[jonathan c]

"I love Tourmaline and I cannot lie"

... now Atticus Bocote has a direct sibling!

 

[MacMan31]

Just got my Atticus and giving them a first listen. It many ways it does sound very good. But I feel like bass is lacking. However I have thought that since I changed my XLR cables the other day. The ones going from my DAC to my amp. I had to get longer ones cause the DAC is too long to fit within my self with my headphone amp. Would a change in cables somehow change the sound signature of my setup?

Edit: I also seem to notice this sound change from the SE of my DAC into the Feliks Echo Mk2 tube amp. Even so these are the XLR cables I bought.
https://www.amazon.ca/Cable-Matters..._rp_0_1_ec_pd_gwd_bag_pd_hp_d_atf_rp_1_i&th=1

 

[jonathan c]

Just got my Atticus and giving them a first listen. It many ways it does sound very good. But I feel like bass is lacking.

Possibly the very deepest bass (Eikon runs deeper) ... but bass/midbass, to my ears, is fulsome with Atticus.

Would a change in cables somehow change the sound signature of my setup?

From interconnects, the overall tonal balance should not be greatly affected. What can change is the immediacy perceived by the listener.

 

[MacMan31]

Possibly the very deepest bass (Eikon runs deeper) ... but bass/midbass, to my ears, is fulsome with Atticus.

From interconnects, the overall tonal balance should not be greatly affected. What can change is the immediacy perceived by the listener.

Well I switched the DAC off and back on and that seemed to "fix" things a bit. Even so in comparing the Atticus to the Aeon 2 Noire the latter digs deeper and I may prefer it overall. By contrast the Atticus sounds "bright" compared to the Aeon 2 Noire. Even if the Atticus is not a bright headphone. I'll give the Atticus more time. Maybe I'll get used to it.

 

[zach915m]

Well I switched the DAC off and back on and that seemed to "fix" things a bit. Even so in comparing the Atticus to the Aeon 2 Noire the latter digs deeper and I may prefer it overall. By contrast the Atticus sounds "bright" compared to the Aeon 2 Noire. Even if the Atticus is not a bright headphone. I'll give the Atticus more time. Maybe I'll get used to it.

Atticus certainly should not sound bright.

Make sure there's all solid pads on it? Also feel free to contact our team - support@zmfheadphones.com

If it's a used set, we do checkups for 50 usd and will tetune if needed or diagnose the headphone and fix for as little as possible.

 

[MacMan31]

Atticus certainly should not sound bright.

Make sure there's all solid pads on it? Also feel free to contact our team - support@zmfheadphones.com

If it's a used set, we do checkups for 50 usd and will tetune if needed or diagnose the headphone and fix for as little as possible.

The pads are the solid suede Ori pads. I did buy the Atticus used.