iamoneagain
Headphoneus Supremus
So my problem with the Envy, at least the configuration at CanJam, is it made the Atrium Open sound so much better than my Caldera I really think the Envy / Atrium Open combo was my favorite setup at CanJam. This was my first chance to hear any other ZMF headphones besides my Caldera, which I bought blind almost a year ago . With tubes, I hear a lot of talk about liquid mids and the Atrium Open just shined. So amazing. The Caldera still sounded great out of the Envy too but it was more technical sounding just in comparison to the Atrium open.Yeah I absolutely love the Envy - it's amazing with Caldera, or really anything we throw at it. I have swapped the tubes out and all that, FWIW.
So if I had the money, I would have bought one of the natural rare November Atrium Opens and Iād start looking at tube amps as well. I donāt like the rabbit hole the Envy put my mind in. But the Caldera is so great on solid state that my Naim HE / Caldera combo leaves me completely satisfied. I kind of wish I liked the Atrium Closed so I could sort of tell myself having a closed model makes sense at certain times. But I have no real reason for another open headphone and canāt really get a tube amp because of my cat. Sometimes he sits right on top of the Naim. He also likes to play with water, so even a tube amp with a cage wouldnāt work. And Iām not getting rid of my cat.
Also needed another reason to post a cat pic.
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