The Caldera Closed = Emotive Clarity! Caldera Closed in Shedua Wood! The Lineage: The Caldera Closed (CC) has the Caldera Open (CO) lineage and the ZMF overall house sound. That is a good thing in my opinion. But the CC has its own magic that I sure enjoy. Along with Planar clarity. the emotions are visceral with the CC. The ZMF emotions of the notes comes first and foremost before the clarity with the Caldera Closed. From memory the Caldera Closed and the Caldera Open: From memory the CC is darker than the CO. I spent many hours with my...

SOLID AIR! The ZMF Atrium Closed Back Headphone BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND: JM (John Martyn): Hey, SLC thank you for bringing me out of my deep dark place in order to ask you some questions out of my curiosity about the new ZMF Atrium Closed Headphone. I know you have listened to my music obsessively and thank you for appreciating my art. Please start out by giving us a little background and foreground before you start this review. SLC: Can do John. It is a pleasure to be around you! Please say hello to Beverley from me. I know you are...

"Girl From the North Country" INTRODUCTION Who am I? I was deep into Headphones around 2016 to 2019 and then went super deep into IEMs for a few years. For 8 months now I have been back going very deep into HPs. I love listening to music, I love analyzing sound and I love writing. I do reviews for me first due the creative intellectual masturbatory pleasure I get out of the process, and I want to get what is hopefully beneficial information out to others. I do not have a website and I do reviews that I want to do. Sometimes I review items I...

Noble Audio Kublai Khan: A collaborative review by @SeeSax and @SLC1966 with an interview with Dr. John Moulton from Noble Audio. PREAMBLE The Kublai Khan. The name alone piqued interest for us to want to write a review for it! What do we mean by “us”? SeeSax on Head-Fi AKA Collin and SLC AKA Mark and AKA SLC1966 on Head-Fi have been audio collaborators for 4 years now. We have discussed and traded and sold to each other many IEMs and many cables. Sometimes selling back and forth to each other the same IEM 4 times before we had the...

Noble Audio Jade Review with an interview with Dr. John Moulton from Noble Audio, the creator of the Jade IEM. Preamble I would like to state up front that the Jade IEM was provided to me by Noble Audio in return for an honest review. I would like to also state that since I am not a professional reviewer, I only review IEMs that I want to review. I do not review IEMs that do not bring me pleasure and that I feel would not be of interest to others. I have had to turn down doing reviews because I do not want to waste my time on...

Purple haze all in my brain Lately, things just don't seem the same Acting funny, but I don't know why Excuse me while I kiss the sky Jimi Hendrix The EXT! I have the pleasure to drop a Vision Ears Elysium Extended and Vision Ears PHöNIX (HERE) review on the same day. For these reviews I brought back my untrusted friend Bob. Bob is the Sexy but fictitious interviewer that will only work with Vision Ears. He thinks he is the kumpel of all kumpels with Oliver and Marcel from Vision Ears. In reality, he is buds with the style of beer called...

The PHöNIX Gestalt: An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts. I have the pleasure to drop a Vision Ears PHöNIX and a Vision Ears Elysium Extended (HERE) review on the same day. For these reviews I brought back my untrusted friend Bob. Bob is the Sexy but fictitious interviewer that will only work with Vision Ears. He thinks he is a Freundchen with Oliver and Marcel from Vision Ears. In reality, he is friends with the style of beer called Kölsch that originated in Cologne, Germany where the Vision Ears headquarters is...

Noble Audio Kaiser 10 Legacy (K10 L) Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss? “I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again, no, no Yeah Meet the new boss Same as the old boss” The Who PREAMBLE Noble Audio has some Cajones! There are some questions that have to be answered with this review. Yes, K10 was considered by most as an amazing TOTL IEM...

Mona Elysa: The Vision Ears Elysium Review Through the lens of Damz87 & SLC1966 Featuring an interview with Oliver Marino and Marcel Schoenen from Vision Ears. Mona Lisa: “The delicately painted veil, the finely wrought tresses, and the careful rendering of folded fabric demonstrate Leonardo’s studied observations and inexhaustible patience. Moreover, the sensuous curves of the sitter’s hair and clothing are echoed in the shapes of the valleys and rivers behind her. The sense of overall harmony achieved in the...

