I think Golden sound said he loves the atrium, but looking at where it's ranked is odd. Maybe something is off about my ears but most of the headphones they like I just couldn't get into.
Are we the same person? Although I did like the utopia. I'm still trying to figure out my headphone collection as well but I'm keen on checking out the bokeh closed vs the Atrium closed. I also like the grado S950 which I'm not sure they tried yet.
I loved my open backs such as SJY Audio Horizon and Fostex TH909, even Verum One mk2. That was until I got the ZMF Atrium Closed and now I am in love with closed backs. I am itching to try the DCA Aeon Noire X and Audeze LCD-XC.
Got the Atrium Closed from ZMF, it's truly beautiful.
If I had to buy it again... I wouldn't, first because it cost me an arm (from France...) and also because I was promised something that wasn't true.
Very heavy (go the bbb strap and magnesium band) and upper mids and treble aren't what I'm looking for.
I was promised "better upper mids and treble than the HD6XX/HD600" Farfrom the truth
I then bought their dampening system (titan mesh + suede pads), it helped but still wasn't it.
I never tried DCA, I'm gonna order the Aeon noire X and checl what it is about.
I might surprise you, I don't like the treble in my Atrium closed
I find them too sharp sometimes almost sibilent
I might even surprise you more, I like the treble on the HD6XX better than on the atrium closed
Got the Atrium Closed, I don't like vocals, upper mids and treble on those. I found them even sibilent at times. Already had titan mesh installed and suede pad.
I'm looking to a closed back with the veil of sennheiser, meaning crystal clear smooth upper mids and treble. Which one would you recommend ?
I have the atrium closed
I'm happy with them but I realized this isn't my endgame.
They are too heavy in the long run.
They are too agressive in the highs. Some genres i cannot even listen to.
I swapped pads and added the titan mesh, wasn't enough.
For the rest they are perfect. The bass are the best I've heard.
That sounds more along the lines of you haven't found the *right* headphone yet. Did you get a chance to audition/try out the lcd-5 before purchase? It takes a while, requiring listening to many many different headphones and gear to see what *exactly* matches up to your preferences. Took me 5 years of just listening and owning different headphones to finally settle on the atrium closed+tubes as my favorite headphone setup in the world after listening/owning many many different headphones regardless of price.
That's because the feliks echo is an otl tube amp. Otl(output transformer-less) tube amps do NOT pair with planars well at all due to the amp's inherent high output impedance in contrast with the lcd-5's 14ohms, and as you heard they make planars sound loose and uncontrolled (flabby). They only work with mid/high impedance dynamic drivers in general. You need otc (output transformer coupled) or hybrid tube amps to drive planars like the cayin ha3a, icon hp-8, or xduoo ta-20+.
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