I haven't heard the AE-2 with the PK1, but what I have heard of the AE-2 I didn't like. I was actually rather shocked at how poorly the AE-2 fared on a track I use to check for preservation of low-volume detail, and in general I didn't feel the SQ was up to par. (All of which I hate to say because I am otherwise a tremendous fan of Justin's amps.) This was listening on Etys, and using the front miniplug input. Lots of people have reported far, far better impressions of the AE-2, so I can't really account for why my own impressions are so different. But, for what it's worth, I did get to compare the AE-2 and Pico side by side in this same session and with the same earphones and material, and to me the Pico seemed clearly superior.
post #16 of 18
5/27/09 at 4:20pm
