guidof;668090 Wrote: > OK. As promised, I applied TT3.0 to my bedroom system which is similar > to yours in that headphones are fed directly via a tube amp from the > Touch's analog outs(see below) and the Touch is networked via Wi-Fi. > > After a few comparative listens, I concluded that the improvement (over > TT2.0) is not as startling as in my main system, mainly, I think, > because the effects on imaging and soundstaging obviously don't apply. > > However, the improvements in timbres and tonal balance are quite > apparent. The bass is much tighter, the highs have lost the trace of > digital edge they still had with TT2.0. > > I listen mostly to jazz and classical, so for example in "It never > entered my mind" from the 24/88 download of The Gene Harris/Scott > Hamilton Quintet's "At Last," Harris' piano sounds as naturally icy as > it does on my main system through the M-Ls. Similarly, on the rip from > an RCA CD of Geza Anda's performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, > the Vienna Symphony's strings are no longer muddied by the somewhat > bloated bass that I had assumed was an artifact of the 701s. Anda's > piano playing comes through with astonishing articulateness. Everything > is cleaner and clearer. > > In summary, I would say that with the change from TT2.0 to 3.0, -to > me-, everything sound more natural, less "hi-fi." > > I really don't know the reason for your different experience. But if > further listens corroborate that TT3.0 does noting for you, my only > suggestion would be to enjoy the music through your Senns and perhaps > give TT3.0 another chance if you should change your system at some > future time. > > Regards, > > Guido F.
Ok here goes! So originally on saturday I posted that I couldn't hear a difference between the modded and unmodded touch both connected to my Little Dot MkV headphone amp (solid state amp) and into Sennheiser HD650s, however yesterday I could (more later) - I believe the reasons I couldn't hear the difference was - Tiredness - had a been a long and tiring day! - Background noise - bit more background noise then usual - Listening approach - I was listening to one song then switching between inputs every few seconds expecting to hear a big difference - Expection - Last time I did sometihng like this (comparing a Touch and a Duet) the difference in SQ was very obvious Last night however I could hear a difference - I changed approach and listened to a passage of a song 30secs to a min then changed to the other input, then back again, my thoughts below - Difference isn't massive and obvious as the Senns generally sound great, there is however an improvement - The main thing in terms of the headphones for me was that the unmodded touch (UMT) sound seemed to be be more removed and from the top of my forehead to the bottom of my chin whereas the modded touch (MT) seemed to be a lot closer and also covering more of my head, wider and fuller sound - going back to the UMT sounded slightly flat but only when I had listened to a decent amount of a track. - The MT sounded a lot more musical, I found myself tapping along a lot more and generally enjoying the MT, more engaging - songs like Massive Attacks Angel and Intertia Creeps definately highlight this - On closer listen detail has improved, instruments and vocals sounding better, examples include Adeles rolling in the deep and Norah Jones Sunrise - I agree with guido re: the highs - I often found a lot of songs quite harsh/shrill with the Senns, the MT seemed to soften these, a good example for me was MJ's - Remember the time and also the guitar on the start of Jack Johnsons - Better Together - Not all songs showed a difference, Deep Purples Space Truckin' sounded pretty much the same on both versions. To summarise I think it was similar to one of those puzzles where you see a face in a drawing, once you see it then its obvious and you notice it everytime, the mods were a bit like that for me! I'll be trying again this week before I remove the UMT back to the living room, but will be keeping the MT for my headphone setup - the only problem I have is that I like having the screen on for rating tracks, not sure what to do on that really.... -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
