That is a conundrum. I’ve bought the Atrium on day 1 and has been absolutely thrilled with it. There is more than enough technicalities on that headphone and just the overall sound makes it is one of the biggest wow moment I’ve heard on a headphone since the hearing the Utopia and Verite all those years back. That and some of the source gear I purchased the past 2 years made me lost a ton of interest in trying out any new audio gear. That still ring true for the most part but the Caldera and Auteur classic does spark a bit of interest. Namely the more neutral tonality and the driver type. Biocell can have the potential to make a very addictive sound and I’m not one for planar but can acknowledge the things that a good planar driver can do but I always find them very uninspiring in terms of an overall package in sound so one that is made by ZMF sounds very intriguing.
I am well aware that those will out resolve the Verite just slightly interested in hearing about how the Caldera stacks up against those aforementioned hyper detail headphones. The Verite and Atrium for example doesn’t out resolve some of the best planar and dynamic headphones I’ve heard but I do think it can convey textural information and decay characteristics as good as the best of them. As an overall package there really isn’t much out there I prefer which is why I got them over the Utopia.
That I very much agree. The Atrium is the most natural sounding headphone and renders some of the most natural and true to live sounding drums I’ve heard on a headphone. The Verite is also no slouch in that department.