jonathan c
Headphoneus Supremus
As for SJY, vote with your wallet … elsewhere!
The Atrium has the recessed driver as well. For our planars we have the thick caldera pads which are super deep.without ears touching the drivers
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Thanks @zach915m Didn't know that, maybe the Atrium I have used had shallow pads. Similar to have Verite works with Universal pads and not with BE2 due to less height.The Atrium has the recessed driver as well. For our planars we have the thick caldera pads which are super deep.
One trick I've given to a number of owners is to put paracord under the foam of the pad but inside the foam covering. This lifts the driver away from the ear by pressing the foam out. I always suggest using the thinnest paracord needed. I'll tey to make a short video on this at some point on our youtube.
If you want to help and promote someone, want to review a planar and get a frikkin good one to start with might I suggest to take a look at the Ukrainian company SASH and his new Très SE.Thanks @zach915m Didn't know that, maybe the Atrium I have used had shallow pads. Similar to have Verite works with Universal pads and not with BE2 due to less height.
The new Bokeh will it also have recessed?
I bought originally Moonlight to try planar again after seeing Zeos and DMS videos.
I sold my LCD 3 when I found out Verite did everything better for me. But started to miss the planar tech.
And was thinking I could expand my reviews more into headphones, and try first with Moonlight. But Sjy don't deserve that.
Had one some years ago from Sasha, the Tres 16ohm I think.If you want to help and promote someone, want to review a planar and get a frikkin good one to start with might I suggest to take a look at the Ukrainian company SASH and his new Très SE.
I’ve been using 5mm, 6mm and 7mm solid core natural latex rubber. I slip them under the pads as tuning rings, works like a charmThe Atrium has the recessed driver as well. For our planars we have the thick caldera pads which are super deep.
One trick I've given to a number of owners is to put paracord under the foam of the pad but inside the foam covering. This lifts the driver away from the ear by pressing the foam out. I always suggest using the thinnest paracord needed. I'll tey to make a short video on this at some point on our youtube.
Does this extend to the Atrium Closed as well? I had thought all the ZMFs were, at most, flush with the mounting plate so any extra space difference was purely at the pad level.The Atrium has the recessed driver as well. For our planars we have the thick caldera pads which are super deep.
Yeah the closed is recessed too, the only ones that sit on top of the baffle are Atticus and eikon and VC, auteur classic is slightly recessed as well. The new Bokeh has the recessed grille as well.Does this extend to the Atrium Closed as well? I had thought all the ZMFs were, at most, flush with the mounting plate so any extra space difference was purely at the pad level.
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Wow nice that's nifty, send me an email/link and I recommend them to people when this comes up.I’ve been using 5mm, 6mm and 7mm solid core natural latex rubber. I slip them under the pads as tuning rings, works like a charm
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--- Update after having the Starry Night for almost a year: ---
I significantly reduced my headphone collection and this thing stayed! I had the Utopia as my aggressive neutral / midforward headphone and now the Starry Night took that job. Its sound pairs really well with certain genres or music. You might think it is more tiring and fatiguing with a pushed up midrange and voices right up close. Yes, i agree. BUT, sometimes you exactly want that. I have some albums where the singer is originally too much in the background, the Starry Night totally fixes that. In some songs a very close up singer is fantastic, for example Anette Askvik - Thema. Her voice is very soothing and relaxing, and with the Starry Night she is right up next to your ear, the incoming saxophone takes over the voice later in the song and acts like one, it also gets pushed forward, whether you like that or not, that's the nature of it.
Another big example is hip hop, i'm basically only listening to Eminem. He has a bit higher pitched voice and when he raps it just sounds like he's standing half a meter away. He's aggresively spitting his rhymes towards your face, exactly what i want in this case. Most of the time in his songs there are also no guitars involved which can't be also pushed forward, and in the few songs where there are (e.g. "Superman"), they are in the background anyway and they don't disturb the rap god.
Because the soundstage is not small (for a closed back) and the Starry Night is well extended in both directions, you don't get the HD650 experience in losing (treble and bass) information and have that experience that everything is very close to you.
Another thing is amp pairing. This thing has a very low impedance and is hard to drive, but oh boy, it does sound exceptionally good out of a tube amp. In the best case you have an OTC (output transformer coupled) amp where you can reduce the gain to have no background hiss. The Feliks Audio Envy does that. I have a slight background noise on medium and high gain, but on low gain the Starry Night is dead quiet, and the Envy has even more than enough power on low gain. This amp truly brings out the best in the Starry Night, zero sharp consonant sounds while still retaining the mid-forward nature. If you have an OTC tube amp - i highly recommend pairing it with the SN. With an OTL (output transformer less) you most likely get (too much) background noise, but you might want to experiment with it. Sadly OTC amps get very expensive.
Also, another thing: I had no issues anymore with any lose connectors or anything, after fixing the screws myself once right before writing this review, this thing does what it is supposed to without any problems.
In summary: I will keep this thing because i enjoy its presentation and it pairs very well with my system.