socistep;668197 Wrote: > Ok here goes! > > 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....
Glad things are improving for you! My personal experience trying to figure out differences in SQ has been that I need to listen for quite a long time to a variety of different music that I'm very familiar with. Only then can I make some sense of such differences, if any exist. In other words, initially I listen for the -gestalt- of the music: overall does it sound more like unamplified music by live musicians in a real space? Only afterward, I focus on things like timbre, tonal balance, clean bass, soundstage, etc. Perhaps not surprisingly, I found the same to work for me in getting used to the sound of different concert hall. When I moved from the University of Illinois to the University of Maryland, it took me a couple of concert performances to fully appreciate how much worse the sound of DC's Kennedy Center was to that of Urbana's Krannert Center. (Kennedy Center got a little better after the renovation some time back). Had I been magically transported (blindfolded) from one place to the other and made to listen for 30-second (or even 10-minute) snippets of the same music played by the same payers, I doubt very much I could have perceived any difference at all. As for TT, either 2.0 or 3.0, I would encourage you, if at all financially feasible, to use an iPad or other controller so you can disable the Touch screen. I was initially skeptical that it would make any difference, but found that Klaus was right: every aspect of his mods contributes to the improvements. Above all, keep enjoying the music! Guido F. -- guidof MUSIC ROOM: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge -> Conrad Johnson Motif preamp Oppo BDP--83 Universal Player; Squeezebox Touch (digital out) -> Cambridge Azur 840C DAC -> Adcom GFP-750 preamp -> Music Reference RM-200 Mk II amp -> Martin Logan SL3 speakers DSpeaker Antimode 8033 equalizer -> REL T1 Subwoofer BEDROOM: Squeezebox Touch (analog out) -> Little Dot Mk III amp -> AKG K701 headphones SECOND BEDROOM: Squeezebox Touch -> Grado SR125 headphones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
