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@dogwan, I think *you* came closest to saying you dont like the O2
My humble opinion is that the M-stage trumps the O2. For what it's worth I find the O2 too lean and thin. Sure bass is there and I can't fault the highs but the midrange just lacks emotion. No matter how many times I go to the O2, I always end up feeling unsatisfied and go back to the M-stage.
It's interesting how closely your impressions mirror many of the impressions I have read of amps like the GS-1 - that the amp was unfailingly accurate to source yet somehow lacking. The objectivists loathe our subjectivist ways, but at the end of the day its all about the individual experience, and I understand where you are coming from. I'm persevering with my own O2, simply because its presentation suits some of my music, not because of the hype or pressure from various fanboy elements to like the thing because its 'cool'. The fanboys will soon move on to the 'next big thing', be it 'The Wire' or a more commercial offering, and suddenly the O2 wont cut the mustard for them - you and I have both seen that pattern repeated here ad nauseam. There impressions will begin with 'the O2 was good, but .........'
My humble opinion is that the M-stage trumps the O2. For what it's worth I find the O2 too lean and thin. Sure bass is there and I can't fault the highs but the midrange just lacks emotion. No matter how many times I go to the O2, I always end up feeling unsatisfied and go back to the M-stage.
It's interesting how closely your impressions mirror many of the impressions I have read of amps like the GS-1 - that the amp was unfailingly accurate to source yet somehow lacking. The objectivists loathe our subjectivist ways, but at the end of the day its all about the individual experience, and I understand where you are coming from. I'm persevering with my own O2, simply because its presentation suits some of my music, not because of the hype or pressure from various fanboy elements to like the thing because its 'cool'. The fanboys will soon move on to the 'next big thing', be it 'The Wire' or a more commercial offering, and suddenly the O2 wont cut the mustard for them - you and I have both seen that pattern repeated here ad nauseam. There impressions will begin with 'the O2 was good, but .........'