[LCMusicLover]

No argument here -- DMB fans can be pretty fantical (is that a word?). Phish fans can get prickly as well.

Agree about OG Blackwood bass -- so really looking forward to Classic Blackwood bass ... and all other frequencies!

2nd invoice came in (and was paid as soon as I noticed it). Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! ... well, you get the idea

 

[PankajBihari]

2nd invoice came in (and was paid as soon as I noticed it). Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait! ... well, you get the idea

Incredible that we are all rejoicing the payment of an invoice, but yeah, I'm also rejoicing!! First thing I did after I openend my eyes this morning is checking my email for the invoice, finding the invoice and paying the invoice.

My one and true love is coming home, now better than ever. Reading all of your impressions made it even more exiting. A few more days now and I can listen for myself.

Also curious about the crescent strap that I ordered. Hopefully my Auteurs will never have to leave my head again.

 

[bigjako]

I don't know if this is an answerable question, but I have recently come into the Auteurs (from Aeolus) because I found the most amazing synergy with my ampsandsound Kenzie Encore Deluxe. I heard it with a friend's Auteur, and got my own pair literally hours later. It's given the Encore new life and is an amazing headphone experience (for me, at least, right up there with an SR-007 mk1 on a Mjolnir Carbon). Of course I'm tempted by the upgrade, but I worry that the magical synergy might not be there with the Classics, since they're a completely different driver. Likely objectively and subjectively 'better' but I worry about losing the wonderful pairing.

Any thoughts on how the upgrade changed your pairings, if it did?

 

[LCMusicLover]

I don't know if this is an answerable question, but I have recently come into the Auteurs (from Aeolus) because I found the most amazing synergy with my ampsandsound Kenzie Encore Deluxe. I heard it with a friend's Auteur, and got my own pair literally hours later. It's given the Encore new life and is an amazing headphone experience (for me, at least, right up there with an SR-007 mk1 on a Mjolnir Carbon). Of course I'm tempted by the upgrade, but I worry that the magical synergy might not be there with the Classics, since they're a completely different driver. Likely objectively and subjectively 'better' but I worry about losing the wonderful pairing.

Any thoughts on how the upgrade changed your pairings, if it did?

You are not the only one who has worried/stressed/obsessed over whether the upgrade will weaken the magic.

In the end, those of us who are blind upgrading said to ourselves In Zach we trust!

 

[heliosphann]

Listening to this excellent Visconti mix for the first time. Got the Eikon suede's on the Classic and surprisingly loving them. I sense more pad swapping in my future...

 

[ckhirnigs113]

Listening to this excellent Visconti mix for the first time. Got the Eikon suede's on the Classic and surprisingly loving them. I sense more pad swapping in my future...

Hadn’t even thought about whether people will prefer different pads with the Classics vs the OGs.

 

[heliosphann]

Hadn’t even thought about whether people will prefer different pads with the Classics vs the OGs.

I stuck with Auteur pads for the most part on the OG's. More investigating is needed...

 

[skhan007]

I stuck with Auteur pads for the most part on the OG's. More investigating is needed...

Same. On my Auteur OG, I’ve tried perf lamb and perf suede versions BE, universe, and Verite. I keep coming back to stock pads.

 

[Insidious Meme]

I'd like to thank @zach915m and ZMF for a wonderful pair of Atrium Classics.

Oops, my bad. Meant Auteur Classic.

 

[jonathan c]

Auteur Original. Auteur Perforated Lambskin Pads. Norne Audio Vygarde HPC. Woo WA3 (Tung Sol 5998, Brimar CV455 KB/FB s)…..

“music, sweet music is the queen of my soul” [Average White Band, Soul Searching. Atlantic: June, 1976.]

 

[jonathan c]

As the above post hints, I will not be sending in my Auteur Original for the ‘update / upgrade’ to Auteur Classic. I do have an Atrium (aged cherry / aged copper). So…..an Auteur Classic itself will just have to be…..to keep the evolution intact:

Auteur Original —> Auteur Classic —> Atrium

 

[warrenpchi]

 

[jonathan c]

I excluded Eikon since it is closed-back…

 

[warrenpchi]

I excluded Eikon since it is closed-back…

I included it because the meme had four panels and I needed filler lol.

 

[Deleeh]

Hello,

Apart from the bass which is said to be improved on the Classic/upgrade, are there any other areas that have been improved that you have noticed in terms of sound?