Not about the Caldera specifically, but from JDS themselves:

Thanks - that’s a really interesting description, and very helpful. My one concern is the recession around 1-2 kHz. Does this have a noticeable impact on vocals (particularly female) versus the HD800S? I know many people take a very different view, but for me, the HD800S’s midrange is perfect.

How would you say the HE1000SE compares to the HD800S? I have the latter; am interested in the former (and see you’ve listed the HE1000SE on Trademe).

DCA Ether 2 and Oppo PM-1. The Ether 2 is perhaps too laid back in the presence region for some, but this has the upshot of eliminating listening fatigue. The stage isn’t as large as something like an HD800 S, but the taut, somewhat dry, distortion-free sound creates a unique sense of internal...

Using Omnicalculator, you need 398.1mW to drive a headphone with a sensitivity of 94dB/mW and impedance of 16mW to 120dB (literally deafening levels). To sustain110dB (still literally deafening) you need only 39.81mW. The Gryphon is more than capable.

Almost ready to pull the trigger on this, but can foresee myself getting unreasonably irked by the cyan cast of the screen. I know night mode is an option, but has anyone had any success installing the Color Calibrator app? This seems the obvious fix if the Hiby version of Android allows such...