Ya it's definitely worth it just for the modular cable. If only it was regular 2 pin and not QDC.

Just ordered these on AE for about 25$... eartips are expensive on Amazon! I hope they sound decent... I'm on a little sidequest to find the best great cheap single DD earbud. Just for fun.

I doubt you will be disappointed . I'd love to hear your thoughts when you get to have a listen.

Crimson is

"Extrem geringe Toleranzen für Frequenzgang, Links-Rechts-Abweichung und Verzerrung"
Grell advertises extremely low tolerances in unit variation for the special edition (I think). Since you seem to have contact to the team, could you ask them if they could specifiy those tolerances? I know some of Sennheisers and Moondrops tolerances and I find this data interesting.

@maegnificant I think I won’t hear back from Axel for awhile now that the High End show is over… I think the trade shows take a lot out of him

That said, the tight tolerances might show up on the individual measurement data delivered with the Signature series. I don’t know German with any reliability beyond Google Translate (which often makes mistakes or chooses a word that loses the nuance of the original), but if those tight tolerances specifically were applied to tight driver matching, that has direct impact on how good the soundstage would be, and the lower yield and higher manufacturing cost would be on the level of flagship headphones from other manufacturers. Chasing low tolerances is what made $1k and up headphones happen, or the $500 launch of the 2003 HD 650 adjusts with inflation to about $850 today (inflation seems to be different depending on product category, for example computers vs houses) and I think the OAE1 is a more advanced design than that.

Alright, thanks!

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
Thanks for a realy great review

Most excellent, thank you. I love the CO but really need some isolation normally. I’m lucky to have and love the VC but I love a good planar. Can’t wait to get the CC into my system; I’ve not heard or read anything that gives me pause so far.

damn these are sexy from every angle and measurement