paulster wrote: > I'd be interested to see measurements. I've had two of them, one that > sounded noticeably different to the other (which is a QC worry), but > neither of them could hold a candle to the other couple of 9018-based > DACs I have in my systems. The owner of one of them came over all > excited to see how good it would sound in my hifi, with balanced cables > and everything at the ready. It only took a few notes before he uttered > a very deflated, "Oh." > > The perception is the bass seems to be muddy, and it feels like it has a > rising frequency response, making it comparatively shrill and > fatiguing. > > I've listened to them on Sennheiser HD-600s (single-ended and balanced > outputs), Ultimate Ears UE10pros (single-ended outputs), and via the > single-ended and balanced line outs, all of which exhibited the same > traits.
If it has a frequency response problem and muddy bass when driving headphones that makes me want to see the measurements even more , looks like a classic impedance mismatch problem -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102976 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
