I agree 100% with your observation with pads. Here is my take on the protein pads which is super similar: Protein pads: I thought my favorite was the thick Caldera Closed leather pads. Then I tried the Bokeh Protein pads. Well they sure brought the planar into the planar. The increase in...

Did my first pad rolling. I went from the Caldera Closed stock hybrid pad to the Caldera Closed all leather thick pad. What I am noticing is an overall increase in the thickness of the notes. From low frequency to the mids to high frequency. It is not better or worse but is for sure...

Caldera Closed and Verite Closed I thought I would throw in a comparison between the Caldera Closed and the Verite Closed. In general the Caldera Closed comes across as more balanced. Everything is equal. Smooth and fast. With a tinge of darkness. The Verity Closed on the other hand has...

Lee was great to work with. Excellent communication. Quick to respond and quick to ship. Item arrived as advertised. I can easily recommend working with Lee.

For me the AC has a more intimate soundstage. The venue is a little smaller and I am closer to the stage. CC has a little bigger stage and I am a few rows back. For closed back HPs, I find no issue with the staging. I do not find either closed in which is an impressive feat by ZMF. That...

Caldera Closed and Atrium Closed: Song: Dreams by Fleetwood Mac (2002 Remaster). The very first thing that jumps out to me is the sub bass of the AC is more pronounced. The CC is more mid bass focused but the bass blends in super well with everything else. The treble is a little more...

Valid points with the Expanse. You will for sure not have a similar negative sensation with the Caldera Closed.

The Caldera closed gives me the Verite Closed vibe as I mentioned before. There is the similarity in the emotions of the notes. The darker warmer sound. The Planar/DD difference is still obvious. The CC also gives off a lot of DCA Expanse vibe. The Expanse is considered an open back HP but...

When I do a review, I like to take notes on my phone as I am listening. I usually listen late at night in bed or early morning in bed. No disturbances and the focus is just on the music. I then take these notes and clean them up and post randomly on the Head-Fi thread for the item. Each post...

"I See a Darkness" is another title contender. Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Will Oldham) is my current favorite lyricist. One of the great lyricists of all time IMHO. I have owned the Verite Closed three different times since it came out. I do get some of the Verite Closed vibe with the Caldera...

Emotive Clarity! That will probably be the title of my CC review. The emotions are visceral with the CC along with Planar clarity. The ZMF emotions of the notes comes first and foremost before the clarity. I would agree that from memory the CC is darker than the CO. I spent many hours with...

Agree, I keep each set up pads in a different Ziplock bag with a label. I have made the mistake in the past of taking two pairs of pads out at the same time and then could not remember which labeled ziplock they came from. :)

I am running my CC off of Bliss with Serene pre and off of Oor/Hypsos with Khozmo passive pre. Both are using a May DAC. Many hours of burn in and 6 hours of listening since yesterday. The CC has the Caldera Open lineage and the ZMF house sound. I am very happy about those two things. But...

Caldera Closed is in the house! Shedua Wood! I hope to spend many hours with them over the next 5-6 days and then start to share my impressions as I get to know them even deeper. Hopefully through my words, you can have a good idea of what they sound like.

Audy is new to Head-Fi but not new to audio. He does not have feedback yet on Head-Fi but I have a ton of feedback and I can say with certainty that I can highly recommend working with Audy. Our went super smooth and Audy is an excellent communicator.

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I got one of the first Reds. I like it so much that I finally ordered a second one for my other setup. To replace Ifi Zen Streamer. Which is also a great bang for the buck but Red seems to up it a notch.

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Thank you. When I uncheck both check boxes in the USB Redirector section and press Save the “Dreamus” one becomes checked again. Not sure what Dreamus is? All works well though. I am using Red as a Streamer using Roon. Through USB.

When I click in the USB Redirector section I get this. And Red Native is no longer available under Roon. Really not sure how things should be set to use Roon. Confusing.

This is how my USB Redirector looks. It automatically checks the Dreamus one (what is Dreamus?) when I Save and gives be the Redirector message. When I click both USB/Red and the Dreamus one the Native Red option goes away under Roon. What is USB Redirector? I thought it had to do with the...

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Yes. That is your Spring. It is key that that is checked. Does anyone know if “Red Native Output” should also be checked when using Roon? I am just checking the USB box. EDIT: I have both Native and USB checked for Roon. And I just did a quick listen to native and USB checked and just USB...

I get the message also. That is applicable if you are using your Red as a DDC. I could be wrong though. And the message can be ignored.

Extremely well articulated. I could not agree more.