ZMF Tessidera LTD Vintage Maple

ZMF Tessidera LTD Vintage Maple

The Tessidera in a limited wood edition

Limited edition, available while ZMF makes it. ZMF builds every pair to your configuration in Chicago; delivery takes about 6–10 weeks. The grain and colour of the wood vary from piece to piece and from the photos.

For this LTD edition ZMF makes the cups of the Tessidera from Vintage Maple. Vintage Maple is maple that ZMF stains by hand. Maple has been the luthier’s wood for centuries, and the stain settles into the grain like aged varnish: denser growth holds the colour back, softer bands take more of it. The result has real depth, with a tone that shifts from gold to deep amber as the light moves. No two maple blanks take the stain the same way.

The copper grilles are backed with maroon cloth, and the ZMF Acoustic Matrix in Grey Tea adds a cool counterpoint. As standard it comes with the black aluminium chassis and black rods; for a surcharge you can choose the Charcoal Mg12 chassis with copper rods, with leather and a BBB strap or, without the BBB strap, entirely in vegan suede. The Mg12 magnesium chassis is about 34 g lighter than aluminium, painted rather than anodised, and may show wear over time.

Technology and tuning come from the Tessidera: a planar magnetic driver with a diaphragm just 1 µm thick and 35 Ω, plus ZMF’s five technologies CAMS (magnet structure), ADS (damping behind the driver), ZAM (diffuser against standing waves), SRS (wooden resonator) and the Caldera pad system.

You choose the installed Caldera pads in lambskin or suede and a second pair that ZMF includes at no extra cost, plus the plug of the supplied cable: 2.5 mm, 3.5 mm, 4.4 mm, 6.35 mm or 4-pin XLR.

Not sure if the ZMF Tessidera LTD Vintage Maple is the right model for you? In our ZMF Buying Guide we put every model in the lineup head-to-head.

Who is the Tessidera LTD best suited for?

For anyone who wants the technical ambition of a ZMF planar magnetic headphone but prefers a smoother, more accessible tuning than the Caldera – liquid, lush and musical rather than energetic and bombastic – and would like the Tessidera in a special wood. It pairs well with a wide range of amplifiers.

Technical Specifications

In the box

• Tessidera in Vintage Maple
• Hard shell case
• ZMF stock braided cable with the plug of your choice
• Installed Caldera pads and second pair of your choice
• ZMF owner’s card
• Lifetime driver warranty