ZMF Headphones - Auteur Classic

The build is weird and changing the pads is\\was impossible. They are heavy and clunky. I didn't mind the way they sounded, but I found the Clear MG to be very similar while being lighter and easier to wear. So I sold my LCD-X and kept the Clear MG. I use ZMF Auteur headphones for mixing and critical listening. They are OK for casual listening, but better if you EQ them.

For sound, the focal bathys seem hard to beat to my ear, especially in DAC mode.  My wired ZMFs are better of course but the Bathys are surprising close while having the ability to switch BT to go wireless.  With that, for travel, the Bose are hard to beat for portability, comfort & ANC, and the Gen 2 adding charging while listening completed the package. Just for the heck though I may try a pair of the Ankers

I’ve had the emu-teaks, ft1s, Liric 2s, now have the SJY Horizon Carbon closed back and the SJY are easily my favorite. I’ve tried the dan Clark’s noire x and e3, and the ZMFs at shows (so take that for what it is worth) and like the SJY best, and that’s only using it on the Gremlin amp for now. My favorite open back are ZMF AO.