is the ultimate V-Shaped sounding pair of IEMS. I am somewhat surprised that this signature comes from a company that has so few products and which I know so little, because I find it in the absolute sense perfect. Perfectly versatile, it works well for all music styles, I simply cannot stop listening to it, and while I would normally try to seek where it struggles, at least for me it does not struggle. But enough with the nice words, time to get technical – this is a V-Shaped sounding pair of IEMS that can reach 20 Hz inside of your ears, has resolution and clarity to match the ultimate analytical IEMs out there, including Final Audio A8000 and Campfire Ara, but has the body and bass of basshead IEMs like YanYin Carmen, it has an excellent instrument separation and layering and a rich, organic midrange that is never fatiguing. In fact, when I start a song loud, I always fear the volume, I expect the harder edges that other IEMS have when they’re this detailed and revealing, but then Enzo takes me by surprise, delivers a thick, lush bass with a bright treble with zero of the fatigue typically associated with such a flagship-grade sound. It is basically a mix of everything I typically seek in music, including the bold body and bass of the bass that I want from my music, but also the sharp and bright treble that makes metal music engaging and enjoyable.
Bass – Mortiz Enzo has one of the deepest, most powerful bass presentations ever found in a pair of IEMS. In fact, I would say it is even deeper, more powerful, more punchy and with a deeper rumble than even YanYin Carmen or Dita Perpetua, all without being a full-on basshead pair of IEMs, which makes things even more interesting. Enzo reaches 20 Hz easily, and has an emphasis on a wide area over the bass, starting with 20 Hz, all the way to about 70 Hz. This results in a lush, big, chuggy kind of bass. This being said, it is technically fast and responsive, it can keep up with death metal, technical music, and this makes EDM and Dubstep, electronic and new music really lively and upbeat. Older music has a lot to gain from this presentation, a big, warm body, and deep textures for all instruments, making music more detailed, cleaner and more enjoyable without fully choking the sound with too much. Well, it is huge, but it is controlled, rolling back the amount before it reaches 90 Hz, so no ultra bloom, and no veiling happens despite the huge low-end.
Midrange – The middle is slightly recessed, but has a natural tonality, clean, crisp and detailed. There’s a good sense of information, resolution, and texture in the midrange. Moritz Enzo manages to reveal information that other earphones miss, including micro details, and it emphasizes with both male and female voices, it works really well for both metal, rock, and EDM / Pop, and even down to classical, jazz and mature music. Metal has some of the sweetest, most realistic presentation of guitars, and I feel like a big part of how it manages to sound so nice is that crossover network, because it feels like guitars are rendered as individual instruments from voices and synths, there is zero crosstalk, zero spread and scatter, it feels like Enzo has separate drivers playing each instrument, or at least range of instruments. Even female voices are separate from pianos, and this instrument separation is exceptional. There is an ever so slight favoritism for the lower midrange, over the upper midrange, at least guitars vs pianos, guitars are a bit more vivid and present, and low-pitched guitars playing in lower ranges are more evident than guitars playing in the upper registers. This keeps music free from fatigue, pianos free of harsher textures and voices free of grain and fatigue.
Treble – Moritz Audio included a bright, sharp treble with the Enzo, it can reveal information in the upper registers nicely, adding brilliance to the heavy sound, and balancing out the bass. Somehow, it keeps control over this treble, it is never harsh nor fatiguing, despite the rich resolution and bountiful presentation. Grain-free is the best way to describe this treble, it is really flexible, and has a much faster impulse response than the midrange and the bass have, which allows music to really shine and feel revealed. I would consider the treble to be the icing on the cake and a strong point of enzo. It also balances and brings life into the sound nicely, opening up towards the top, the slightly more dampened upper midrange, as there is around 3-5 dB of difference between the lower and the upper midrange, with no peaks, just a general difference in presence and power. There is no real peaking in the treble, it is just a natural, present and emphasized treble from 7 kHz all the way to 16 kHz, with a mostly lean and smooth frequency response.
