Pretty much, yes. Tonight has been another absolute treat of a listening experience.
I had previously heard V open briefly at CANJAM, but never V Closed. Expectations were already high, of course, but I’m pretty much blown away. Seriously–anyone–are there any other closed headphones that can compete with these?
I’d heard they have an open stage, but they’re a very convincing out-of-head experience. Like, if I didn’t put these on my own head I’d have a hard time believing they’re closed, except, oh yeah, I can’t hear anything but the music so there’s some serious isolation happening.
The signature ZMF warmth is there, and a richness to the mids that’s intoxicating. I’m not sure how much of that (and the amazing 3D staging) is coming from my Pendant, but I haven’t felt any need or desire to change a single thing to find out.
Meanwhile, they have absolutely razor sharp detail, but without a hint of aggression. Yet, they did a fine job of rendering Korn and maintaining their intensity while separating and enunciating all the various busy elements of the track I sampled. Unlike the Eikons, which I’ve always felt were a specialist heapdhone that elevate vocals and acoustic tracks to a new level, VCs seem to be deftly handling whatever I throw at them.
It’s going on irresponsibly late o’clock, but I keep finding just one more track to add to the queue. I’m going to have to wrap this up and try to go to bed, feeling like a kid at Christmas who gets to open the same present again tomorrow.