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I know LTA announced it earlier today but I wanted to mirror my excitement over the LTA x ZMF special edition Omni Wenge.
I have to thank Will and Mark at LTA, as the special edition includes some really cool features that I never would have tried without their push:
Full Lambskin Leather Pilot Pads
Wenge wood cups with dark satin
Gloss Black Sliders
I had been hesitant to use Wenge because I thought it looked too much like Blackwood, but I was wrong on all fronts. Not only does it have more prominent grain, but the sound is exceptionally pleasing. The sound of a wood headphone depends greatly on the pore structure and density. Wenge has larger pores then Blackwood and is just a touch softer, giving a great combination of speed, depth, and decay. With the ZOTL, it's just perfect.
My journey of the ZOTL started before I met the LTA guys, as I kept hearing it at head-fi meets before I decided I had to have one. It's become the amp I go to for personal listening sessions often as it's a tube amp, but a powerful and clean sounding one at that strikes a balance between musical and linear, with an epic ability to drive planars like the Omni, HE1K, Ethers and the LCD series.
I know this probably sounds like an advertisement, but I have really been smitten with this amp. Nobody ever forced me to buy one, I personally bought one because of my multiple positive experiences with it before purchase. Since I've owned it I'm just as excited each day to juice it up and let the music flow. I'm truly flattered that these guys wanted an Omni to help represent their amps capabilities. I'm enjoying the ZOTL right now with some Raytheon 6SN7's I got as I found I like those and old Sylvania Bad Boys the best with some 12at7 Sylvania's from the 50's.
Anyways, thank you LTA/Urban HiFi for making this great amp, is was a lot of fun picking out a wood to best represent the ZOTL's sound and I hope everyone enjoy's them!
I have to thank Will and Mark at LTA, as the special edition includes some really cool features that I never would have tried without their push:
Full Lambskin Leather Pilot Pads
Wenge wood cups with dark satin
Gloss Black Sliders
I had been hesitant to use Wenge because I thought it looked too much like Blackwood, but I was wrong on all fronts. Not only does it have more prominent grain, but the sound is exceptionally pleasing. The sound of a wood headphone depends greatly on the pore structure and density. Wenge has larger pores then Blackwood and is just a touch softer, giving a great combination of speed, depth, and decay. With the ZOTL, it's just perfect.
My journey of the ZOTL started before I met the LTA guys, as I kept hearing it at head-fi meets before I decided I had to have one. It's become the amp I go to for personal listening sessions often as it's a tube amp, but a powerful and clean sounding one at that strikes a balance between musical and linear, with an epic ability to drive planars like the Omni, HE1K, Ethers and the LCD series.
I know this probably sounds like an advertisement, but I have really been smitten with this amp. Nobody ever forced me to buy one, I personally bought one because of my multiple positive experiences with it before purchase. Since I've owned it I'm just as excited each day to juice it up and let the music flow. I'm truly flattered that these guys wanted an Omni to help represent their amps capabilities. I'm enjoying the ZOTL right now with some Raytheon 6SN7's I got as I found I like those and old Sylvania Bad Boys the best with some 12at7 Sylvania's from the 50's.
Anyways, thank you LTA/Urban HiFi for making this great amp, is was a lot of fun picking out a wood to best represent the ZOTL's sound and I hope everyone enjoy's them!
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