Thanks!! And yes they are very pretty
ZMF Auteur Thread
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Preachy1
1000+ Head-Fier
nice cans and REALLY nice pics. Is that the actual color or does the lighting make them a bit redder? I have what I guess are undied (undead?) Ambrosia's, and they are very blonde.Some awesome light from the setting sun shining on the maple:
They definitely look more like the first pic in real life, the second one looks more orange/reddish because of the light. Its crazy though how different they look in different lighting conditions haha
Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
That wood is stunning. The best maple earcups I've ever seen.
Does anyone have any experience with suede pads on the auteur? if so which ones and how did it sound?
Inoculator
100+ Head-Fier
At the advice of some other members I tried out the Suede Eikon perforated pads on my Auteur, and they quickly became my favorite pads overall with those cans. They do a good job of preserving the bass quality while just easing back the bass quantity enough to make the Auteur a bit more relaxing/natural. Does a good job of preserving the air/stage of stock pads, as compared to lambskin eikon pads which make them sounds much more intimate. There is also just some sort of magic synergy for me with those pads that seem to make the Auteur even more revealing and detailed.
I posted earlier after about a month of using the Auteur suede and then trying the Eikon suede perf. To me they opened up the sound and I greatly prefer them. I know one reviewer only really liked them with the solid suede Eikon, but I found it increased the bass but made everything else worse. I've never heard them with any leather pads though.
interesting stuff, I'd really like to just spend a few days doing nothing other than trying all the zmf pads out and seeing which ones I prefer the most lol. I'm looking for a pad that makes the stage on the auteur wider/more expansive, and for some reason i feel like suede might accomplish this. but i hear that suede also can lead to a more neutral sound which might suck all the life out of the auteur. I definitely dont want less bass, I think the bass with the stock auteur pads is perfect. maybe i'm looking for a unicorn here, probably...
and honestly the more i listen to the stock pads the more i realize how great the stage is. so im probably just being too picky lol
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minty1
100+ Head-Fier
Does anyone have a picture of the LTDs in a darker stain? I put in my order but been going back and forth on whether to ask Zach & Bevin to stain the cups a darker color.
minty1
100+ Head-Fier
Here's mine but not LTD.
Appreciate you posting up a picture. After going back and forth I've opted to stick with the default color for the LTD. Those are some neat colored grills & rods did ZMF color them or was that done by someone else?
These are the b-stock Red cocobolo ones from November, right? Glad to see them again. I came so close several times but ultimately got different ones.
The wood will definitely darken. I think I got mine under 3 months ago and they've definitely darkened. I would think a darker stain would hide most of the beauty. Mine are the rose gold ones pictured on the site. The most beautiful headphones I own, until my next 2 ZMFs arrive at least!
