heliosphann
Headphoneus Supremus
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I received the Auteur's Friday.
Did Zach remember to include the memo to send them to me before you send them back?!
Thanks Zach
I received the Auteur's Friday.
.The Auteur phones these things sound great!!! They beat the HD-800s in everything I never thought any phone could beat the 800s
With the EL3N amp I can plug in both phones and not affect the sound and do a quick A-B and the Auteur beat the 800s with every
kind of music.
Glenn
Come on Glenn, do your magic for the Auteurs! An amp built to bring the best out of Zach's masterpieces
More quality but less quantity in my experience with all three headphones. That said it’s not lacking bass.How does the bass of the auteur compare to the LCD2 and Atticus?
How does the bass of the auteur compare to the LCD2 and Atticus?
I can’t tell from your post, but have you listened to the headphone directly out of the Brooklyn (to eliminate Valhalla as source of distortion)? Tube issue?Could someone help me understand or describe what I’m hearing -
My Setup:
Lossless FLAC (44.1 - 192k) -> Roon -> UDOO Linux i5 SBC -> Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ -> 4-pin XLR Out and/or Schiit Valhalla 2 -> ZMF Auteur / LCD-2 / Nighthawks.
I find that only on certain tracks I’m hearing distortion(?), maybe a slight static like sound that seems to surround higher frequency guitar notes. It is really evident to me on say King Solomon’s Marbles off of the Dead’s Blues for Allah. I detect it mainly at low volume, as I bring it up it seems to lessen - maybe get covered up?
I don’t really notice it on the Nighthawks but I definitely hear it with the Auteurs and the LCD-2s. To eliminate the Linux box and the Mytek I’ve tried a DAP - the distortion(?) is still there, maybe not quite as evident. I’m wondering if it’s a setup issue on my part or poor recordings. I’m doubting poor recordings because I detect it with maybe 15% of the ‘rock’ music I listen to?
Is low volume distortion a thing? It’s not uncomfortable to bring the volume up enough that the sound goes away, I’m just curious as to what the heck I’m hearing?!
Extends further, but Atticus has a very satisfying midbass thump (not a function of quantity of bass, it still thumps harder if you EQ down the midbass by like 8 DB). The Auteur has none. The Auteur's sub bass can rumble decently hard if you EQ it up, but nothing like the satisying deep rumble of the HP-3. All this said, the Auteur still the best headphone I've ever owned. It's mids/timbre/treble are so well done that I credit it as the one headphone that 'cured' me of caring about bass first and foremost. The Auteur responds well to EQ so with some mild EQ it can satisfy most audiophile basslovers (but probably not typical consumer bass lovers).
Here's what I use for my bass settings :
How does the auteur compared to the Atticus with electronic dance music / techno or jazz? What do you enjoy more ? Also include the hp3 if you would. If you listen to these genres of course.