Recent content by A Surfer

I have an A0300 and I have to admit that, purely subjectively, it sounds decent, but I don't find it sounds great by any means. Now as an all in one device for what I needed, it ticks the boxes and I think was pretty good value for the money. I had purchased the A300 and returned it, but that...

I think it is how we go about delivering our message that matters most. The same thing can often times be said several different ways, or perhaps not even at all unless truly required.

Fantastic work.

I tend to agree, it isn't the look or tone I would want to set. Optics matter and where possible I am a firm believer in taking the high road. We all have bad moments though.

Seems like you've exhausted almost every conceivable explanation other than there being some kind of issue with the amplifier. Seems like an extremely odd fault though. So specific and divorced from anything obvious. It will be great to finally learn what the issue is when you do finally find out.

I would be curious if the experimenting with speaker toe in as suggested earlier has been tried.

What stories were told around this little table?

Quite the premium though for good looks and adequate sound. They become invisible to you once you put them on but the money is still spent.

Personally I don't think wood is the best choice beyond aesthetics, and I have no doubt that many people probably don't think wood looks better anyway. I get that people don't keep headphones for many years, typically, but eventually, most climates will cause the wood to either swell, dry out...

As I said, I'm not a ZMF apologist. I think the pricing is crazy and I find much of the fan base almost cult like which is both surprising and frightening. Each to their own right?

We should not completely discount the tuning Zach seems to gravitate towards. Many of his customers are well off and they have owned or own a pretty broad spectrum of headphones so it is unlikely that his tuning ethos is truly agregious. Many people may not gel with it, but many do. Each to...

I do not for a second believe that the type of wood imparts any audible sonic qualities due to the actual wood. I have no doubt that the shape and or size of the chamber matters though. I have always gotten the sense that people who believe the wood choice matters in headphone cups look at...

To be fair, you may wish to consider not saying something sounds like trash if you haven't actually heard it. I am probably one of the most critical of the ZMF pricing structure so not trying to defend the brand, simply defending objectivity.

Those don't measure like trash really. They certainly aren't great, but trash does not fit for me. If it is trash for you, no problem, each to their own. And clearly many people like how they sound. By the way, have you actually heard them for any length of time?

I don't think trash is a fair descriptor at all. Grossly overpriced as a sound reproduction device yes, but trash, no. I have been on Head fi for many years and it always shocked me that people were willing to pay such a premium for nothing related to sound, just the look of the wooden cups...