PRaT / Textures / Dynamic – I even forgot that the word grain existed, as I’ve been working with a ton of entry-level IEMs, and they all have grain to some degree, but Enzo is surprisingly smooth, grain-free, without needing to be splashy or too bright, this is the pair of IEMS you get if you want ultimate detail, ultimate resolution, with the smoothest texture possible. The best way to describe the textures of the Enzo is natural, real, it is neither wet nor dry, nor oily, it is real, natural. Keeping this in mind, each driver has a slightly different decay, attack and they all somehow contribute to the final result feeling so darn realistic and natural, compared to drivers that make everything a bit blotchy and slow, or fast and dry. Enzo is also great with dynamics, it allows musically compressed music to be vivid and natural, while allowing uncompressed music like classical to shine, allowing you to pump the volume without distortion.
Volume Control – In fact, this is another aspect I really like about Enzo, it has some of the best volume control I know. Enzo does not care much about the gain level of your source, the voltage / power curve, nor does it care much about what volume you’re listening at, it sounds great at all volume levels, and most important, you can push the volume incredibly high with zero distortion, to 120 dB and above. Sound is always beautiful and clean, musical and cohesive, both the planar, BA and even dynamic drivers keep up equally well.
Soundstage – Moritz Audio Enzo has a natural soundstage, exceptional instrument separation, layering imaging. This means that music isn’t pushed more than the natural boundaries of that song, and most songs will be vivid, natural, feel as they were intended by the band / engineers, music can be wide intimate, but most of time Enzo makes music natural, it does not constrict the staging nor does it push the boundaries of the soundstage too much. What is interesting is how well it keeps the instrument separation even with crowded, complex music like Wintersun, or highly compressed music like Jake Daniels songs.
Comparisons
Moritz Enzo vs Letshuoer Cadenza 12 (1369 USD vs 1999 USD) – This time we will do just the sound, all of those IEMs are too similar in package, comfort and overall value to talk about that, if you’re in the high-end, you’re seeking sound. Cadenza 12 is actually so much of a good alternative to the Enzo that I use them side by side, Cadenza 12 at the gym and Enzo at home. I would actually take Enzo to the gym, sound wise, it has a bigger, more punchy bass, which would help, but I trust the metallic shells of the Cadenza 12 to survive better at the gym. Overall resolution is comparable, Cadenza 12 has a brighter, more analytical sound that reveals a bit more information, but it is more sensitive to the source, Enzo is thicker, more lush, deeper and more heavy sounding than Cadenza 12. It would be really hard to pick a clear winner, but if you want a more neutral sound, Cadenza 12 leans closer to neutrality, while still being somewhat V-Shaped, while Enzo is more strongly V-Shaped in the tuning. Cadenza 12 sounds more intimate, and a slightly bit more compressed while Enzo handles volume better, sounds less compressed and also wilder, more holographic.
Moritz Enzo vs YanYin Carmen (1369 USD vs 849 USD) – Sonically, Carmen is the quintessential basshead IEM, it is thick, heavy, hard, with a smooth, grain-free treble, and rolled off top end. Enzo sounds more detailed, has a higher resolution, has more analytical presentation that reveals information better, Enzo is better in general as a versatile / universal IEM, while Carmen is essentially a better basshead IEM, it has much less midrange and treble, more bass, it is the bass cannon, while Enzo is a versatile weapon of mass destruction that bears both precision but also a similarly powerful bass as Carmen. I still like the Carmen for when I am tired, but Enzo is the better earphone in general, for rock, metal, and most music unless you are the most diehard basshead, a situation in which I am sure you’d like the Carmen. Carmen sounds more intimate, Enzo sounds wider and more holographic.
