Lol. Infinite is probably also my favorite Caldera I've seen. Enough to remember the name of it. Hopefully the custom shop will be help out some people envious of thy neighbors.

Damn guess I won't buy that Mass Kobo 465 in the classifieds. :) I've been a believer in mixed tube amp chains myself as well. Currently I like tubes as a pre into solid state for my Atrium Closed to really bring out impact. While the Caldera sings with R2R or a tube dac/pre into specifically...

Sick set up. Can you compare how the Riviera drives the Caldera vs your other tube amps?

I'd go down the headfi/youtube/review site rabbit hole if I were you as that's part of the fun of the hobby but LCD5 - neutral, clear, boring to me but undeniably great Caldera - the "natural" king, nothing jumps out at you as overly special other than it's timbre is more dynamic like than...

Use whatever sounds best to you! Would have to do a proper volume matched test to be sure since higher volumes are known to make things sound "better" but I use high impedance on the HA300mk2 for everything I have except IEMs. For the Caldera, it could just be a mental thing. "crank it up to 11...

Yeah I'm still not sure what the actual point of it is when 1 works great for everything I've thrown at it. 1 is the loudest and 5 the softest. Good for IEMs I guess, like having multiple gain settings on top of the 2 gain settings. Some people swear low gain sounds better on some amplifiers so...

VC is still the first headphone I reach for when I catch bits of a new song I like that I'm gonna add to my library. Must be hard creating your magnum opus so soon in the headphone game, ZMF. Obviously I kid because they all have their strengths, but still years later I want to know how vocal...

What is the sonic difference between the Bokeh vented mesh vs the solid mesh for closed back? The solid just tames treble even more? Also solid mesh vs solid mesh for closed backs?

LOL! I've noticed I gravitate to a new ZMF preference depending on substance. Sober - varies but often Atriums as best middle ground of clarity, slam/fun factor Scotch - usually VC. Has the most "emotion" THC - usually Caldera. I appreciate the extra technicals to be transported away with the...

From short term audio memory yes. Haven't bothered to do a side by side where benefits become more clear

They've gotta be the most divisive high end headphones lol. But listening to them on the lina stack made it clear they are summit fi level to me. And I don't really like the lina stack. To my ears, they are at a magical point where they are smooth as hell without sounding veiled. But I put solid...

Haven't been using my RU6 for a while since the RU7 came out which I prefer for my IEMs. Ran out of power plugs at my setup so tried a dongle from my pc to my Topping A90D. Dragonfly cobalt can't get loud enough and also distorts. But wow the RU6 NOS mode volume 90 synergizes well with the...

Gentlemen. All this disagreement. The real answer if you can only have two planars is Elite + Caldera :))))

Agreed for the Caldera Suedes. So far I can only use my AC with Caldera Suedes when using my xDuoo-TA 30 as a tube DAC with warm NOS tubes. Otherwise I can't handle the treble spice at this point with limited brain/driver burn in. Right now I'm using lambskin universe solids I had lying around...

Personally, my favorite upgrade I've made to my chain is getting some Western Electric 300Bs in my Cayin ha300 mk2. True end game technicals without losing the classic rich tube sound. I listen to everything but IEMs on the high impedance toggle since it even adds body to the Caldera to my...