Not worth $ 3,500. Thank you Amir!
In cars this is 'all show and no go'.First impression out of the box was inoffensive but pretty boring sound. There was almost no deep/sub-bass response so that was the first low hanging fruit to fix with equalization:...
Objectively it is clear that Caldera deviates significantly from what research tells us is highly preferred frequency response. That is fine but company needs to conduct its own research to see if their target is more performant. In my subjective and objective testing, I find that to not be the case, wasting what seems to be beautiful physical design. Fortunately we have EQ and fix its errors since its distortion is very low. And once there, have an excellent sounding headphone that looks great and is comfortable to wear...
I can't recommend the ZMF Caldera without equalization. With EQ, it sounds excellent but whether it is worth $3,500, you have to decide.
That's pretty much current state of industry after reviews moved from paper magazines to "independent" youtubers. Makes me laugh like hell. "Buy xxxx because CEO is a nice guy". OhhPeople in audio would spend 3500 on headphones just because they think the owner is a nice guy. I am not saying he is not, I just like Amir more.
He may be but his prices have long since left the pull of gravity.Saw a video of him and indeed, he is very down to earth.
It was said to stand for "Zach's Modified Fostex" because he started out doing mods for Fostex cans, IIRC - but officially, it doesn't stand for that and I don't know what the other letters are, actually.What about the M and the F in the threeway? Michelle and Fiona?
its actually Mike and FrankWhat about the M and the F in the threeway? Michelle and Fiona?
It was said to stand for "Zach's Modified Fostex" because he started out doing mods for Fostex cans, IIRC - but officially, it doesn't stand for that and I don't know what the other letters are, actually.
ZMF stands for Zach Mehrbach Films