joncourage;145169 Wrote: > 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. More "depth" is > something that comes to mind, for lack of a more sophisticated > technical term. > > 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.
You could be describing my experience with the modded elpac. I stayed up all night too. What a significant improvement. I bought one of the last 2 at 17.00, now I wish I had bought both to send to Bolder. The best 100.00 I ever spent on an upgrade. I am eager to compare it to a transporter........... -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28548 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