MMR Thummim and 3 other 2020 Men! With an Ode to Thumm, Erl, Sultan and Odin! MMR stands for Metal Magic Research. Thummim loosely has to do with an object made out of metal or precious stones with symbols on it and is worn on the breastplate. MMR to me stands for “We do not care what anyone else thinks. We are going to build unique IEMs made out of cool metal with cool technology and cool wiring. We will make them pricey because it is a lot of work to be this creative and these IEMs will be extremely good and possibly divisive!” I...

Noble Audio Sultan: The Delectable Dancer 1 10 MM dynamic driver 4 Knowles BA drivers 2 Electrostatic Super Tweeters (ESTAT) The shell is a bespoke CNC aluminum body with a hand finished faceplate. Impedance is less than 35 Ohms Stock cable is the Noble Audio 8 Core OCC Copper Cable $2900 Welcome to my mind! I have had a delectable dancer in my noggin. We have spent many, many hours together. She dances always alone and can dance any type of dance the song requires. I have fallen in love with her moves. So graceful but also can slam hard when...

I posted this same review in March in the Eikon review section on Head-Fi. I am posting it now in the Atticus review section so that someone specifically looking at the Atticus can access this review and can hopefully benefit from it. ZMF Eikon and Atticus Review Choosing between two things you love! Loving two things that are the same but different and having to choose which one to keep can be a heart wrenching problem. In the audio world such a problem poses comes to light a little too often. This cognitive dissonance is not paramount to...

SENNHEISER HD 600 “The Venerable Palate Cleanser” Why this elder statesman? Because the HD 600 is as relevant to personal audio today as it ever has been! The HD 600 is IMHO the best value in high end audio today. Over time the quality of this item remains the same but the price keeps going down. How often can that be said. Why would I review an elder statesman? Three years ago, I happened to be content with my closed back tank, the Sony MDR-7506 until………. I happened to be at a friend’s house and he said “try these out.” I...

NCM Bella V2 Mature Fun! Specifications 8 BA and 1 DD (10mm) 1 DD for Bass, 4 BAs for mids, 2 BAs for highs, 2 BAs for upper highs 4-way crossover There will be the option in the future to upgrade to a dual frequency switch. USD 1,068 (same price as the Bella V1 which will still be offered) Contact information http://nguyencustoms.com info@nguyencustoms.com Why am I reviewing the NCM Bella V2 I am content with the BA and single DD IEMs I have in my arsenal BUT, I was having a hard time finding a hybrid monitor that I could...

ZMF Eikon and Atticus Review Choosing between two things you love! Loving two things that are the same but different and having to choose which one to keep can be a heart wrenching problem. In the audio world such a problem poses comes to light a little too often. This cognitive dissonance is not paramount to life’s existence but if you are reading this review you know the privileged audio dissonance I am talking about. This will be a review of the ZMF Eikon and Atticus. I will in my humble subjective opinion tell you what I see as the...

La Joie de Vivre "The Divine Series" One Hundred and Twelve Seconds of Joy My mind is the stage February 12, 1964: The Philharmonic Hall. The Miles Davis Quintet “All Blues” from the live Miles Davis album “My Funny Valentine.” Recording starts with Miles Davis snapping the beat on his fingers. He is center stage three steps back from front of stage and two steps left of center. At the same time a page of sheet music is turned Center stage left. Ron Carter on bass takes the beat stage left three steps further back than Miles...

My first review was titled Goldmember “Welcome to 1975.” That review was for the in your face Goldmemberish Rhapsodio RDB MK 8 Zombie. https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/rhapsodio-rdb-mk-8-zombie-in-ear-monitor.22799/reviews#review-20483 Today’s review is the antithesis of Goldmember. Hence the nomenclature Silvermember. Introducing the Timbrelicious Rhapsodio Eden: Single Dynamic Driver IEM 10mm Aluminum Diaphragm Pure Silver Housing Retail Price $2000 https://www.facebook.com/rhapsodiohk/ https://www.rhapsodiostore.com It is easiest to...

Specifications Frequency response: 20 – 20,000 Hz Sensitivity: 126dB/mV Impedance 6 ohm High frequency: 4 Balanced Armature Drivers Medium frequency: 4 Balanced Armature Drivers Full Frequency Production: 1 Dynamic Driver. MSRP USD $1,600 Links: https://www.facebook.com/rhapsodiohk/ https://www.rhapsodiostore.com How did I get here? I have always enjoyed music. My first memory of music is saving up for the White Album. I walked to the store with my older brother and plopped down my hard-earned cash (not sure how I earned the money at 9 years...