Enjoy. Interested to hear your thoughts after you get a few days with it.
I will have to break out a Chatham bottom getter then.
Mids are strong no doubt but maybe a change in tubes will dial in the high frequencies.
good timing.... I think/bet someone will part with their limited wood edition and use your fund to reinvest into Blackwood edition..... I think you should consider which previous limited edition you like....
Having chatted with a few head-fiers and seen some more reviews, I've decided to try and pick up a Vérité Closed instead of the VO.
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure there's no "wrong" answer. It boils down to a matter of preference. I don't get along too well with closed backs, so I went with the VO...the VC is rather awesome as well IMO...enjoy!!
I have owned some closed backs but my preference is usually open. I have spent five days listening to the VO compared to Focal Utopias and the VO's offered a nice change of pace and do very well in midrange IMHO. Looks and comfort are superb.
They probably have a darker sound and blacker background than the Desert Ironwood.
Blackwood and Ironwood are both really hard woods so I doubt there will be much sonic difference between them, especially with the fast Verite drivers.....
In my head, the sarcasm was obvious...but it didn't translate. Sorry. I was really referring to the blackwood (aesthetically) as being 'darker' and with a 'blacker' background.
The joke was obvious to me.
I would think wood type could be more of a factor in closed headphones if there is any at all. I just completed a cable build using 8 strand extremely pure copper and it has improved the sound on some VO’s I am sampling IMHO. 
