AWESOME!! Thanks for letting me know.
Yeah, I've been listening to them for the last few hours. The stage is definitely large and holographic. I listen with EQ and it really opens them up even more. These just sound so smooth.
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Yeah, I've been listening to them for the last few hours. The stage is definitely large and holographic. I listen with EQ and it really opens them up even more. These just sound so smooth.
My VO has arrived. Originally i wanted to wait for the hot summer cup (or even ZMF november) for a special edition, but i got a really good deal for an absolutely stunning looking African Blackwood VO, this thing is impossible to photograph, i tried anyway:
So that one on kleinanzeigen! Beautiful! Gz 
It was Audio-markt.de, bought it from an Italien, it looks so good...
1500€ (1400€ + PP fees + shipping) for that thing is just a banger for us EU people, you probably won't find a better deal.
1500€ (1400€ + PP fees + shipping) for that thing is just a banger for us EU people, you probably won't find a better deal.
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The last pic shows how beautiful is the grain. Congrats!!
(Looking forward to hearing your impressions)
I already posted some impressions in the Atrium Closed thread (i think).
It's the best laid-back ZMF with less energy at 2-3k. I tried every ZMF and on some of them i wasn't a fan of that shout region. The Caldera was very good, but it got beaten by my Susvara which overlaps with its sound signature (and which i prefer). The VO is a different story.
EVERYTHING sounds so good and never fatiguing, no matter the genre or the volume. It's my #1 "lean back and enjoy a whisky" headphone. Still, it's very fast and highly technical but also extremely musical and lush. I had the Meze Elite for a bit and that one did disappoint, it was also very laid-back but i felt like its technicalities did not hold up to its price point in the end.
I borrowed a Verite Open from a friend for a week and knew that i wanted one. I love its sound. It's the polar opposite of an Utopia and does fit perfectly in my collection. You get engulfed in the music and just lean back and are happy. Plug it into a tube amp and you get this awesome decay of the notes and an even bigger soundstage.
It's a bit funny because i checked out a lot of ZMF's before and i didn't click with them. I almost tried every ZMF and only in the end listened to the VO, what a fantastic tuned piece of wood.
I am the guy that does think the HD6XX is overrated, so i wasn't looking for a "super HD6XX" with a focused midrange. I need both treble and bass extension. The VO does all of that spectacularly.
It's the best laid-back ZMF with less energy at 2-3k. I tried every ZMF and on some of them i wasn't a fan of that shout region. The Caldera was very good, but it got beaten by my Susvara which overlaps with its sound signature (and which i prefer). The VO is a different story.
EVERYTHING sounds so good and never fatiguing, no matter the genre or the volume. It's my #1 "lean back and enjoy a whisky" headphone. Still, it's very fast and highly technical but also extremely musical and lush. I had the Meze Elite for a bit and that one did disappoint, it was also very laid-back but i felt like its technicalities did not hold up to its price point in the end.
I borrowed a Verite Open from a friend for a week and knew that i wanted one. I love its sound. It's the polar opposite of an Utopia and does fit perfectly in my collection. You get engulfed in the music and just lean back and are happy. Plug it into a tube amp and you get this awesome decay of the notes and an even bigger soundstage.
It's a bit funny because i checked out a lot of ZMF's before and i didn't click with them. I almost tried every ZMF and only in the end listened to the VO, what a fantastic tuned piece of wood.
I am the guy that does think the HD6XX is overrated, so i wasn't looking for a "super HD6XX" with a focused midrange. I need both treble and bass extension. The VO does all of that spectacularly.
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Great description of my favourite headphones. Also great choice with the African Blackwood. Here’s my pair. Have ‘em for almost two years now and never letting ‘em go !
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yeah 1.5k EUR is was what I got my second hand VO for too, a good price for a fantastic headphone. Yours is considerably prettier though
There it was (or still isSo that one on kleinanzeigen! Beautiful! Gz
) offered at 2200€.....Yeah saw it too, too high for aftermarket imho.There it was (or still is
I should try more often "low balling" seems to work more often than one thinks...
My VO has arrived. Originally i wanted to wait for the hot summer cup (or even ZMF november) for a special edition, but i got a really good deal for an absolutely stunning looking African Blackwood VO, this thing is impossible to photograph, i tried anyway:
Congrats!
I love my African Blackwood VO, both for itd look and sound.
By the way, just saw someone just posted another Blackwood VO for sale if anyone is interested: https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/zmf-headphones-vérité-open-african-blackwood-ltd-with-magnesium-chassis.49962/#hfc-comment-73243)
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The Verite goes under the radar these days and with so many releases every other week it's easy to see why. With newer models like the Caldera and Atrium variants, it became a sort of sleeper pick for most due to it's rather unconventional tuning but boy does it work. Great technicalities and a tuning like no other you scored a great deal there.
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