Want to follow to to see what people think about hybrid pads. Specifically about sound not comfort.
Auteur hybrids are my favorite on the VC. When I got them I changed a lot between pads and tried Auteur lambskin, BE2 Lambskin, Universe Lambskin and Universe Hybrid. Every time I changed to something else than the Auteur hybrids a certain magic was missing for me. Universe hybrid are second for my taste but the staging is so much nicer with the Auteur pads. Settled them now and donāt feel the urge to swap anymore.
Recently swapped out the headband for the new Crescent headband and thought it was time to make some new pics 
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What a beautiful piece you got there! Truly one of a kind.
Does anyone have any experience running the VC with the WA7 Fireflies? Iām heavily considering picking those two up to compliment my Clear Mg. Iād be running the WA7 into a Bifrost 2.
Hey guys, i have pulled the trigger on a beautiful stabilized maple from my local forum.
Question, have you guys tried to drive the VC with a Burson Soloist 3XP?
I have a Schiit Gungnir and a Soloist and i keep hearing i need a tube amp to really make the VC shine, i was wondering how is the synergy with my current chain though, i really love the Soloist and i really donāt feel like i need any other amps right now.
What is happening in the ZMF second hand market right now. I just grabbed a Verite Closed Epoxy set for around what it would cost me in EU to get an Aeolus new! Really really reasonable prices if anyone is drooling over ZMF cansā¦also seen some of the new beauties for sale at discounts as well. I guess market saturation. All the better if you get you audio good second hand. Happy listening.
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I think youāll be fine. It wouldnāt be my first pick but itās not bad by any means. Fortunately, youāll get to listen to it for yourself.
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The Soloist isnāt a bad amp pairing, better still if you use the V6 Vivid OPamps. The bottleneck will be your DAC, the VC scale very well and gain a lot with neutral (warm lean) DAC with good macro and micro detail.
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because too many people purchased them, but ZMF are not for everyoneās taste. Iāve sold my VC because they were way too dark to my ears. Some people love dark sound.
I do use the V6 Vivids.
Do you really think the Schiit Gungnir Multibit is a bottleneck? I am curious about which DAC you think would do a better job.
Damn well, I like the sound. The look and handbuilt aspect also. I mean shit, this is museum quality!!!
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I have purchased a second hand Bottlehead Crack with Speedball for the ZMF, it will arrive tomorrow. I will post my impressions comparing it to the Soloist after.
If it really makes a big difference i will probably invest in a better tube amp, maybe a WA22? I will probably need some help deciding which one to get.
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For aeolus with some better tubes, i would describe the crack as addictive 
Some impression with the verite closed would be nice because I too have my eye on a pair for the collection 
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Which tubes do you like on the Crack?
I will probably tube roll looking for one that focus on bass slam
I have a Thomson 6080wa that opens up the crack a bit in high mids and top with decent soundstage
And I switch the 12au7 between a one factored by madzda and 5814 Jan Phillips
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Those are so pretty!
Can anyone speak to how these headphones perform with hip-hop and r&b?
I wonder if theyāre too resolving, and therefore unforgiving with rap music that I love.
Iād demo them, but ZMF didnāt attend CanJam NYC this year 
If god exists, I heard his voice today with my new purchase in LTD Koa wood. I was comparing these to the atticus at the zmf dealer in my country.
The shop is divided into cubicles for people to try out various headphones (high tier hifiman, zmf, kennerton, abyss etc), and each cubicle has a different setup. My setup was the following.
I swear they always have the most insane setups at these shops, itās how they get you! I listened to the godly dac amps at the shop and came home to my setup (e70/l70)ā¦ Anyway the atticus (ori pads) definitely had the bass boost that I read so much about, but weirdly I didnāt think they sounded warm like LCD2 pre fazor or Denon d5200. They definitely had a bass boost but sounded a bitā¦dark? to me (upper mids were recessed, but the treble had a slight sparkle). The Verite C (auteur pads) sounded great but was very sibilant in the treble for me (not as bad as say focal elegia, but still there), and I wanted a slight boost to the bass/low mids, but as I didnāt have a EQ to work with within that cubicle I took the ori pads off the atticus and swapped them onto the verite, and that was when they sounded AMAZING. Truly the perfect tone I was looking for (LCD2F in closed back) with amazing technical performance. Back home now, and while ori pads are being shipped, I eq-ed the auteur pads as best I could and the verite just sounds amazing. Super technical, super fun, amazing soundstage (are these really closed backs?) but strangely NOT relaxing to listen to (maybe on tubes, but my xduoo ta 20 plus is still being shipped), they definitely take up your attention.
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