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Nautilus: Ruins wallets, but does whatever the opposite of "ruin" is to headphones. And with 5 OI taps, you can fine-tune the performance of any can. I've yet to hear anything sound bad off Nauti; it elevates every can to its best self. May > Nauti > Atrium has been a favorite chain with stunningly well-imaged holographic staging, lush intimate vocals, rich tight bass, etc.
Well, if someone posts the schematics for the Nautilus somewhere you could find a guy who builds tube amps and save a lot of cash. I saved 700€ that way compared to buying the Unison Research Simply Italy. Or you could build a simpler amp and get similar results with tubes.
The reason to get the Nautilus is to make your headphones sound better than they ever sounded before. I first heard the Susvara on the Oor and it was great, but the Nautilus blew it away. It made the DCA Stealths sound pretty good and not boring which was a miracle. 1266, LCD5, VC all sounded its best to me on the Nautilus.
@@johenkay1129 Why? Balanced really doesn't matter. A balanced output might sound better on a device with both balanced and single ended outputs but that doesn't mean that a single ended output from a different device can't sound better than both of them. Balanced gives you a bit more power (which is where most of the difference comes from) and slightly less cross talk. With a well designed single ended amp both of these thing are non issues as well.
@@a_slakoth7420 Well, most of my headphone cables are balanced... and they're not cheap cables... not to mention balanced does better in rejecting rfi and emf interference.
@@johenkay1129 There's adapters and I'm pretty sure the interference thing applies to balanced interconnects which is something entirely different. What you're saying is valid of course, I personally just don't see why it would be a deal breaker. For me the price would be lol
@@a_slakoth7420 Well, if you're looking at a amp at this price range, there are balanced options, like Woo audio's wa33 or the Feliks Envy. I'm personally drawn to the Feliks Envy, really like the wood design.
I just started the video, and in time marker 00:07, you’re holder what appears to be a wireless mechanical keyboard with a trackpad attached… What is that exactly? I have a wireless Logitech keyboard I use for HTPC purposes, but what you’re holding there looks really cool!
Hahahaha oh my god you have it set up like a tv show! Eligible bachelor cans, fighting for the top spot… hope they can get it up when there turn has come, for who’s sake I dunno
I'm glad your doing some nutter expensive stuff. Its interesting to hear your comparisons to reasonably priced gear. Have you heard of the company Borresen? I heard the Borresen 01 at AXPONA 2022. It was in a small room, setup in the room funny, and I sware to you it sounded better than every single other setup at the show I heard including massive Wilson mega setups in bigger more proper rooms. I wonder if they would let you review one of there speakers. They cost like 55k pair but my goodness I was blown away how good they sounded. Like best speaker in existence type levels. Also on the cheaper end, the big Pearlisten towers S7T would probably murder everything in your home. Rock on Zeos your a legend!
Very cool. I dont' want one but cool. It would be interesting to see a graph on something like this to see all the different things it does to the sound.
So sick! Are you going to be able to coordinate with drop again on the $400 off or however much when ya got the promo offer at $700 or $800? I’d love to get my hands on them. And I don’t necessarily care to buy used senns for several reasons.
I gotsta no... how do the gold planer GL2000's sound on this glowing box of electric sex? Also do cans sound better on this tube amp or on Benchmark ahb2?
Z have you listened to those ohm's in that position, with that big room, just a thought.p.s I'm sure that record player downstairs would sound unreal with that amp.
Was jamming dt990 250 ohm through a Zerda off a laptop… there are times this channel makes me feel so small. I’m only at warp two while everyone around me is traveling at plaid. Doh. 😅
I mean youre complaining about a lock thats keeping your 8k amp from hitting the deck any time you trip over the chord. personally, id rather the chord explode than have that 60 pound behemoth fall
Great review as always. It is a shame that if I ever had enough money to buy something like this amp, I wouldn't because it looks shit. I suppose you could have a custom housing made.
Hmm, most expensive? What about the Sennheiser HE 1? OK, so you only got to listen to them at a show for 10-15 minutes, but still, it counts, doesn’t it?
this "teenage girl high school beauty studio project decoration"-style breaks me^^ every serious audiophile used to serious audiophile channels reviewing serious audiophile stuff in a very serious manner, will probably scream at the screen in red misted fury and indignation.
@@michaelmacvittie6977 not to worry. I am aware of that . The funny thing is: i probably dont know any channel, that does NOT shill one product or another at a time and yet, they all get either mad at Z or ridicule him. Best example is probably no theme review, who - I assume - has a hard time copping with the fact, that he doesnt have anywhere close to Zs sub numbers. Z is doing his thing, doesnt shit on anybody else ever and I take every his reviews with a grain of salt,because i have a brain and can think for myself, but i like to be entertained :)
Because it’s probably going to be an amplifier for life for an entire future collection of much more expensive headphones. This unit ain’t for those that are just going to buy one cheap headphone and then forget it.
