Thank You for Your description You are right. For me dimension is not all. I have never heard any of ZMF cans. Atrium would be my first “blind” buy if a pull the trigger.
My reference regarding soundstage is:
LCD-X - small intimate,
Arya V2 - big natural
Heddphone - big but with little unnatural effects.
Ultrasone 15 - (with EQ) most natural and like speaker wise Soundstage
Haven’t heard Utopia and had 15 minutes with D8000 on audio show so I don’t remember them too much
PS: forgot about HD800s - too big, exaggerated and unnatural for me
I have the Arya V2 and the Atrium
Here is how I’d compare their soundstage:
The V2 has a very wide soundstage (similar to the HD800s). But it’s not deep and it’s width is probably slightly exaggerated (if very satisfying).
The Atrium is more 3D in its soundstage. Definitely more narrow than the V2, but its stage surrounds you. It feels very natural.
So the V2 has a definite wow effect, while the Atrium is more natural.
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