Moritz Enzo vs Campfire Moon Rover (1369 USD vs 1199 USD) – Moon Rover is essentially a balanced sounding, slightly mid centric earphone, it has good bass, good treble, but a big focus is placed on the voices, which is a different presentation from Enzo which places the least focus on voices, and more focus on body, bass, treble, cymbal crashes and brilliance of the sound. There’s a stronger wow effect in Enzo that lasts for longer, Moon Rover is faster, more dry, has a shorter impulse decay, is more precise, has a shorter, smaller tighter bass. Enzo has a larger, slower decaying bass, it has a brighter and sharper treble. If you want a v-Shaped sound, Enzo will deliver that, while Moon Rover reveals and presents voices as the central element of the sound. Soundstage size is equal, resolution is mostly equal, Moon Rover sounds richer in the mids, but not quite as full as Enzo.
Moritz Enzo vs Sweear He-Live5 (1369 USD vs 899 USD) – He-Live5 is much brighter, an analytical pair of IEMs, with a sharper, more precise sound while Enzo has a much larger bass, more punch, more impact, and can actually manage to reveal more information despite being the bassier pair of IEMS, while having a less splashy, less bright tuning. From what I understand, there is an alliance between Sweear and Moritz, but the sound of each earphones is incredibly distinct and different, and all IEMs I heard so far from Moritz are warm, have a fuller tuning, while Sweear HE-Live5 is quite bright, precise, a bit dry, but very detailed for its price. In fact, it is hard to tell which reveals more details right away, but the fuller body, stronger deep rumble of the Enzo can help define each instrument better and creates a higher contrast between instruments. Both earphones are excellent.
Value and Conclusion
Like with most flagships, the value is a complicated part, because it costs quite a lot, but in today’s world you simply do not have anything that comes even close to the Moritz Enzo at a cheaper price point, the combo of comfort, build quality, and most important sonics simply cannot be achieved with fairly pricey research and development.
Award – It is fresh to see a new company climbing so quickly in my rank of favorites, and Moritz Enzo absolutely deserves to be in our Hall Of Fame, as I plan to make this my daily driver for a long while. I spent over 10 hours writing this review, and a big part was me just enjoying Enzo so much that I needed to stop writing just to enjoy the music, so that speaks volumes about their performance.
At the end of the day, Moritz Enzo will be perfect for you if you’re looking not just for bass or for treble, but for both, if you’re looking for a sweet voicing, high-end resolution, all packaged in a sound that delivers no harshness and no fatiguing elements, it stays fresh and always gives you a WoW effect. I fully recommend it and it is a must hear , must have pair of earphones, and I just hope that Moritz can keep up with the number of orders, I am confident I am not the only one who will speak so highly about them and I won’t be the only one who loves the sound.
PROs
- Really impressive design and beautiful shells
- Medium passive noise isolation
- Excellent bass depth, impact and punch, worthy of a basshead’s appreciation
- Bright and brilliant treble with tons of life and power
- Vivid imaging and layering, perfect for all music styles
- Ultimately, the versatility and sonic enjoyment are both what makes Enzo such an enjoyable IEM
- High quality balanced cable included in the package, along with a nice transport case
- Perfect for basically any music style, never loses its WOW effect, even hours, days, weeks after first hearing them
Cons
- Cable is a bit short
- Shells are rather large and a bit heavy
- Really strong bass and bright treble, the V-Shaped signature is an acquired taste
Product Link
Amazon – https://amzn.to/4l20Edi
Official Website – https://moritzaudio.com/products/mortiz-enzo
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Full Playlist used for this review
We listened to more songs than those named in this playlist, but those are excellent for identifying a sonic signature. I recommend trying most of the songs from this playlist, especially if you’re searching for new music! The playlists are different for Spotify, Tidal and Youtube, and based on the songs I enjoy and are available on each!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_cjBXGmwSHSdGcwuc_bKbBDGHL4QvYBu
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5J3oloz8Riy9LxEGenOjQ0?si=979ba4f082414be7
https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/330fd544-8e5b-4839-bd35-676b2edbb3d5
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