Typical Z review….”I’m going to test this $10,00 USD amp with a $300 DAC and my $400 headphones. OMG the amp sounds exactly like my $200 amp, what a ripoff”
Goodness, is there an actual wife to have a wife factor in that habitat? You have so much and so all over the place that I can't image a wife going for all that man spread on so many floors in the house. Incredible multi floor man cave spread.
Meh you can do much better than that stack. For example get Berkeley alpha reference dac2 + Niimbus us5 pro and it will outperform the Lina stack way under 50% of cost.
now you are entering hi end audio nonsense... 9 grand aint nothing.. some audiophiles spend more than that in cables.. get ready for 80 grand monoblocks and 250 grand speakers... and more.
250 grand speakers ... so for 250k I could hire about 4 Audio-Engeneer for an entire year and 1-2 woodworkers and still have enough budget for the components ... how does it make sense to spend that much on a set of not unique speakers?!
@@miagi1337 different level of income and priorities. If you're rich beyond belief why spend the effort seeking out an audio engineer plus the extra time for them to custom build something that you may not even like, when you can demo top tier equipment in an afternoon and order it to be installed within the week? Everyone likes talking about "well if I were rich I'd do so and so instead" but the actual rich almost never do that.
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Hey how about a link for your keyboard setup there with the couch rest thing and cup holder?
It needs to be under 7 seconds to avoid copyright I believe
Nautilus: Ruins wallets, but does whatever the opposite of "ruin" is to headphones. And with 5 OI taps, you can fine-tune the performance of any can. I've yet to hear anything sound bad off Nauti; it elevates every can to its best self. May > Nauti > Atrium has been a favorite chain with stunningly well-imaged holographic staging, lush intimate vocals, rich tight bass, etc.
Well, if someone posts the schematics for the Nautilus somewhere you could find a guy who builds tube amps and save a lot of cash. I saved 700€ that way compared to buying the Unison Research Simply Italy. Or you could build a simpler amp and get similar results with tubes.
The reason to get the Nautilus is to make your headphones sound better than they ever sounded before. I first heard the Susvara on the Oor and it was great, but the Nautilus blew it away. It made the DCA Stealths sound pretty good and not boring which was a miracle. 1266, LCD5, VC all sounded its best to me on the Nautilus.
the deal breaker is that it's only single ended...
@@johenkay1129 Why? Balanced really doesn't matter. A balanced output might sound better on a device with both balanced and single ended outputs but that doesn't mean that a single ended output from a different device can't sound better than both of them. Balanced gives you a bit more power (which is where most of the difference comes from) and slightly less cross talk. With a well designed single ended amp both of these thing are non issues as well.
@@a_slakoth7420 Well, most of my headphone cables are balanced... and they're not cheap cables... not to mention balanced does better in rejecting rfi and emf interference.
@@johenkay1129 There's adapters and I'm pretty sure the interference thing applies to balanced interconnects which is something entirely different. What you're saying is valid of course, I personally just don't see why it would be a deal breaker. For me the price would be lol
@@a_slakoth7420 Well, if you're looking at a amp at this price range, there are balanced options, like Woo audio's wa33 or the Feliks Envy. I'm personally drawn to the Feliks Envy, really like the wood design.
Glad to see an item that I own get featured in a Z Review!
Talking about that Keychron of course
My 8XX, 660s and Sundara sound absolutely fantastic on my SU9 , MT 604 cheap tube hybrid with Russian tubes... Thank you very much.
Feliks Envy $7K seems the way to go for TOTL endgame tube amp and it does balanced class A
Agreed
Yikes! I'm sure you can find a DIY amp builder and build a copy for $2~$3k.
The rather go for the DNA Stellaris. There is a reason you will wait over a year for it.
Of course it's built like a DIY project
Nice review. You're an audio hero with a thousand faces, Phil.
I just started the video, and in time marker 00:07, you’re holder what appears to be a wireless mechanical keyboard with a trackpad attached… What is that exactly? I have a wireless Logitech keyboard I use for HTPC
purposes, but what you’re holding there looks really cool!
Hahahaha oh my god you have it set up like a tv show! Eligible bachelor cans, fighting for the top spot… hope they can get it up when there turn has come, for who’s sake I dunno
Dude I was not the only one who was catching that vibe. It looks like a speed dating session...LOL
The Aperion Concert Towers are amazing.
