#Andykong Any chance this could use the JAN tube with the full implementation of the N30LE AP and original bias point? The N3ultra is awesome at the price using a reduced version of the N30LE circuitry and it just seem to do some things very well that the Nutube seems incapable of ....just some

I would add Cayin Based on my experience with the DAPs N30LE AP, N8ii, N7 and the lovely little N3ultra it doesn't shame itself either!

Yes it is Sap wood, sorry for late response

The Caldera Closed is the best sounding headphones I have ever heard, I have heard many and still own some, including the HIFIMAN Shangri-la Jr, HE-R10P, HE1000SE, HIFIMAN Edition XS and earlier when I first discovered the magic of plannars the Fostex RP40, My Caldera Open is currently under...

The HIFIMAN Edition XS at around $500 is an actually excellent headphone and I have the HIFIMAN HE1000SE also and used to have Arya but not the organic.

$8000

I also have a Classical guitar with African blackwood back and Spruce top, the Sound is rich smooth and powerful... the wood is also heavy This picture was at the Luthiers shop duringthebuild, my attempt to snap the strung up guitar not very successful too many reflections

All I would say is that in real life these headphones are really beautiful to behold Different lighting can make it look different Its a work of Art

No not shielded just not using the transparent sleeve. This cable was originally used to connect my DAP to the Shangri-la jr Electrostat headphone/energizer system, so to afford it additional protection Arctic Cable used the standard sleeve rather than the transparent. But since getting the...

Ok friends here's my update. First let me begin by saying that by some crazy mistake I loosened the screws that tension my Caldera Open driver on the left ear. So I had to send it back for repair(I will never make that mistake again) so for over a week plus I was in audio agony. I went back to...

Ok I sure will Right now first listen on N3ULTRA(much of the same circuit as the N30LE but uses a JAN tube rather than the Nutube of N30LE, and a few changes to keep the size small), since I am still at work, it's meaty, rich, wide and just lovely, more later on the N7

I just got my CC delivered right now, box still not opened, letting it Cool down for a bit. However my main listening is with a DAP, the Cayin N30LE AP and with the Caldera Open (CO) it was phenomenal, staging 3D, detail and vividness, best settings in the N30LE for CO was Tube Classic...

That's what I ordered also and I am waiting for FedEx delivery today or tomorrow impatiently 😄

#Zach, if there is no mesh at all on the CC does it just add more extension on the treble or does it ruin the sound, I do love a more extended top end but also greatly trust your sound vision for the designs you create.

Just curious to hear about your experience with the light Pad, I tried thick pads briefly on the CO and I realized it robbed it of some clarity and detail, also is the thick pads the stock from ZMF? And do they come with a stock mesh? Asking because I intend to request mine be built with no mesh...