Vérité Closed Review: Portals Made of Wood Overview The Vérité Closed (VC) is the newest release from ZMF headphones, and their highest-end closed-back design. The VC takes aim at a section of the market that has been seeing increasing attention from the likes of Focal and Sennheiser, with the Stellia and HD820, respectively. Similarities to the Vérité Open (VO) are apparent in the build of the VC, where the same magnesium chassis and beryllium-deposed PEN drivers are in use, however the cup, damping, and airflow design of the two are entirely...

Some Background: Aeolus is a new dynamic, open-backed, circumaural headphone from ZMF Headphones, and it is also the realization of a frequent community request. Atticus, the closed sibling of Aeolus, has been a popular high-end flavor-can for the community since it came out about two years ago. In that time, the Atticus has built a cult following for its rich, smooth, and musical tuning, with serious thump. The Atticus was never about neutrality, but about having fun and enjoying music. The Aeolus represents a maturation of that concept, which...

Vérité Review Truth in Music: The Vérité is the new ZMF flagship, and is being released as one of two new entrants into the company’s open-backed, over-ear dynamic lineup. The Vérité brings several technical firsts to ZMF’s headphones, perhaps most excitingly, an entirely new driver material, comprised of beryllium deposed onto a polyethylene naphthalate dome. Other improvements include a magnesium chassis, a stiffer surround, porting along the edges of the cups, and a 50 gauss magnet. These changes are all in service of two goals: absolute...