Been away from Head-fi for a bit :wave:. I'm in the camp of those who were on the fence about the new cup design, but the Shedua sold me.

Big grain of salt here since you can change a number of things on the XTC which could make my comments here moot. I went with the 300 ohm beryllium drivers on the XTC-C, near scalpel tuning with emphasis on detail--and I have the XTC-C^2, which are the deepest cups. I've found that similar to...

Popping back in to share love for the Eikon again. I'm an outlier here, but am one of the few who prefers the Eikon to the Atrium Closed. Which isn't to say the At. Closed is bad-sounding, because it's not, but I prefer the bass and tone of the Eikon. A shame they aren't made anymore and I'm so...

I have no qualms with the sound of my Kennerton Rognir, but if noise isolation is a primary concern...I find them worse than my closed back ZMFs 😐. There aren't very many reviews of them, but you might want to consider the closed back offerings from JM Audio. Noise isolation's not bad (I still...

I'm so happy with how they turned out. I thought about leaving a note asking for a certain look, but ultimately didn't and figured whatever comes is it. Can't imagine anyone being disappointed with this as the stock wood and finish. It's easy to get caught up in the LE woods (I'm guilty of this...

Someone asked for pics of natural cherry? :wink: These just arrived today so I won't comment on sound impressions just yet. What I noticed immediately upon picking them up is how light they feel (I went for magnesium chassis)--they feel lighter than the scale suggests. Fit and finish is...

Just right. The cups are a bit stiff to turn/swivel, but the up-side to that is they hold that angle pretty well once you get them how you want. Clamp force is medium, and the headband has a good amount of flex so it doesn't feel like I'm prying them off my head. I wear glasses and have been...

A few pics of my new XTC^2 in white cherry. Haven't had them for very long, but I'm liking how they sound with the 'near scalpel' tuning. So far I've only tried the angled perforated leather pads that came installed and I'm happy with the fit and noise isolation. I was worried that the metal...

All 3 of my ZMFs sound great with the MZ3. That said, to my ears, the Atrium Open has been the least picky when it comes to tube rolling. Everything I've tried has sounded nice (*to the extent the tube/gear combo of my system could) with them, where other headphones had weak points. I've been...

Grats on your new Atty. Re: weight, I was in the same boat worrying about my Cocobolo Eikons (600g). Mine are b-stock and came with the regular headband, which I changed out for the crescent strap a little while ago. Much better. Didn't turn them into feathers by any means, but I used to feel...

Ahh my bad--it was written on one of the info things that came with each.

These are all stock finishes. IIRC, in one of the ZMF threads someone asked about changing from glossy to satin after the fact and the tl;dr answer was no, can't just paint a new one on top.

Zebrawood is gorgeous. (A tale of three finishes: Eikon is sprayed lacquer, Atrium has hand-wiped wax oil, & the VC with Tru Oil varnish)

Thanks! Ok, very similar then. They'd been reading as wider/flatter to me before this, but that might've been glare off the glossy finishes. ..I shouldn't have asked bc now I want one :upside_down:

These pics might be the first to make me sit up and really look at the angle on the cups. When you get a chance, could you (or anyone reading this with both AC and VC) take pics of the AC next to the VC from the side?

I'm in a similar decision boat. Given my listening habits, having more than 3 'big' headphones doesn't make much sense for me, so I was thinking the Rognirs and Eikons would be moving on to new homes sometime this year. But, based on the limited reviews so far and considering I already have an...

With Auteur lambskin pads, I find the VC notably warmer than the Atrium Open with Universe lambskin. Suede and/or BE2 (on the VC) shift them closer to each other, but with the 'stock' options to my ear the difference is apparent. If this holds true for the AC then these are going to complement...

+1 all around :smile:. I'm glad my fingers were fast enough on that first day of ZMF November. Maybe not the frenzy of ye olde days of yore when a handful of stabilized VCs went in two seconds, but seems like quite a few still went quick. :grin: thanks! I'm pretty well enamored with most of it...

You're making me tilt back toward the Teles. Idk why, but I've got it in my head that I'm going to like their sound--purely based off how I've read about them described. Good call though on getting in touch with Jessee, and good timing since he's back off holiday tomorrow. I just need to figure...

Headphone to amp synergy..the line between 'joy of discovery' for a good combo and just wanting them to sound good now, whew. I should've clarified, I wasn't saying that the difference in cut/figuring was why I thought these were designated as B-stock--it's the filled cracks. Not sure if...

Your Shou Sugi Ban set is one of the most visually striking pairs of headphones I've ever seen. When I first started looking at ZMFs, the Eik was the one that sounded description-wise like what would suit me best. But then it got discontinued, and the Bocote LTD wasn't calling my name enough...

They are! We need a ZMF headphone photo thread. Or is there one already? They're all so beautiful, and it's nice to see how much variety there can be in the wood. Mine only came with the Eikon pads, though I have some universe hybrid and BE2 lambskin and suede packed away somewhere. Pretty...

At the risk of muddying the waters even more...if you're looking at the Radiance and d9200 price range, aren't opposed to buying used, and are ok with "neutralish but with detail" for sound, I'd throw the ZMF Eikon in the ring. I'm finding mine to be pretty nice for detail, especially since...

My Eikons from ZMF November arrived this week! My ZMF flock groweth. They've only got 25ish hours on them so far, so these are still early impressions. My first thought when I opened the case was 'uh oh' because oof, these are heavy. 604g for cocobolo and aluminum chassis. They feel heavy in the...

Have had a few days with the RCA 12AU7 clear tops and...I quite like them :smile:. The lower gain was definitely noticeable with regard to overall volume and I have to turn the amp up a several clicks, but nothing extreme, and I don't find these ones to be too relaxed or dull. Either I lucked...