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ZMF

Hand-built solid-wood open- and closed-back headphones

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ZMF Headphones is an American boutique headphone maker founded in 2011 by Zach Mehrbach, who started out modifying Fostex T50RP planars at his dining-room table and turned it into a full-time business in 2014. Every model is built around CNC-machined and hand-finished solid-wood cups paired with custom dynamic or planar drivers, and the company backs its headphones with a lifetime driver warranty to the original owner.

Founded: 2011
Based in: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Headphone$1,500

ZMF Auteur Classic

ZMF's “HD 600 with real bass” — near-unanimously called the most neutral ZMF, and argued over mainly at 2 kHz and 5–7 kHz, which is exactly where the measurements have a hole and a spike.

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Headphone$2,500

ZMF Atrium

The wood-cupped “super HD650” — and the rare flagship where the loudest argument is not about taste but about whether anyone's measurement rig can even see the part being argued over.

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