Rinaro Isodynamics
Kraków, Lesser Poland (with manufacturing/R&D in Lviv, Ukraine), Ukraine / Poland · founded 2014
Co-developer of the Isodynamic Hybrid Array — the planar-magnetic driver at the heart of every Meze Audio flagship (Empyrean, Elite, Liric, Poet). A rare case of a behind-the-scenes driver supplier that is publicly credited by name and has become a marketing asset for the brand it supplies. Cold War / Soviet-era acoustics lineage; drivers are hand-assembled in Lviv, Ukraine.
Rinaro Isodynamics is an acoustic-engineering company specializing in high-resolution planar-magnetic transducers. Its roots trace to a state-funded electro-acoustics research program in the USSR (today’s Ukraine) during the Cold War, and the team has worked on planar magnetics since the 1980s; the current company entity dates to 2014. Rinaro developed the proprietary Isodynamic Hybrid Array driver technology — the first dual-shaped voice-coil array in a planar-magnetic headphone — which it co-developed with and supplies exclusively to Meze Audio for that brand’s flagship headphones (Empyrean, Elite, Liric, Poet). Rinaro handles the driver R&D and hand-assembly (Lviv, Ukraine) while Meze designs everything around the driver. The company reports 25 proprietary technologies and 61 international patents filed, with an EMEA HQ in Kraków, Poland and regional offices in Hong Kong, Encino (California), and London.
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At a glance
- Type
- Supplier
- Founder
- Pavlo Shymanovych
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Kraków, Lesser Poland (with manufacturing/R&D in Lviv, Ukraine), Ukraine / Poland
- Price range
- Summit-fi
- Makes / sells
- planar-magnetic drivers, audio transducers, OEM headphone components, acoustic R&D
- Known for
- planar-magnetic driver design, Isodynamic Hybrid Array technology, dual-shaped voice-coil arrays, ultra-low-mass diaphragms (Parus / Isoplanar), Phase-X closed-back phase correction, OEM driver development and hand-assembly
- Website
- www.rinaro.com
Notable products
- Isodynamic Hybrid Array driver — Flagship platform: first dual-shaped voice-coil array in a planar-magnetic headphone; developed over three decades
- MZ3 / MZ3SE driver — Powers the Meze Empyrean (MZ3) and Elite (MZ3SE); ~0.11g Parus diaphragm, 4650mm² active area, 0.35T field, up to 112kHz, <0.05% THD
- MZ4 driver — First closed-back Isodynamic Hybrid Array driver, in the Meze Liric; adds patent-pending Phase-X system; 0.08g Isoplanar diaphragm
- MZ6 driver — Used in the Meze Poet; a synthesis of the MZ4 and MZ3SE drivers
Supplies
Notable brands that use their components:
Sources: RINARO official site (homepage — technology, offices, patents, Meze partnership) · RINARO — MZ4 Liric Isodynamic Hybrid Array Driver (blog) · Pavlo Shymanovych — Founder and CEO, Rinaro Isodynamics (LinkedIn) · Rinaro Isodynamics (LinkedIn company page — founded 2014, 11-50 employees, privately held) · Rinaro Isodynamics (Eu) Sp. z o.o. company profile (EMIS — Poland entity) · Meze Audio — Wikipedia (2018 Rinaro partnership, Ukraine, planar-magnetic since 1980s) · Meze Audio Elite — Rinaro MZ3SE driver specs (MusicTeck) · Meze Audio Poet — Rinaro MZ6 driver (Meze Audio)