Well, after some time listening to these, using the Duet I bought for the purpose :) ,I am now very disappointed with them.
Why? For one single reason. I can't imagine what they were thinking, but they have got undefeatable automatic gain control (AGC) included. This means that any music with wide dynamic swings becomes virtually unlistenable. Take the band Porcupine Tree as an example. Typically they will have relatively quiet sections followed by huge jumps to the full band. What the AKGs do is to turn up the volume of the acoustic guitar, and then slam the volume back down once the full band crashes in. They advertise these phones for use with DVD-A and SACD, nowhere in their specs do they mention AGC, although for other models they do. I don't personally consider AGC as suitable for DVD-A / SACD playback. I wrote to AKG to see if they would confirm the AGC, and to see if they had any suggestions. They haven't given me the curtesy of a reply. AVOID! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47652 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
