Uncle Bob
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I much prefer my Grado's (SR225) with the SOHAII to anything else I've used - CMOY, Creek OBH-11, CKKIII - while I find that the SOHAII/HD650 combination doesn't quite work for me. I've only the one tube type at the moment so this may be a factor, but while I agree the Grado sound is normally agressive, the tube sound tempers this to a degree and there is absolutely no harshness in the treble. By comparison, the Senns sound 'shut in' and dark, too soft and lazy, just comfy pipe-n-slippers presentation. However, I do enjoy them with the CKKIII and, since I upgraded the PSU and the opamp, I slightly prefer them on the Creek.
On the SOHAII
Originally Posted by bmwpowere36m3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I ended using VitQ's in the C1 L/R positions, but I also chose to use "boutique" caps in other sections as well. I say the amp sounds wonderful and has great synergy with my Senn HD580's. However I can't compare it to the sound of the stock Wima's, just for that position: my SOHAII build I'm curious has anyone listened to Grado's with this amp, specifically SR-80's. Yesterday I auditioned a pair of SR-80's and RS1 at an audio shop with their Grado RA1 amp. I got to take a pair of SR-80's back home for more auditioning with my setup (iMod DAC, SOHA II) and honestly the SR-80's aren't sounding too good. In the store, IIRC, they sounded pretty decent... yet different from my 580's. At home, their pretty grainy, at time harsh treble, and peaky in the mid-bass and upper-mid treble... so details I hear in the HD580's are lost in the very projected, in your face sound. |
I much prefer my Grado's (SR225) with the SOHAII to anything else I've used - CMOY, Creek OBH-11, CKKIII - while I find that the SOHAII/HD650 combination doesn't quite work for me. I've only the one tube type at the moment so this may be a factor, but while I agree the Grado sound is normally agressive, the tube sound tempers this to a degree and there is absolutely no harshness in the treble. By comparison, the Senns sound 'shut in' and dark, too soft and lazy, just comfy pipe-n-slippers presentation. However, I do enjoy them with the CKKIII and, since I upgraded the PSU and the opamp, I slightly prefer them on the Creek.
On the SOHAII