That’s awesome Lothar, I think you will love it!
This drop is really nice looking, and I’ll be very interested what you think.
I ended up swapping pads from the stock hybrids to the lambskin perf for it, as I sometimes found the treble a bit spicy. This dialed down the treble a bit, and did bump up the bass (which it didn’t need but is fun). Ymmv and all that of course.
Anyway congrats, I think you will be pleased. 
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Hmmm, which ZMF do I still need?
My current collection,
my current order,
possibly the VC, but more likely the Aegis, and if Zach actually manages to realize his project for an endgame planar headphones, then maybe this one too.
For me personally, ZMF has now become an art collection that sounds damn good.
I “only” have 4 ZMFs (Aeolus, Verite Open, Atrium Closed, Caldera Open) and @Lothar_Wolf’s posts have me itching to expand my collection.
I was just at Axpona last week. It’s mostly a 2-channel show, but they have a huge room for headphones too, dominated by the hometown presence of ZMF. As an aside, it would be great to see headphones.com have a table there too at future Axponas (hint hint Taron & Andrew).
Like Can Jam, the headphone room gets a bit noisy, but Sundays are pretty quiet, and perfect for both chatting to vendors and listening to music. I spent my Sunday afternoon at the ZMF booth, chatting with Zach, Bevin, Kevin and the rest of the ZMF family and then realized that the show was closing in an hour and I should probably try some headphones. In my limited time, I tried the Bokeh Open & Closed and the Caldera Closed, using the ZMF Aegis amp.
Comparing the 2 Bokeh models was really interesting because to me at least, they sound so different from each other. As @robson said, the Bokeh Open has always sounded like a cross between a ZMF and a Focal to me (and as a fan of both brands, that’s a compliment!) but the Closed had less of that Focal sound, and I preferred it. Neither is better or worse, it’s just that the BC had more of the sound I was looking for.
And then I tried the Caldera Closed. The Caldera Open is my favorite headphone that I own (along with the Focal Utopia 2022), and I didn’t have the time to compare the 2 Caldera models, but I have to say the Closed was exceptional. Working off memory, I’d guess the CO is a little more neutral and the CC is slightly warmer, but they are both detailed and have a thunderous bass. If I see a limited edition that grabs me, I wouldn’t be surprised if I persuade myself that the Caldera Open and Closed are different enough that I could own both.
On the other hand, I could also see myself buying a Bokeh Closed. One of my favorite headphone experiences at Axpona was listening to the BC on the new ifi Valkyrie. Combined with ZMF’s new clamshell case, which was designed to slip into a backpack, that would make one hell of a travel setup. I tried to buy one of the clamshell cases, but unfortunately, they didn’t have any for sale at Axpona (or perhaps they’d sold out by closing time on Sunday). I really recommend it to anyone who’s struggled to carry their ZMFs around.
I “only” have 3 ZMFs now (sold a few others over the years), so take this FWIW:
Ohhh, Zach……..
Is there a way to hide one user’s posts on a particular topic?
jk 
Didn’t you like what you saw?
It’s a good thing (I guess) that I’m too broke to get anything this time, it’s very tempting. 
I hope you get one of those Bokeh Opens this round, I think you’ll love it and be incredibly impressed.
Quite the opposite. That is the problem.
I see lots of EQ presets named “Bokeh.” I assume that they are all for the Bokeh CLOSED since it was released first.
Have any of you that use EQ presets found good EQ presets for the Bokeh OPEN?
