Originally Posted by penger
crappyjones123,
I'm curious which of the B22 setups you listened to (source and headphones tried?).
Thanks,
Eric
i tried asr's (4 channel i think) and voltron's (6 channel) b22. source was a bel canto cd player (dont remember which model - i dont know much about sources so i dont even know if there is more than one but i do remember everyone remarking in this thread how sexy it was, both visually and sonically). headphones tried were headroom's balanced defoamed 650s and akg k701 (not for long) on voltrons amp. they were both fed by the same cdp. on the single ended b22 i tried a single ended 650 with saa equinox and ath w5000 and the ath ad2000. they looked recabled but i dont have much experience with audio technica so they may very well have been stock.
i was talking to gene about the b22 setups and something interesting came up that he described as microdynamics (even more proof that you learn more from example at meets than by just reading a manual at home, therefore, GO TO MEETS
). in david gray's "sail away" (cd - white ladder) theres actually a third guitar waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay in the back or something that sounds a LOT like a guitar being played far away and i only heard it with the hd 650. there was a loud hissing noise (louder than normal) in the background of the entire cd that i didnt notice with any other headphones but with the 650. i tried the same cd in other rigs and it wasnt as pronounced. take what you want from that but it seemed to me that the 650 performed better than the other cans in conjunction with the beta 22. the only other amp where it was really prominent was the sds xlr. with the b52 it was there but not even half as loud. as i said in my previous post with the review of the gear i heard, the b22 was EXTREMELY clean and transparent. it did nothing to the sound exept for just making it louder and tightening up the bass.
cds heard - white ladder by david gray, pirates of the caribbean 2 soundtrack, reload by metallica and rodrigo and gabriella live in manchester.
do your thoughts differ from mine? i would like to hear if anyone agrees with me or can offer an opposing view so i can give the b22s another try at the next meet.