A bit more detail on the differences I'm hearing: The best way to sum up the improvement is simply: "way more musical and natural sounding". I didn't even realize that my system had an element of harshness/digititis to it that made listening somewhat wearying, until I plugged in the modded power supply. I'm hearing more detail, better seperation and with it improved soundstaging, less harshness in the treble, a bit more control in the bass (more punch, less boom). I guess most of the things that go into a system sounding overall more musical and pleasing and less tiring on the ear.
Listening to Steely Dan - The Royal Scam right now (part of my Reference collection, which are all songs I'm extremely familiar with how they sound), and the muted trumpet, which never sounded like a muted trumpet before but some approximation, actually sounds like a muted trumpet now. The vocals have been brought forward as if out of some oil barrel somewhere, and I'm hearing subtle sound effects in the song I don't ever remember hearing before, which tells me they were lost in the mix. Now listening to Rush - YYZ, and Geddy's bass is clear and thumping, not muddy and lost. Peart's drums and cymbals are clear and seperate. Now this is foot-tapping stuff. Vocals have more richness and realism than before, more as if a real human is singing, opposed to a recorded simulation approximating the voice; I guess just less "flat" and one dimensional. I've been listening to music all night and haven't felt like switching off, which is what I usually want to do after about 15 minutes or so. One thing I noticed immediately about the PS is a much fatter, sturdier cable from the wall wart to the barrel plug, and a much sturdier looking barrel connector. -- joncourage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28548 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