You ought to do a review or something from that f'n porch! What a great view!
I'm glad your doing some nutter expensive stuff. Its interesting to hear your comparisons to reasonably priced gear. Have you heard of the company Borresen? I heard the Borresen 01 at AXPONA 2022. It was in a small room, setup in the room funny, and I sware to you it sounded better than every single other setup at the show I heard including massive Wilson mega setups in bigger more proper rooms. I wonder if they would let you review one of there speakers. They cost like 55k pair but my goodness I was blown away how good they sounded. Like best speaker in existence type levels. Also on the cheaper end, the big Pearlisten towers S7T would probably murder everything in your home. Rock on Zeos your a legend!
Had to look those up and, even for being high end af, they look fantastic. Some of the best looking speakers in general I've seen before.
Very cool. I dont' want one but cool. It would be interesting to see a graph on something like this to see all the different things it does to the sound.
So sick!
Are you going to be able to coordinate with drop again on the $400 off or however much when ya got the promo offer at $700 or $800? I’d love to get my hands on them. And I don’t necessarily care to buy used senns for several reasons.
Please review the Willsenton R8. I'd like to see what you think paired with the Heresy's.
Seems like the heavier and more protective the shipping container, the more the shipping people will abuse it.
I gotsta no... how do the gold planer GL2000's sound on this glowing box of electric sex? Also do cans sound better on this tube amp or on Benchmark ahb2?
where has amazoon put my man Z at ....had to go looking, that's really nice to just keep adding transformers like that.
Hey what keyboard is that you were using with the touch pad would love to find one like that
Yes 96lbs, just under 100lbs which means you can take it on a plane.
100 usd/lbs
Will it fit on the tray table?
Z have you listened to those ohm's in that position, with that big room, just a thought.p.s I'm sure that record player downstairs would sound unreal with that amp.
Was jamming dt990 250 ohm through a Zerda off a laptop… there are times this channel makes me feel so small. I’m only at warp two while everyone around me is traveling at plaid. Doh. 😅
The most expensive Z review until someone sends him the ampandsound Red October.
you should do a tago t3-01 test. seriously. u'd love those.
When are you reviewing the Kenzie OG Rev2?
@z Reviews I am getting the Red October and was wondering if you would be interested in reviewing it! Let me know!
Congrats! Next stop, HE-1.
No Warwick acoustics aperio headphone system 🙏🙂
As long as your DAC's are shit you will never extract the full potential of amps like this one.
I thought I was the only one in the world that knew about Hugh Lauries blues albums.
Someone sent him this, do they watch him much, you realise you're not getting it back for a while?
Pretty sure this review will be the intentional catalyst/gateway to things like the woo audio wa33 and feliks envy amps. 5 figure amps here we go!
You should do more upstairs reviews!
The Echo tho
I mean youre complaining about a lock thats keeping your 8k amp from hitting the deck any time you trip over the chord. personally, id rather the chord explode than have that 60 pound behemoth fall
Wait.. These locking 1/4" guarantee BOTH those terrible outcomes.
@@ZE0SPantera yeah... Can OP specify how it saves the jacks and/or amp? I'm honestly confused... 🤦♂️
@@danieljohnson6370 i was just saying by the logic that was used - having it be locked or having the chord explode. i get what youre saying lol
Zed Reviews is the best reviews.
RUclips totally muted the Zeppelin clip.....
Did you try it on the Klipsh Cornwalls?
um
@@ZE0SPantera like: no?
I mean: it must be a perfect match for high efficiency speakers like Klipsch.
What couch keyboard is that?
I wanna know too
keychron k6 .. BUT I HATE BLUETOOTH
please give tim his socks back. its getting awkward.
Prices are getting absurd....I am so glad I am out....enough is enough.
Wait. Doesn't anyything/everything sound horrible in that room?
Yes but not headphones. I was simply comparing the speakers from a known good amp to this one in close proximity.
Cant wait to see something even more expensive on the channel lol
Great review as always. It is a shame that if I ever had enough money to buy something like this amp, I wouldn't because it looks shit. I suppose you could have a custom housing made.
For the cost we are talking about here, sure why not, sounds like a good idea imo. With like 15% auf the price you sure get something nice already.
How’s the ndh20 not there?😔
Specially that headphone can the truth about an amp!
I HAVE FAILED YOU.
@@ZE0SPantera Nooooooo 😀
Welp, only way to go from here is the WooAudio WA33 Elite.
What's the cheapest alternative that can get me 95% of the way there?
KPH40 🔥
Solid title honestly.
