What's in the box!

Nope, I preordered the Hiby R5 a while back and it just came today. Runs full stock android with google play store and is quite small. Just slightly larger than SR15 but with bigger screen. I do miss the volume wheel though…

I should be getting an iBasso DX220 to test out soon from headphones.com though – that would be a real match vs the Cayin you have.

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the sundara arrived earlier than expected? - congrats on this super deal.
Have fun

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@MartinTransporter Took as long as expected. Thanks, man.

@TylersEclectic thx :stuck_out_tongue:

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Will it come with amp9? That is the only combo I would really care about at this point :laughing: want me some tube goodnesses!

My Andro Golds are at the office mail room…I had to leave early to take the daughter to a doc apt…and fedex was randomly late today of course…they are never late to my office…:triumph: also should be getting the LCD-GX this week!!

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Nice! lots of spoilers for “What’s in the box” this week. haha. I have a few other random packages from china coming this week too.

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I forgot to post these…

Kamlans new lens for my Lumix ( pretty sure I’m trading all my Lumix gear for some Sony lenses, want to focus on one camera and get good with it before branching out to multiple other cameras, but may pick up a a6000 series for parity lol).

Grace DAC balanced! (It’s still in the box lol…still going through photos for editing from vacation lol).


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see lots of interesting reviews? coming…

but this 28 f1,4 … on the 2x crop will be fun! what would you get for all your m43 lenses + cam?
the new Sonys have this fantastic eye af

I miss my 28 f1.8 Canon on the APS-C camera - the 45mm-ish full frame look was so cool. Sold it with a 77d … it was not the best glass but had some magic to it. On my 5d3 it was boring somehow

and have you seen the Sony E-Mount Sigma 35 f1.2?

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Ori in Purple Heart and Auteur in Blackwood.

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Congrats!!! Both are beautiful, but the Blackwood is stunning!!!

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Yeah. Unfortunately, my camera does them no justice.

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Wow, they look stunning. ZMF headphones are some of the best looking on the market. Congratulations.

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@Tacanacy Those are both Beautiful!!! congrats!! Did you ever get your Vokyl sorted out?

Anyhow back on track…seriously great looking headphones there! I’m jealous! loving the color contrast on both of them! Is that brass on the purpleheart Ori? Also that Blackwood has me wanting my Blackwood Aeolus yesterday! =)

Thank you for sharing! Look forward to your thoughts on them!

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Vokyl offered a $100 refund or a replacement plus refund for the shipping cost. I went with the latter and did get a refund for shipping. I don’t think the headphones have arrived them yet. I’ll post an update once I get the new ones.

I ordered bronze, but sometimes they look more pink or more like rose copper. They definitely look very muted compared the photos on ZMF’s website. I’ve looked at them with different screens and calibrations. And I expected a more red wood finish. I’m pretty disappointed, honestly.

The Auteur look just as I expected, though. They’re gorgeous. You can’t see the grain and nuances in my photos.

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That is super awesome of Vokyl! Those guys are trying to do some grassroots work here, so I have faith in them making it right. I look forward to them settling in and seeing what they produce next =) as I’m a huge fan of the JDS Labs gear, and seeing as these two are both employees/engineers? for JDS I have great hopes for them and their endeavor. For a first time product I’m impressed, but I can see where a lot of improvements can be made =)

The copper is “pink” ? or the Purpleheart wood? Purpleheart wood is a M/F to get right…the only Purpleheart wood I’ve seen consistently finished wonderfully is the Fostex PurpleHeart TH-X00 but they work magic on those cups and their brethren.

You can see in my pictures of my Tube amps and amps my Purpleheart Shelf I made… in person it looks more “red/light purple” but in all my pictures it comes out orange/pink =(

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The sliders have a pink or orange tint to them depending on the lighting. I was expecting a much stronger orange/bronze color.

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Oh, ok…looking back at the picture I can see that… interesting especially for bronze… as usually Copper has a pink/orange color to it…while bronze would be the dull gold/yellow color…

Interested to see what Zach or Bevin has to say about it =)

Well…a box… a box…oh what could be in the box! :package:

Ooh


What the!!!

I kid… I kid lol


Any guesses?

Ok… I struck GOLD!!



Cool opening box!
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Nice touch adding the Andromeda Gold Pin!

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Mine are on the way!!,stroked! Those look dope! They will go nicely with my golds…

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Man, that black and gold is sexy. :heart_eyes:

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