Phil Leigh;571816 Wrote: > I'm going to setup my test rig again at the weekend. > I never did test John's headphone observation. Let's see if that one > goes anywhere. It SHOULD be observable via ADM.
I actually did the test the other day where I had the Touch analog outs plugged into the main system and listened with and without the headphones plugged into the Touch. BTW my headphones are 32 ohms. That might be a significant factor. The difference was rather striking. I was listening to a chorus accompanied by a small orchestra. In several places a harp was playing. With the headphone plugged in it was barely noticeable, it kind of blended in with the rest of the instruments. With the headphones unplugged the harp was perceived as a separate instrument rather than just part of the rest. I could easily hear the decay of each note, the subtlety in expression as the harpist played the instrument. The melody being played by the harp was much easier to follow rather than being subsumed by the rest of the instrumental music. The decay of notes seemed to go on much longer in the unplugged state. For example at one point the chorus and orchestra just stopped (grand pause), in unplugged mode the reverberation in the room could be heard for at least 6 seconds, in pugged state it was only about 2 seconds. Its kind of astonishing to hear such a difference with the same recording. Kind of an Energizer Bunny experience (do people outside the US get that?) John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
