Not much happening on this thread. Sadly, the Ori is no longer being sold.
No matter--I'm sitting here with the ormosia henryi Ori on my head, and have the same silly "I can't believe how good this sounds" smile on my face that I had 5+ years ago, when I got this new from ZMF. I love the sound of this headphone. It pleases me to no end.
Of course, the bass is off-the-charts good. This is one of the 2 or 3 best headphones I've ever heard for bass. But I like everything I hear from the Ori: the mids, the treble, the soundstaging (so good for a closed back). This is one incredibly musical planar, and it never fails to satisfy.
Yes, there are higher resolution planars around, headphones that do the "plankton" better than this (I own one, the Final D8000, which is excellent in every way). But do I love that more than this? Nope.
I've had a few outstanding success stories in headphone audio...this is right up with the best.
I missed my chance - bummer. I hoped Zach would eventually put out another planar. The way you described the bass makes my LCD-2F pale in comparison. I'll see if I can hit the used market.