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Apr 23, 2021 at 12:35 PM Post #4,861 of 8,334
Magol79 said:
There's an Echo for sale in the classifieds. If you have an Auteur and want to try an OTL tube amp, this combination has great synergy.

In this case I can truly say just buy it and thank me later.
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How's that compare with a Crack+Speedball for synergy with ZMFs?
 
Apr 23, 2021 at 12:55 PM Post #4,862 of 8,334
Magol79 said:
There's an Echo for sale in the classifieds. If you have an Auteur and want to try an OTL tube amp, this combination has great synergy.

In this case I can truly say just buy it and thank me later.
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Man, I would but now I got My Pendant SE arriving in the next few days.
 
Apr 23, 2021 at 1:21 PM Post #4,864 of 8,334
Magol79 said:
Perfect time to get into amp rolling. :o2smile:
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I can only afford so much at my age, give me 10 years or so, once I’m 29 I’ll probably be able to afford it!
 
Apr 24, 2021 at 4:22 AM Post #4,866 of 8,334
I have a headache right now, thinking about a lot ...
Following situation:
I have a Meze Empyrean and a Hifiman Arya, the last I'm pretty sure not to keep.
Last year I had already ordered an Auteur, but after a very long wait I canceled it and bought the Empy.
Now I have the opportunity to get an Auteur.

Is that an addition to my Empy or not?
I also have an Atticus and an Eikon to choose from, maybe the Atticus fits better to the Empy?

The headphones are to be operated on a modded Dark Voice, as well as my pro iCAN.
 
Apr 28, 2021 at 1:47 AM Post #4,870 of 8,334
I recently got my Auteurs. Still less than 100 hours of burn in. Some things I note. Burn in has improved the sound. Less mud, more cohesive overall sound. Was dark initially, but sound isn't so dark now. The sound was veiled at first. Then I took out the Bopp metal filter, and this helped increase treble, brightened up sound, and made it more crisp. Also, the veil lifted, and I can hear further into the music than before. I felt the filter just was too dense, and didn't let the sound through as much as without it. Anyone prefer the Bopp off as well?
 
Apr 28, 2021 at 11:25 AM Post #4,871 of 8,334
Wow :heart_eyes:

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Apr 28, 2021 at 11:47 AM Post #4,872 of 8,334
sjones said:
I recently got my Auteurs. Still less than 100 hours of burn in. Some things I note. Burn in has improved the sound. Less mud, more cohesive overall sound. Was dark initially, but sound isn't so dark now. The sound was veiled at first. Then I took out the Bopp metal filter, and this helped increase treble, brightened up sound, and made it more crisp. Also, the veil lifted, and I can hear further into the music than before. I felt the filter just was too dense, and didn't let the sound through as much as without it. Anyone prefer the Bopp off as well?
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No, I definitely wouldn't remove the filter. Interesting and illustrates how individual our preferences are. I don't hear Auteur as veiled or dark at all, and wouldn't want treble any more extended. Glad you found a way to mod to your preferred sound, though. :L3000:
 
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Apr 28, 2021 at 11:52 AM Post #4,873 of 8,334
sjones said:
I recently got my Auteurs. Still less than 100 hours of burn in. Some things I note. Burn in has improved the sound. Less mud, more cohesive overall sound. Was dark initially, but sound isn't so dark now. The sound was veiled at first. Then I took out the Bopp metal filter, and this helped increase treble, brightened up sound, and made it more crisp. Also, the veil lifted, and I can hear further into the music than before. I felt the filter just was too dense, and didn't let the sound through as much as without it. Anyone prefer the Bopp off as well?
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They feel like such works of art / craftsmanship that I don't think I would mod mine (at least not before I have multiple ZMF headphones lying around :)). I didn't feel them to be veiled at all though and love the treble. Burn-in seems to have definitely helped the sound. I have another day or so left to get the 200 hours ZMF recommend on their website so they should be almost there and I agree the sound does feel less muddied :)
 
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