Yesterday I spent some time with my Aeolus and with my VC using my set-up of an Aurender W20 into a SWX DACIIIB into my ARC Ref 6 into my Ampsandsound Nautilus. The Aeolus may have been slighted with its "beginner's ZMF" designation but it happens to be a very enjoyable set of headphones...

I am thrilled to have grabbed these. I didn't at all mind that the price premium over the stock Eikons was $100!

I agree. They look beautiful. My own preference for better or worse is with the reds and not the predominantly green/blue colors. I also find it a bit distracting (for lack of a better word) when one cup does not resemble the other. This seems to be the case with the Aleutian-one cup has a...

I am fairly sure that at 1:24 into the latest video release there is a long (eight seconds!) view of my set of stabilized "Fuisce" Eikons!

Three years ago (almost, it was May 14 of 2021) there was a Stabilized release for VC's. I wanted one that was mostly red badly. I was all prepped to go for it when the "bell struck" and every time I tried to put my chosen unit in the cart I got a ZMF pop-up "choose an option" and I could not...

Thank you!

So lets say I was interested in getting a stabilized Eikon. Is anyone here generous and gracious enough so as to share the trick for pre-filling the form and being able to snag the one of your choice?

You nailed it. Once I did scans in Android Mango mode of both the music stored in internal memory and on the microSD I got glorious music by BT with the Bathys. Right now I don't want to screw up a good thing and I have the DX260 and Bathys burning in. Eventually I will see if this changed...

I did. If I do another, I will lose all music correct?

First and foremost, thank you hjf3Gd for your response! Only a very small fraction of what shows up in Mango shows up in Android mode and they only show up as individual songs and when I try to play them I get the message "can not open file". None of the music in Android mode includes metadata...

OK, sorry, my next issue-BT connection with Focal Bathys. Nothing I do will allow the two to connect and play music even though the DX260 and the Bathys are DEFINITELY connected. I am pretty sure the issue relates to this; none of my music will play in Android mode and instead only in Mango...

YES!!!!

So here is my update should anyone care :wink: Yesterday I went to Microcenter and bought a commercial CD burning program (Cordell Roxio), a Dell external CD drive and a new microSD card. Last night I spent another very frustrating three hours and could not get my $3,000 Alienware laptop with...

Btw, I spent money on an external Dell CD drive for my $3,000 Alien (Dell) laptop, bought a new micro SD XD card, tried burning to the card using a ScanDisc card reader and to the internal memory of the DX260 and nothing and I mean nothing after hours of attempts works. I even question if this...

I am returning mine. First, my retailer who has a big well-known name has been of zero support. Second, today I spent hours with a PC with a CD drive and Roxio's "Easy DC and DVD burning 2" software that I paid for at MicroCenter and still, nothing goes to the DX260. I am frustrated as hell...

I think your issue and mine are similar. There is something about Mac/Apple and Android that creates issues.

Help me please! Mine arrived yesterday. My last DAP was/is also an iBasso but it had no internal memory and relied upon micro SD only, probably a eight or nine years old or close to that . I use a MacBook Pro to burn CDs and then transfer them to via Wifi to my Aurender W20 using the external...

I have heard "magic" with the same sources and my ARC Ref 6 into either an ARC Ref 150SE or my ARC Ref80S (long story as to having both) and my loudspeakers which are Devore O/93's and sometimes swapped-out Spendor D7.2's (the Devores are much better) but NOT with my headphones. I also have a...

I've owned my Nautilus (original owner, mine is custom white) for a year. I have had it and out of my system as both a speaker amp and headphone amp. I've tube rolled, mostly the rectifier. My usual phones are ZMF VC olive. I have several sets of custom cables. My source is an Aurender W20 using...

Geez, there are thirty different potential causes for hum and why one would keep perseverating upon "bad solder joints" is beyond me. One of those thirty potential causes to be ruled out btw is "are we talking about Grado?"

I have never understood wiring in general and balanced wiring in particular. I am asking Analysis Plus to make me a custom headphone cable with a 4 pin balanced at the amp end and connectors for ZMF at the other. The tech has asked this question. Any help?

FWIW I am confident ZMF has never double sold a set of phones. It is user error that accounts for this false perception. I am Exh A.

Tropical Brill-you are correct. I thought I had put the Concertos in my cart and messed up.

Concertos. Red with lots of chatoyancy. They were ten down and second from the right.

I am happy. I got the pair I wanted. I won't say which so as to avoid sounding like a jerk. I also have a Justin Weber Nautilus in white and silver in the works so life will be good at some significant expense.