Yeah that horn room in the corner right before the record fair was hitting 95db as a low point lol

Agreed. I find the sound of the original ofc Japan wire cable to be more than satisfactory, and solid upgrade over the stock one. The stiffness though was borderline unbearable. The new ones are excellent and much better in that regard, I do not experience any of it turning and wrapping itself...

I Zach was gracious enough to let me check out the pro cables when I stopped in a while back and sent home with me both to sample. I can attest that they look great, sound great, and way more flexible and user friendly than the OFC cable.

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS

Had a chance to stop by ZMF HQ today! I had mentioned to Zach a while back that I’d be curious to check out a newer version of his OFC cable he was developing, as the current version for my length was a bit stiff and unwieldy. He sent me home today with a copper and a silver plated sample...

It doesn’t help that I’m lazy and find changing pads on atrium cumbersome at best lol. I was a grado user for ages so I’m spoiled in that sense, haha

Yup. The link is what my mesh looks like

Similar but not exactly. Mine are not in a radial pattern.

Not sure the name but I believe my mesh is stock and it’s visually perforated. No issues with treble hotness in my setup, of which I’m definitely very sensitive too. Vinyl rig doesn’t hurt either lol.

Wonderful timing - I had a friend over and I had him listen to my atriums with the recently installed universe pads I had from a few weeks back as I was curious. Upon listening he immediately noticed that it didn’t appear to have that same magic he had heard with them last time (with the caldera...

Thank you! That is what I Figure too, they’d be close enough that I shouldn’t bother feeling the need to get both universe types.

I’ve asked this before, but with the universe pads, you think there’s enough difference between Lambskin and the hybrid lamb/suede to constitute getting both of them? My atriums had the caldera UP which are great but I recently switched to universe hybrid to check out a different flavor.

I’ve been enjoying my atrium opens for a while now with the caldera ultra perf pads, but was curious and interested in revisiting the stock universe pads (mine did not come with them), and a friendly head fier here sold me a set of universe hybrids which just landed today. Installation isn’t...

Obviously I’ll be able to hear for myself when they arrive, but I’d be curious your thoughts on how the universe hybrids compare to the caldera ultra perfs

Quick question - the ones I just got are actually hybrid - how would those compare to the straight up lamb skins?