I'm basing the shape and looks off an impression I read. He said it was essentially a red Zero. Same size, shape, and overall look.

Crin could essentially position it as a different flavor of the same thing for those that don't like Harman. Perhaps it could fill the gap that the now defunct KZ partnership left? There's currently not a ~$50 IEF neutral tuned IEM from Crin

I don't know know it looks generically pie/arrow shape. Maybe a little more Zero than some others. But along those lines it also looks like it could be something from 64 Audio.

Just joshing about the whole Crin already tuned it portion. But even as someone as prevalent in the Reviewer/Tuner world. Reproaching your own work this quickly would be a bit odd.

I think it's solid now tht project red is the new zero

cope

It's all preference really, a speaker with a sub that is half way decent beats any headphone for me as feeling the bass with your whole body and having an actual soundstage are things I can't get with IEM and headphones.

If I didn't care about soundstage or bass and just tonality, IEM are endgame even at lower prices.

it's not released, that's why

The goal of the Zero was to get a great Harman tuning with a DD exclusively for sub bass. Project Red could be a similar thing but for his ideal tuning. I'm not saying it couldn't be different though but the whole exterior is currently near identical to the Zero

Wait your working theory is that the super secretive Project Red is a Crin retune of an already released product that Crin tuned?

it's been years since i've bought from them, but their return policy is fraud. i bought a brand new headphone and they sent me a brand new headphone. it was in mint condition. i tested it for 3 days and decided that it wasn't my taste. during this time, the return policy said something like "10-25% restocking fee depending on the condition of the item" or something like that. the headphone that i returned was in mint condition with no damage and i even wiped it with a slightly wet cloth. they automatically resorted to deduct the max restocking fee which i personally knew was utter bullshit.

It's also blured.

Didn't expect that acuity.

Nope, but they do cost more now! Enjoy though, they still sound great

oh wow it's red

didn't expect it to be that colour

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Bought an Atrium and also asked for an owl.

https://imgur.com/a/KezBwD7

This is my first ZMF and they are a work of art. The woodwork is super clean and precise.

First TOTL headphone for me and compared to HD650, they are a lot more detailed to my ears. Its a lot more easy to separate out instruments when compared to the 650s and was a bit shocked at how clearer things were. Its like a filter was removed between my ears and the headphone.

Have only owned it for a few hours and so far no regrets.

Except the owl, where's the other half Zach?? 5/10

How are the B2s compared to the ER2XR?

It’s only kinda fancy. I threw mine out.

This. The only two notable imperfections about this method are these two initial assumptions:
1- If two identical sounds enter the ear canals, they will sound identical to the ear drums.
2- When more than one particular frequency is played, how the headphones react to the input will not deviate from their FR.

Yeah, I have a couple too. I found it odd they eliminated it with the S2, given the substantial price increase.

shame, the box is great. i have it ;-)

Not only that but how would he feel if he went to his buddies house and they had a great set of headphones but no other audio reproduction? They just going to sit there with headphones ignoring each other? Don't get me wrong, Bose systems are fatiguing as hell. But I'd rather share that with a friend than critically listen to music on a wonderful headset.

Watches have seriously made me jaded when it comes to prices. People here talk about a $5k pair of headphones as if they’re unobtainium but I see a $5k watch and I think I could very reasonably save for that one day.

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I can't say I am qualified to fully understand everything you said (and it's even harder to do so because English isn't my first language) so I have a few questions if you don't mind.

What exactly is "cumulative distortion from the lower registers"? That and FR are the only 2 things that determine a headphones' resolution/tonal contrast then, correct?

I always thought that angled/far drivers or different sized drivers have different soundstages because pinna changes the FR of the sound that is entering ear canals differently. Therefore spaciousness and directionality of the sound is mostly (maybe even entirely) determined by pinna and since in-ear mics roughly measure the sound arriving my ear canal entrance (so it takes the interaction between the headphones and my HRTF including my pinna into account), can we really not replicate soundstage using EQ? If we can fully match the 2 sounds entering my ear canal, my eardrum should hear identical sounds as ear canal will react identically to both sounds, should it not?

If I understand correctly overshoot in impulse response level is slam. So if an impulse of larger than intended amplitude is created it will have more slam and maybe will sound nicer but is it the intended sound? I'm not asking if it's intended by the music producer, I'm asking if it's closer and more accurate to the digital input.

I've heard from multiple people that most headphones are "minimum phase". I don't know what exaclty "minimum phase" is but what I understood from it is that in CSD plots, if there's a peak in FR there will be a peak in decay time and vice versa and they match well enough so that it is under audibility threshold so they don't matter. Is this correct?

I now strongly agree on the idea that "momentary SPL at the eardrum is nearly everything" as FRs don't show how the headphones react when more than one particular frequency is played.

So if a headphone can't keep up when multiple instruments intended to sound like they're coming from different directions are played, I think the sounds might bleed into each other and hurt the fine details of the sounds and the sense of directionality. Could this be what people refer to when they use the terms "separation, resolution, imaging"? And I have a feeling this is related to the attack and decay speed of the headphones, is this true?

What are you using your 3d printer for? I feel like it’s something I’d use a lot for like a month then never again.

not true

Lacquer the cardboard box several coats, and line it with black velvet. Maybe add a strap.