ZMF Bokeh - Open Back Headphones

[jonathan c]

To @rafalc and @jsabini1, I have on order (from Fog City Audio) an XLR amp-end terminated headphone cable for Clearwater. Bokeh Open is the only headphone of mine that uses 3.5mm TS earcup connectors.

 

[AnyDave]

To @rafalc and @jsabini1, I have on order (from Fog City Audio) an XLR amp-end terminated headphone cable for Clearwater. Bokeh Open is the only headphone of mine that uses 3.5mm TS earcup connectors.

The cables you have for your Focal Clear should work as well.

 

[mattiastomas]

Just received this beauty today! Let the burn in begin

 

[jinxy245]

Beautiful pair!
Looking forward to your impressions...

 

[jonathan c]

The cables you have for your Focal Clear should work as well.

.... hmm, I'll give those a go -- they have two black rings (rather than one) by the tips. In any event, the Fog City cables will be all-copper vs interwoven copper-silver.

 

[AnyDave]

.... hmm, I'll give those a go -- they have two black rings (rather than one) by the tips. In any event, the Fog City cables will be all-copper vs interwoven copper-silver.

The Bokeh Sockets use the Tip and the Sleeve of a TRS 3.5mm connector, so they should work with Mono or Stereo connectors.

 

[jonathan c]

With a colossal thank you to @AnyDave, my FAW Noir Hybrid cable for Focal Clear OG does work with Bokeh Open!

Oh, what a sound it is via Liquid Platinum (RCA 'triple mica, angled-D getter' 5814 tubes) ! Full range, detailed, exquisitely balanced, spacious with 'jump' and 'sashay' -- delightful ! As Robert Palmer sang: Simply Irresistible ... .

 

[ch1525i]

With a colossal thank you to @AnyDave, my FAW Noir Hybrid cable for Focal Clear OG does work with Bokeh Open! Oh, what a sound it is via Liquid Platinum (RCA 'triple mica, angled-D getter' 5814 tubes) ! Full range, detailed, exquisitely balanced, spacious with 'jump' and 'sashay' -- delightful ! As Robert Palmer sang: Simply Irresistible ... .

You have an excellent, clean setup. I need to setup my listening station in my office but right now it is just "stuff" piled in a corner

 

[jonathan c]

You have an excellent, clean setup. I need to setup my listening station in my office but right now it is just "stuff" piled in a corner

Thank you.

DUBLE PST EDIT:

Next up .... Bokeh Open LTD Stabilised Clearwater + FAW Noir Hybrid h/p/c + MASS-Kobo 433:

From listening in astonishment & glee to a familiar recording

[Verve: recorded August, 1967 at Village Vanguard, NYC], I have to say that (well recorded) 'live' performances are the Bokeh Open forte. Beyond the exemplary tonal balance are: the attack, the decay, the rendition of surroundings, the sizing of stage: thereness! [This is a tribute to MASS-Kobo 433, too. Another felicitous M-K / ZMF pairing!]

 

[Toddy]

The Bokeh Sockets use the Tip and the Sleeve of a TRS 3.5mm connector, so they should work with Mono or Stereo connectors.

I had already asked about this here. And I was told that I could use both plug variants without any problems. Which I have been doing since then without any issues. And I found out the Bokeh Open shows cable differences more clearly than any other of my headphones.

 

[theveterans]

I had already asked about this here. And I was told that I could use both plug variants without any problems. Which I have been doing since then without any issues. And I found out the Bokeh Open shows cable differences more clearly than any other of my headphones.

It’s quite sensitive to cable rolling but not as sensitive and picky as Susvara OG / Susvara Unveiled. I’m glad most cables I’ve tried sound great with the BO since it’s not picky with it despite the differences in the sound whereas with Susvara, it can make or break the sound to me

 

[Toddy]

It simply is a magic headphone – (almost) everything sounds good with it. Plus the better the chain, the better it sounds. So to speak the reverse version of a headphone which reveals the weaknesses of the chain: It highlights its greatness.

 

[MrBanana]

After a time of thought I finally decided in favor of a Cayin HA-2A instead of Schiit Valhalla 3. It was available right now (Schiit is restocking sometime this month) and Zach himself recommended it.

I am really eager for the first listening session.

Although I am wondering, if the spot on the big tube is normal.

 

[jonathan c]

After a time of thought I finally decided in favor of a Cayin HA-2A instead of Schiit Valhalla 3. It was available right now (Schiit is restocking sometime this month) and Zach himself recommended it.

I am really eager for the first listening session.

Although I am wondering, if the spot on the big tube is normal.

... the silvery area on the (in)side of a tube is normal when the 'getter holder' is to the side rather than towards the top of the tube.

 

[DACattack]

It simply is a magic headphone – (almost) everything sounds good with it. Plus the better the chain, the better it sounds. So to speak the reverse version of a headphone which reveals the weaknesses of the chain: It highlights its greatness.

Well said. It scales incredibly well (as does its sibling, the Bokeh Closed).