Pretty hot take here.
“The Caldera destroys the Susvara”, “everything I wanted the Susvara to be”, “Susvara with a soul” are lines I remember.
I kind of doubt it as he’s known to be a bit of a ZMF fanboy (they definitely know who to send their headphones for review) but they do seem to get a lot of rave opinions so far.
So hard to believe anything you see on new ZMF’s, go look at what was said about the Verites when they first shipped. It’s a great headphone, but the hype was stupid.
The take on SBAF was about what I’d believe without hearing one, really good planar, different sounding to the Susvara.
Outside that I’ll wait until I can hear one.
Lmao I’d take that opinion with a grain of salt.
Oh absolutely. The guy wears a ZMF sweatshirt filming his review lol
Yep, I don’t mean this the wrong way but do any neutral reviewers have the Caldera yet?
Nice thing about sonus that i’ll actually believe what I read when someone here gets it and posts impressions. Can’t say that about other places so much.
I mean, taste is still taste, there are still people here in Sonus who I align with more than others, but I agree that there are definitely way more high-quality opinions here.
Nothing beats your own ears and listening for yourself but I trust a lot of the ears here and most of the opinions here I feel are unbiased. They might be with some level of enthusiasm or personal hype but that’s part of the hobby and I think adds excitement to your own decisions sometimes. People here truly want you to find what’s best for you and enjoy it.
There’s less of agenda pushing going on here. It could be the size of the community and the nature of who stays. I think it’s part of what makes it great
Agreed. I left other forums because of shilling, and social clicks. I feel as though people here just want to discuss gear and their experiences in an honest and open way (as it should be).
TL;DW
Just fantastic…
Build is that classic ZMF build, solid, just lovely. If you like the wood, leather, and metal aesthetic, you’ll like these, fantastic.
Comfort is fantastic. New strap makes these just fantastic 
Sound. Hard to describe but basically they’re like water. They mold around you. It goes where it needs to. Goes in there. Fills it up and fills it out. One of the most balanced headphones he’s heard. Highs aren’t too high. Mids aren’t too forward. Lows have that planar speed and punchiness. They blend into any track or genre and just make it alive. Just lovely. Absolutely fantastic.
Not a big planar guy. More a dynamics guy but really likes rad-0 and their flavored excellence with nice profiles. These are on par with those but more on a Susvara level where it’s more about the details, balance and imaging what have you. But these are better than Susvara. What he wished the Susvara would have been. These have soul and destroy the Susvara in his opinion. Just fantastic. Similar to Susvara but with ZMF flavor 
These properly paint a picture. With the lows, the mids, the highs, the stage. Just a nice balance.
With a warm ss or tube they’ll just blend and melt with that.
These are just balanced and the sound is like water. It flows and goes where it needs to. Fantastic.
Wrap up: Build=fantastic, aesthetics=fantastic, sound=lovely water thing that fills in where it needs to. Lovely!
Highly recommend, fantastic!
All the pictures of the limited models available during zmf november are finally up on the site: ZMF November – ZMF Headphones.
Drooling over some of the VC stabilized options. If you like purple, there a ton of good options this year.
Damn 3.7k. That’s Susvara level prices. I’d have to wait until the used market. Prices will fall fairly quick if I had to guess. Seeing some stabilized VCs for 2.6k(ish)
Kind of looks like a stabilized pine cone haha, but I really like that one.
That’s the first LTD.
Thank you - we align.
It sounds like quite the session.
I haven’t heard the D8K Pro, but your description aligns with what I’d expect based on the impressions of other familiar ears.
lol, now that you mention it…
Holy geez, that was all actually said. all those words flowed out like water.