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[devilboy]

Great to hear that. I'm thinking about getting Caldera ultra perforated suede, but hard to find any listening experience from users. What about a bass impact or quantity vs Universal Lambskin perforated pads? Can you tell? Looking forward also hear your opinion about Caldera Ultra Lambskin.

Ok.

I listened to a lot of Chopin and Bach this morning. Absolutely beautiful on the VO. I'm very content with classical music on this thing.
After that I switched to Marilyn Manson. (I saw them last Friday in Philly. Freaking awesome). Anyway, the VO had very nice attack and a lot of weight. Guitars were not bright but still very resolving. The dynamic swings were covered very well.

 

[Pharmaboy]

Guitars were not bright but still very resolving.

Well said.

When I first heard about the VO's beryllium driver I felt some apprehension: I've heard some bad, overly bright/tense sound from the occasional headphone or speaker pair w/beryllium drivers. I needn't have worried. The VO's drivers are blazing fast but not bright: lots of tone and note-weight, things usually missing from overtly fast drivers. This is a rare combination in my experience.

As for genres, when I first fell in love with the VO's sound, I figured classical music would be it's forte--because it absolutely kills on classical. But when I tried all the other genres I love (funk, old/new soul, ambient, reggae/worldbeat, others w/a strong pulse), it absolutely killed on them, as well.

Nothing is perfect, but I have yet to identify a real, obvious sonic weakness in this headphone. In fact, I've completely stopped trying.

 

[devilboy]

Well said.

When I first heard about the VO's beryllium driver I felt some apprehension: I've heard some bad, overly bright/tense sound from the occasional headphone or speaker pair w/beryllium drivers. I needn't have worried. The VO's drivers are blazing fast but not bright: lots of tone and note-weight, things usually missing from overtly fast drivers. This is a rare combination in my experience.

As for genres, when I first fell in love with the VO's sound, I figured classical music would be it's forte--because it absolutely kills on classical. But when I tried all the other genres I love (funk, old/new soul, ambient, reggae/worldbeat, others w/a strong pulse), it absolutely killed on them, as well.

Nothing is perfect, but I have yet to identify a real, obvious sonic weakness in this headphone. In fact, I've completely stopped trying.

Spot on!!!

Classical, jazz and acoustic music sound phenomenal on the VO. So many times on so many tracks I would listen to the VO and hear something and say to myself, oh, that would be pretty shrill on the Bokeh. But no! The VO impresses the hell out of me.
Like I said, I love the caldera Ultra, high density, perforated suede. I'll try the Caldera perforated lamb maybe tomorrow.

Not only does the suede sound great but I have a bit of a bias.
I have a bald head and whenever I try the other materials, it sticks to my head when I take them off. Imagine if you will, lying on a leather sofa with no shirt on. After a few minutes when you get up, you have to kind of "peel" yourself off. Well, the same thing happens with leathery headphone pads.
(It's okay to laugh). ,

The suede feels so much more comfortable than anything else.