I attended a meeting for a local audio club today.I took all three of the cables along with my newly aquired Headroom Max with stepped attenuator and dual inputs,two HD600 and an HD580.I also took my Wheatfield HA2 and used the SonyDVP-NS500V as a source since most of the club members really like it.I used a Harmonic Tech Truthlink interconnect for the Max and MAD Silverline for the HA2.Some twenty members(out of sixty three in attendance) took the time for a short audition.I did not attempt to influence the listeners in any way.17 out of 20 listeners preffered the Equinox with the Max(which suprised me) 2 liked the Cardas and 1 lady liked the Clou.14 out of the 20 preffered the Equinox with the Wheatfield(no suprise there) but what did suprised me is that all six of the members that preffered the Clou with the Wheatfield were women.The Cardas did not fare well at all with the Wheatfield and every listener preffered the HD600 over the HD580.
The big suprise here was the fact that more people liked the Equinox with the Max.I have yet to perform an extended audition with the Max and all the Cables.I thought that the Equinox would not fare as well with a solid-state amp,it seemed to shine best with the tube amps that I have tried it with.Most of the members seemed to like the Wheatfield over the Max as well.I think that if the audition were longer and a wider variety of music were played results may have been different.This not scientific by any means and I did this only because I sometimes need to further validate my listening impressions.
I'll add that my wife,a complete utter cable skeptic,actually asked me for the HD600s that had the Equinox attached to them.She was out in her garden friday using the Grado RA1 and the Sony D-25s and she just grabbed the First HD600 that she saw which had the Cardas attached to them.When I went out to see her swinging in her hammock she asked me to "get the ones with the black cord".I didn't know that she listens to this setup often but she has grown to like it and likes the Equinox.I will give her **** about this at a later date.
The big suprise here was the fact that more people liked the Equinox with the Max.I have yet to perform an extended audition with the Max and all the Cables.I thought that the Equinox would not fare as well with a solid-state amp,it seemed to shine best with the tube amps that I have tried it with.Most of the members seemed to like the Wheatfield over the Max as well.I think that if the audition were longer and a wider variety of music were played results may have been different.This not scientific by any means and I did this only because I sometimes need to further validate my listening impressions.
I'll add that my wife,a complete utter cable skeptic,actually asked me for the HD600s that had the Equinox attached to them.She was out in her garden friday using the Grado RA1 and the Sony D-25s and she just grabbed the First HD600 that she saw which had the Cardas attached to them.When I went out to see her swinging in her hammock she asked me to "get the ones with the black cord".I didn't know that she listens to this setup often but she has grown to like it and likes the Equinox.I will give her **** about this at a later date.
Incredible. You should listen to the Gladiator Soundtrack with the Equinox.