No kph30i ultra?!? I’m so disappointed…
KPH40 removed my reason for doing all that.
go to boulder amplifier .... they have a sound room over 250k... don't hold back
Hmm, most expensive? What about the Sennheiser HE 1? OK, so you only got to listen to them at a show for 10-15 minutes, but still, it counts, doesn’t it?
Anyone know the song at 22:05? I can't seem to find it.
Wow, Zeos has serious money,
Truly the best out there is Z.
can you do more reviews of things under $100
I guess the DCS LINA is next 😋
No beyers 800? :( no neumans? :(
very fun interview with the Nautilus. clap clap
maybe, if I win the lottery 3 times
shit
spoke too soon.
the prophet prophesied correctly
comment for the algorithm, they're burying you
Keep going Stewie its working.
this "teenage girl high school beauty studio project decoration"-style breaks me^^
every serious audiophile used to serious audiophile channels reviewing serious audiophile stuff in a very serious manner, will probably scream at the screen in red misted fury and indignation.
You have no idea. So many people get mad about Zeos because he isn’t professional and doesn’t stick to “hard science”.
@@michaelmacvittie6977 *Because he's snake oil seller
@@michaelmacvittie6977 not to worry. I am aware of that . The funny thing is: i probably dont know any channel, that does NOT shill one product or another at a time and yet, they all get either mad at Z or ridicule him.
Best example is probably no theme review, who - I assume - has a hard time copping with the fact, that he doesnt have anywhere close to Zs sub numbers.
Z is doing his thing, doesnt shit on anybody else ever and I take every his reviews with a grain of salt,because i have a brain and can think for myself, but i like to be entertained :)
@@michaelmacvittie6977 he is a snake oil seller and a weird man child the anime girl crap gives me the creeps
650’s on the Xduoo 604 😋
thanks
beautiful z just beautiful
Acoustic treatment…
Where does zeo’ s money come from?
patreons, sponsorship, yard sales, and sales links
"You are not looking for the cleanest, most accurate sound with a tube amp, ever." - Is just utter, ignorant nonsense.
Why somebody should spend 9k+ dollar “to fix” a stupid few-hundreds headphone?
Because it’s probably going to be an amplifier for life for an entire future collection of much more expensive headphones. This unit ain’t for those that are just going to buy one cheap headphone and then forget it.
An 1/8th of the cost of that amp might be just the Mullard tube in this post Ukraine invasion world.
Snake oil?
Nautilus distortion figures are so high that you'll easily pass a DBT volume matched test against a E30 amp
my 2u server full of hdds is heaver than that
Typical Z review….”I’m going to test this $10,00 USD amp with a $300 DAC and my $400 headphones. OMG the amp sounds exactly like my $200 amp, what a ripoff”
Goodness, is there an actual wife to have a wife factor in that habitat? You have so much and so all over the place that I can't image a wife going for all that man spread on so many floors in the house. Incredible multi floor man cave spread.
Please get the new dcs Lina stack
Meh you can do much better than that stack. For example get Berkeley alpha reference dac2 + Niimbus us5 pro and it will outperform the Lina stack way under 50% of cost.
It’s so virile it has 5 outputs
Try to do the videos in the basement, if you can. The sound is atrocious on this floor. Thank you.
That is my thoughts entirely. BUT this was a special occasion.
Why is it so expensive ?
if people buy stuff at this price and you made amps, wouldn't you tag a few like this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
now you are entering hi end audio nonsense... 9 grand aint nothing.. some audiophiles spend more than that in cables.. get ready for 80 grand monoblocks and 250 grand speakers... and more.
i refus
@@ZReviews mmm lets see...haaa
250 grand speakers ... so for 250k I could hire about 4 Audio-Engeneer for an entire year and 1-2 woodworkers and still have enough budget for the components ... how does it make sense to spend that much on a set of not unique speakers?!
@@miagi1337 different level of income and priorities. If you're rich beyond belief why spend the effort seeking out an audio engineer plus the extra time for them to custom build something that you may not even like, when you can demo top tier equipment in an afternoon and order it to be installed within the week?
Everyone likes talking about "well if I were rich I'd do so and so instead" but the actual rich almost never do that.
@@pkal244 Okay but than 250k speakers has nothing to do with audiophile, that is just rich ppl goodies.
there should be no way this costs $9k. You could buy 3x better FROM DECWARE and others for less. And it looks like garbage kit amp
Heads up to any newbies, a tube amp is an old implementation and only serves as a gimmick hence no money should be spent on one let alone this 9k scam
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, duh? Transistor Radios came out in 1954
Tubes are dumb.
It's garbage.
Fight me.
I mean. RUclips is Garbage but we are all still here.