Auteur Classic have taken them up another notch. Best sounding ZMF I've heard. Sold my VC after hearing the AC

These or M50x's?

really like when shots are wearing the phones on head. have tried numerous times to find pictures of different phones on ear. only able to find 1 or 2 bad photos. other video reviews hold the cans in hand. thats not as nice as this. finally. thanks

Your white hd650 look stunning and awesome

I'm waiting for mine to arrive and I'm glad to hear that you believe that they sound better than both the elear and eikon. Can't wait to hear them for myself.

Thank you for taking time to post this. A very informative and concise breakdown. Keep up the good work. Very clean and professional B Roll footage as well. Cheers.

Loving my auteurs and completely agree with the 650 comparison. Biggest difference between the 2 in my opinion is 650 is more intimate and the auteur is everything a few feet back and around you. But the timbre and neutral-ish presentation are very nice

Really enjoying your production value and reviews. Keep it up man!

Hey DMS, thanks for all your awesome reviews. Appreciate your opinions and analysis very much. Couple questions if I may: I have the Focal Elex and really enjoy them. I’m considering the ZMF Auteur because they’re beautiful and I’ve heard great things. You compared both headphones as upgrades from the HD650, but which would give an advantage or preference to? Are they mostly similar that it wouldn’t be worth having both? Thanks

The wenge wood on that Auteur is quite stunning.

Great review. However, very frustrating that in the UK there is only one dealer in the south at which you can actually audition a pair.

Bought this because of your review! Worth every Installment payment for the next couple of months lol.

What headphone would be best suited for me? Im looking for the most flat neutral sounding headphone to use for both music and movies. I want little to no coloration. To hear the sound as accurately as possible. I was deciding between the Sennheiser HD 800 S and the HD 820 because i have heard they have the best sound stage of any headphone and were incredibly detailed. And were neutral. Ive heard that the HD 820 are more colored than the HD 800 S. Which is not something i want. I want something that is as close to accurate as possible as i want my headphones as a general use headphones i use for any kind of listening. While being able to get as much detail out of them as possible.

I herd these at RMAF, and I found they had a hard time competing in their price range. Now maybe that was due to music selection, but I found they don't compete with Mr. Speakers, Focal, Sony and Audeze. I talked to Zach and got a feel for what they test with, and with that I mind I totally agree on the vocal intimacy.

very well done... I just suggest you to try to change the LD MK2 tubes, switch to 6HM5 (tall one) + Marconi (alias Sylvania) 6SN7 GTB Tall Boy... both types NOS, in USA they are quite cheap and the step in sound quality from LD is really big! ... that is from my direct experience as it as I'm using my LD MK2 right now. (to use the 6SN7 you need to buy an adapter, easy from ebay... MK2 setting: EF95 and gain = 5) about your review... again... well done! bravo!

The Auteur seems pretty awesome, but unfortunately don't completely isolate environmental noise. I guess that's where the closed-back Eikon/Atticus range comes in.

too bad I am a little too late to the party to get the original ones. the new version I see, everyone agrees, are lacking in detail. well hope to finish my system in time to get the Caldera.

I was wondering did you like Auteur pads better then the Eikon pads? I have teak on order and was wondering how wait on the Black Label since this is what I will be using with it?

This or Focal Clear?

Isn't Audeze LCD-2 better upgrade in every way for HD 650?

Oh lort, I would kill to try one of these!

have gotten the elears for 800 euros. Excited for your review, but I can kinda guess it won't be that good. Elears have a strange signature that works for some people, but absolutely not for others :) I recommend trying them out tho, I preferred the elears over the HD800S with a large margin. I can't put it in audiophile words, but they sound incredibly quick and powerful even with the shittiest amps^^

Have you had a chance to listen & compare these to the Verite Open?

How do these compare to the Atrium? Similar tuning or distinct?

Your audio is amazing could you please direct me to your microphone. Love your channel, thank you for your time.

love it

How does the auteur bass compare to the eikon ?

Good morning :)

What wood type was this unit? And what was the exact weight? Thanks!

In terms of Looks, they do look fairly dated and in terms of design, i prefer audeze, focal or mr.speakers designs, especially the flow headphones, best looking and best built headphones in my opinion. In terms of sound, have to take your word for it i guess! Lol ;) i do like the eikons though!

great vid and please keep doing your best to inform us headphone junkies , even though we are over 70 years old! mhh 32452

What kind of wood is used for that unit?

So the HD650, the Auteur, and the Edition XX are all kind of "laid back" headphones. How does Edtion XX compare to Auteur? I have the Edition XX and it's also far superior to the HD650 in my book.

This or the ZMF Verite?

how is the weight on these ? i sold my LCD-X only because of the comfort , i hope these are better in that regards (weight) .. and thanks for the nice review ..

hd650 200$ vs auteur 1500$ ••••• wtf!

I want it aaaah

Didn't care for the 650s thick and veiled.

Correct me if im wrong but stax is a big name too right?

maybe padroll them with brainwavz pleather angled pads?

How many hours did burn in take?

Big guys? Like they are charging less. 1699 is in the LCD X range

There's no way ZMF is capable of engineering anything at a high technical level. Look at Skylar Gray's explanation of the tech in the Audioquest Nighthawk that is on InnerFidelity's channel. Also, look at some of the cool tech that goes in to Audeze's high end models. Those things have some crazy tech that I just doubt these have. I could be wrong. For 1900, these are a handcrafted aesthetics-oriented product. I don't mean to insult ZMF here, hopefully they will be at RMAF to listen to. But that price tag is due to the unavoidable hardships of a small production operation like rare high quality materials and manual labor.

I didn't know Eddie Redmayne was an audiophile...

These are good but not as nice as an eq'd hd800s which are the GOAT

Oh c'mon. where's measurements?

how big ah boy are ya?

can you loan these to me or just give 'em over?mhh32452

Am I the only one who doesn't like the design of these (or any ZMF headphones) not even one bit?

Are you serious comparing these headphones to a Sennheiser 650? DMS come over to my house for a smoke and a joke time!mhh32452

Your take on the Auteurs having less intimacy than the 650 is not accurate. In fact the improved upper frequency detail and air enhance intimacy. Compare Lorena Mckennit on both and you tell me which gives you are more intimate performance. Spanish guitars and night plazas for example. HD 650 is slightly more coherent In the heart of the midrange. Intimacy is not about smaller less focused staging, imaging or depth or softening and slight loss if high frequency info. Sorry to rain on your 650 parade. It's a great headphone...especially when fully modded. But a burned in Blackwood Auteur pretty much clobbers it even on it's own turf! The more it burns in and the more I listen I find the Auteur to be more accurate even in the mids. I run it on Silver Gold OCC...that may have something to do with that!

1500 buy speakers

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nice shilling, can't take this review seriously

lol 1600 get real. This is exactly what is wrong, not right, with this hobby. I don't care how amazing the build is/ looks are like. Frankly I don't like how it looks at all. And you shouldnt recommend others go buy it if you aren't doing that yourself. Did you buy it for 1600, yourself? I'll guess no. I'd also guess your review wouldn't be so positive if you had to pay the $1,600. Absolutely absurd.