I can't find an existing answer to this question, but I'm having a bear of a time getting my solder to bond with ZMF wire. It's sticking fine to the jacks and I haven't had the same issue with Mogami gold cable (which isn't as good of quality to my ear). I've had the same issue with both the...

Looking for some recommended medium-end equipment. I have three major listening stations at home, and I use each in different contexts with different music genres. Yes, I'm weird. With that context, here's my setups, what I'd listen to on each, and what I'm missing. I'm willing to mix and...

Hi everyone, I've got the following audio chain playing on my secondary (bedside) system and it makes a loud pop each time playback starts or stops. I'm trying to diagnose it and would appreciate help. Questions are: (1) any guesses how to stop the issue, and (2) is this likely to damage my...

Hi, Need recommendations on a second set of over-ears. I am a big fan of rock, metal, and electronic music (EDM for work only--kinda boring for real listening). My current setup is as follows: Roon library + Qobuz --> iFi NEO iDSD --> Bottlehead Mainline --> ZMF Verite C. I love the sound...

So, FedEx permitting (they've lost the package twice now), I'll soon be getting my ZMF Verite Closed cans. Really excited for these, but I'm pretty sure my Jotunheim won't be the right amp for them. I've heard ZMFs sound best with tubes. So, can anyone recommend a decent tube amp for around...

I recently had to get tubes in my ears due to chronic infections and now have lost a lot of sensitivity to bass in my hearing range. Sadly, my DCA Ether Flow 1.1s and my iFi NEO are sounding pretty thin now. If anyone has dealt with this, do you have suggestions on a DAC/Cans combo that would be...

So my buddy and I took advantage of the quarantine starting to wind down by meeting up to check out each other's head-fi setups. I just bought a lovely stack of equipment and he'd purchased some HD 800s. Long story short, we also had a Jotunheim 4490 and a multibit on hand between our two...

Hi team, I think I've hit the limit of what I can do with my Jotunheim 4490 and Fostex TRP60 (balanced) pairing. I'm running Tidal through Audirvana on Windows 10. My question is, what's the logical next step for me? I've owned Audeze LCD2 Closed and loved them (had to sell them when...

It looks like there hasn't been much activity in the San Fransisco Bay area in a bit here, unless I didn't go far enough back in the list (in which case I apologize to the moderators in advance). I'm new to the Silicon Valley region and would love to meet any audiophiles in the area. (I'm also...