A friend of mine has the Venture Electronics VE Monk Plus earbuds, and is looking for an upgrade. His budget is $€100 max. He prefers wired. Earbuds specifically because IEMs bother his ears. Note that he's not unhappy with the VE Monks, just looking if there's something new around. Thanks...

ZMF Canorous   melodious; musical. (rare) tuneful; melodious Origin: 1640-50; < Latin canōrus, equivalent to canōr- (stem of canor song, equivalent to can (ere) to sing + -or -or1) + -us -ous   The name flows well, and I think it integrates with the naming scheme of the two new ones. Then...

Getting Eikon Cherry, and I'll run it with a Schiit Modi/Magni 2u, perhaps not ideal if it gets brighter but we'll see.

Question for Zach: If we order later in the pre-order period, how much later would the headphone be finished? Since they aren't being individually tweaked, are we talking about all within the same month, or is order time to wait-time exponential because of potential flow of orders first week?  ...

What's the difference between the woods for each model, and how do you think they would respond to EQing (max output)?

What would a third, portable version be called - Carporticus?

  Could you compare the E-MU Teak and the ZMF Eikon sound in general terms (or as specific as you'd like)? I get that one's twice as expensive (if we assume the new 2.5mm detachable wires E-MU in November is $499, and Eikon preorders at $999), but I'm interested in figuring out wether the...

  Sure, I see your point. But over here (Sweden) there aren't really all that many places to test anything, so I have to largely go off of reviews and FR-graphs if I want to get to any somewhat informed decision with audio gear.   But yeah, I'll eagerly await Tyll's measurements. I've looked...

A ZMF bio-cellulose*, and entirely original creation. Very nice - entered. Here's to winning the give-away in time for Christmas.     The relatives kids (6 and under) will hate me if I win, since I likely couldn't resist wrapping it in the most colourful of sparkly papers. * (I'd say...

Still looking for my first good headphones (Portapro on Schiit 2U stack right now, no bully pls). Thought I had settled on the E-MU Teak because of its bio-cellulose driver and seemingly least offensive sound for that category, but then I saw these ones. Wow, a non-fostex bio-driver, neat -...