Hell yea. Iāve had such a great experience with their support / customer service in addition to the quality of the hardware that Iām sold on the company. Even if I donāt expressly need the Erish Iāll grab it to support Geshelli Labs. Iām also really curious as to any improvements / differences from the Archel.
I know that the Monolith LP will likely still be the better Amp, but itāll be good to have a balanced amp at my desk at work. But I might be surprised
No, not yet. If the normal 6 weeks production is still valid, then mine are done at the end of next week. But I canāt tell by looking at the excel sheet. I donāt think it is 100% correct and last time my Aeolus arrived while they were listed as āAssemblyā.
But the wait is fine, it makes it even more great to finally get them
Starfields are great and when Iām out and about and relaxing somewhere. They dont really need a lot of power but I have the ifi hip dac and they make them sound really really good.
Hahahahahaha. I have the iFi nano BL. Tastes seem to be very similar. I wish I had the hip dac though. The BL is way too bulky for real pocket portability.
Yea. I need an excuse to take more walks. With no sailing, commuting, or any other forms of normal activity sanctioned Iām too sedentary. Wearing 770s and walking around looks a little weird lol.
Yes. They are almost completely closed imo. The isolation stuff is due to a lack of squeeze. They feel almost feather like in tightness of fit, even though they are pretty secure. Keep in mind though, mine are used, so whoever had them before might have had a bigger noggin.
I would say these will comfortably keep you in your own headspace anywhere except a construction site or if someone is playing drums in the room though. Everything thatās not music is very muted.
There is a complete seal around my ear. The vents donāt seem to let sound out at all unless itās realllllllly blasting.
Yep, have seen that and I will likely adjust it. At the same time, the lightness of the clamping is nice. I kinda just forget theyāre there.
Sidenote : Whoever thinks these things are heavy reallllly needs to do some bare minimum shoulder / neck / back work. These things are pretty damn light, especially for having wood cups. After reading everything I expected something like a brick.
i mean they are heavy in comparison to some cans, but the headband and strap system zmf employs is the secret sauce. it just does such a good job of distributing the weight evenly and combined with the awesome ear pads make them super comfy as long as you tweak the band for your head specifically.
Hahah, the ifi hip dac is special though. Iāve been using it on my laptop or lg v20/starfield instead of the atom/enog/xbox/starfields and im starting to like it more. But the 712 and darkvoice is better overall. Iām excited to get a zmf though. Thanks for all info though. Leaning towards the eikon.
listening to my Eikon right now through foobar > enog2pro > hagerman tuba with the RCA 7189 tubes rolled in. Sounds amazing. Iāve been exclusively listening to LCD-X for the last 2-3 weeks and I can really pick up on the differences here. This sounds just so pleasurable lol
I think my only complaint is gonna be I canāt seem to get these guysā headband to comfortably clamp on my head. I watched the headband bending tutorial and spent the last hour trying to bend them into shape. I can get a comfortable fit, but not a good clamp. Itās not like my headās tiny either.
Feels like the more I try to get them to clamp the looser the fit is.
Yea I donāt think Iāve ever been more frustrated with an adjustment system in my fucking life.
Ok. So I finally got it to work. Took about an hour and a half of constant bending and adjustment to get the band a semblance of flat/straight/clamp/even. That was obnoxious. I would HIGHLY prefer adjust any of my other headphones to the constant bending of this. ahhhhh
haha yeah it can take a little fiddling to get it just right. The upside is once you have it the way you want it, it holds the shape remarkably well. I havenāt had to re-bend mine since I received them back in march
Yea, exactly. I still donāt have it perfect. Iād really love to totally flatten it and then bend it from new.
Honestly debating asking ZMF if I can buy a total replacement head strap / mount. Itās still not right and itās driving me crazy. Whoever had these before really fucked the strap up (the angles were ridiculous). Havenāt completely figured out how to unfuckify it yet. You really shouldnāt have to spend 1.5 hours playing with a headband to get it right lol
yeah it looks like you have the old chassis anyways, so you could definitely just order one of the newer style magnesium chassis with headband. be pretty sweet and would cut down the weight a bit too
i think the magnesium chassis is $250. Iām not sure if it includes the headband or strap. I would just email Zach and ask about it, he is pretty responsive and helpful even to secondhand owners
