The Anatomy Of A Headphone With Zach Mehrbach of ZMF Headphones

01/25/25 • 43 min

Due to the sucess of our episode on The Anatomy Of An Amplifier With Jason Stoddard, we decided to take a deep dive into headphones with the same format. This week we are joined again by none other than Zach Mehrbach of ZMF headphones. Zach walks us through the "how to" and "know how" of every part that makes up a headphone, from connector to cable to headband - and everything in between. This includes things to look out for in a quality headphone build and the impact of each part, material and design choice.

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