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The Atrium is just so so good. For my preferences, with lamb BE2 pads and Aeolus mesh they just absolutely nail timbral balance, tonal weight, and micro-dynamics with almost best in class imaging and macro-dynamics and are close enough to neutral (my only small complaint). I also don't quite understand the common complaint of less detail compared to other flagships. I pretty much disagree with that assessment but maybe my ears suck.
It's been trading blows with Utopia, my 5-year reference, which has comfortably slayed all other dynamic and planar flagships during ownership. After several months of owning Atrium I'm pretty shocked to feel like it's probably going to dethrone the Utopia. I honestly thought that day would never come for me.
It's on the Mount Rushmore of headphones, IMO. I'm also no ZMF fanboy. This is the first ZMF I've truly liked and I've owned all the open models and the VC.
I really appreciate that you stuck with us to try Atrium! ZMF is in essence me filing out my headphone collection, so definitely expect everything we make to be a little different than the "box" we've created in the past.
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