I tend to order my cables "naked" but those sleeves are beautiful. Great color choice.

That was an awesome review. I also have a Caldera and Utopia 2022 and use an Arctic Euphoria with both, and my listening impressions with the Utopia 2022 are very similar to yours. I use the same cable for both headphones. It's terminated in mini-XLR, and Roy made me a mini-XLR to Utopia...

I don't recommend the CuTECH. I have 2 cables with the connector, and I'm sending both back to Arctic to replace. I originally had one cable with the CuTECH and although tight, it worked fine with my Burson Soloist 3XP. When I ordered another cable, I ordered it with the CuTECH too. Roy warned...

I've never tried the Forza, so unfortunately can't definitively say whether another cable would give you what you're looking for. My Arctic Gladius cable is half copper and half copper/silver hybrid, so I'm guessing three quarters copper. It has the warmth of a pure copper cable, with lots of...

Are you using a ZMF stock cable? If that's the case, then a silver or copper/silver hybrid might give you some more treble extension. That's what I've done for other headphones, although I'm happy with the level of treble in the VO/BE2 combo myself.

The Gladius is an excellent cable and I'm going to use mine on a regular basis, it's not going to be thrown into the "box where cables go to die". The Euphoria gives you something different, which is only better if that is what you're looking for. By the way, I don't have a VC but I really enjoy...

I've owned a Euphoria cable for a couple of months, and I thought it was about time to do a proper comparison between my all-silver Euphoria and my copper and copper-silver hybrid Gladius. My listening chain was: DAC: Mojo Audio Mystique X SE Amp: LTA Ultralinear+ Headphones: ZMF Caldera...

I haven't noticed a reduction in gain, but I wasn't paying attention either. I've been in the same 20-30 range on volume with both 5751 and 12AX7.

They're pretty new, so you might have to ask for them over email. When I ordered my Euphoria, Val asked me if I wanted them and I'm glad I said yes, because they look fantastic. He called them "custom high-quality AC mini XLRs" that would match my carbon splitter.

I just stumbled upon your post. If you like it with your speakers, it sounds like a synergy problem with the Anandas. I haven't used Anandas before, but from what I've read, they should be fairly easy to drive. My Ultralinear+ sounds great IMO with my ZMF Caldera and RAD-0 (similarly easy to...

Here are some notes that I've made, from a comparison of the MZ3 and UL+, and Nautilus and UL+. Noise: Both LTA amps are dead silent. In contrast, the Nautilus has a low level hum with the Utopia when music isn't played (which isn't noticeable when playing music). I hadn't really noticed the...

@Atriya Do you live near any of the CanJam or other audio show locations? I'd recommend that you take your Utopia to a show and try it on different amps. For instance, both Ampsandsound and LTA tend to attend all the major shows. Even if the vendor is a headphone manufacturer, they'll normally...

When I had the Yggy, I could turn the Nautilus' volume knob 2 clicks (from 6 o'clock to barely 7 o'clock) before it was too loud. With the XLR cables plugged into the attenuators, set to -15dB, I could comfortably reach past 12 o'clock. As far as degradation of sound, Justin (ampsandsound owner)...

My Nautilus had almost no volume range with my Stellia when fed from the balanced output of an Yggy. And this was using a 12au7. After talking to Justin about it, I bought some Shure XLR attenuators, which gave me a lot more range with the volume knob. After I changed to a single ended DAC...

That would be the Apeiron, which they list as X4-wire configuration, 15.5-AWG per polarity of OCC copper. I don't have the Apeiron, but I do own a Gladius (X4-wire 17-AWG copper and X4-wire 17-AWG copper/silver hybrid), and I would consider the Gladius to be in the "copper family" in terms of...