[Wildcatsare1]

Hey All, having an awesome listening experience with the Aeolus (Universal Suede) playing “The Inner Flame,” a tribute to Rainer Ptacek (to help with the medical bills resulting from his brain cancer). Every song is great, but Robert Plant’s “21” exceptionally so.

 

[Wildcatsare1]

A bit more music born for the Aeolus, The Pogues (póg mo thóin ).....

 

[Bern2]

La...la...la....nothing happening....except waiting for the Fed-Ex truck!!! Yeah baby!
Will take pix and post.

Bern

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Look forward to seeing the pictures, and reading your impressions!

 

[Wildcatsare1]

A few, not particularly good, so cheap audio porn...

 

[Wildcatsare1]

double post.

 

[itsikhefez]

I can confirm the improvement of the Aelous after "burn-in".. While I liked them initially they weren't WOW for me and I thought I could have happily lived with the HD650.
My primary driver is the Mainline so didn't want to the leave the tube amp on 24/7 for burn in purposes. I ended up building another SS amp, so had the chance to do that. I left the Aelous on 24 hrs for a few days.. one week later and totally different impression.
With the Mainline.. simply stunning. Without noticing, a few hours passed as my playlist was jumping through random songs that all sounded great.

Besides that, I was curious if anyone tried the Aeolus (or other ZMF cans) with a 300B amp? I just pulled the trigger on an Elekit TU-8600VK 300B amp, which I plan to use with high efficiency speakers.... but was wondering what this could do for the Aeolus.

 

[Wildcatsare1]

I can confirm the improvement of the Aelous after "burn-in".. While I liked them initially they weren't WOW for me and I thought I could have happily lived with the HD650.
My primary driver is the Mainline so didn't want to the leave the tube amp on 24/7 for burn in purposes. I ended up building another SS amp, so had the chance to do that. I left the Aelous on 24 hrs for a few days.. one week later and totally different impression.
With the Mainline.. simply stunning. Without noticing, a few hours passed as my playlist was jumping through random songs that all sounded great.

Besides that, I was curious if anyone tried the Aeolus (or other ZMF cans) with a 300B amp? I just pulled the trigger on an Elekit TU-8600VK 300B amp, which I plan to use with high efficiency speakers.... but was wondering what this could do for the Aeolus.

I’m playing my Aeolus and Vérité with the Woo WA5, it’s a marriage made in Heaven. Just switched from the stock 300b to Gol Lion PX, night and they rock!

 

[Wes S]

Woo Hoo! My Aeolus, is being sanded and finished! Not much longer now, until pure audio bliss. I have put together one heck of a system while waiting ( Gumby with LP & Lyr 3 ), and can't wait to put the Aeolus, in the rotation.

@Wildcatsare1 - those have to be the prettiest Aeolus, I have seen!

 

[dark09]

Just received the Aeolus last night. Ordered Dec 13th, and took ~132 days, but totally worth it. Thanks @zach915m!

 

[zach915m]

Just received the Aeolus last night. Ordered Dec 13th, and took ~132 days, but totally worth it. Thanks @zach915m!

Oye - yeah we are slamming as many aeolus out the door as we can now. I don't think we will ever do another pre-order like this, so - thanks for the patience and if you ever need anything hit us up!

 

[dark09]

Understandably, I was influenced buying (or started researching ZMF) via Z-reviews, which could have cause the surge in purchases at that time.

 

[nunovpc]

Any ideas comaring the aeolus with LCD 3, hifiman arya and meze emperyen?

 

[koover]

Here’s an excerpt from my review of the Empyrean.
Please keep in mind though, I own the Aeolus and dont own the Empyrean so that says a lot. The empyrean is more then double the ask so with that said, the Aeolus to me is a much better buy. I hate posting this in a way because it’s a glowing review of the Emp but I will not give mine up even if I bought the Emp. ZMF is my preferred sound (even though the Empyrean blew me away) and the Aeolus is the HP I enjoy the most from what Zach has produced.

-vs- ZMF Aeolus
Well Zach did it again. I was fortunate enough to have all 3 headphones (Aeolus, Verite, Empyrean) for our meet in the Phoenix area a few weeks back. I had very little head-time with the Verite, thus the reason the omission on a comparison. I liked the Aeolus so much that I never sent it back and just bought it outright. Sure, it's not new but it looks and sounds exactly like it was. If any headphone that I've heard or own that "could" compare to the Empyrean it would be this guy. I cannot or will not say I like the Aeolus more then the Empyrean because I don't. The Empyrean is that great of a headphone and it would be a disservice to say anything else so I'll just to leave it at that. Once again, the Empyrean just does everything right and better as they nailed it every and any which way you look. The Aeolus is a warmer sounding headphone with a much stronger mid bass bump which is a ZMF trademark. The sub bass extends down low as the mid bass bump is toned down versus it's closed back brother the Atticus. The Atticus always had great sub bass but that mid bass hump just overshadowed it so you didn't have the opportunity to hear it as well as the Aeolus. The Empyrean definitely has more sparkle up top. The Aeolus is not rolled off per say but is smooth and relaxed. Mids are quite similar and both steal the show. Aeolus still has a plethora of detail as you can hear every little intricacy in the music but the Empyreans extra energy up top gives the impression of more air and space. The soundstage isn't small on the Aeoluis and is very good in both width and depth, but the Empyrean does it better. Bottom line, both are great headphones and would be excellent compliments to each other. But when push comes to shove, the Empyrean stays with me all day long as it IS the sound signature I'm looking for.

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Woo Hoo! My Aeolus, is being sanded and finished! Not much longer now, until pure audio bliss. I have put together one heck of a system while waiting ( Gumby with LP & Lyr 3 ), and can't wait to put the Aeolus, in the rotation.

@Wildcatsare1 - those have to be the prettiest Aeolus, I have seen!

@Wes S , thank you, I absolutely love it them! You’ll love the Lyr 3 with your Aeolus.