prisoner #6
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Hi everyone,
After surfing the boards here for several months, I thought I'd finally take a try at posting. I do want to say that this site has been a terrific resource to me as I've tried to learn more about headphones--I'm glad this community exists.
I recently got a Creek OBH-11 to power my Senn HD580s. I had been running the Senns off my AMC 3025a integrated with fairly good results, but thought I'd see if a dedicated amp improved things at all. I'm still breaking the amp in so it's probably too early to start comparing the two extensively, but one difference stands out clearly, and I thought I'd ask about it. I noticed right away that the image seemed to shift a little to the left on the Creek from where it had been on the AMC--this was particularly evident with vocals, where I noticed the singer's positioning in the soundstage a bit more to the left than where it is on the other amp.
Is this a fairly common thing? Particularly for those of you who own multiple amps, do you notice a slight shifting of the soundstage image to the left or right, depending on which amp you're using?
I've done some searches here on this, and haven't been able to find anything--so any ideas on this would be interesting to me. Thanks!
prisoner #6
After surfing the boards here for several months, I thought I'd finally take a try at posting. I do want to say that this site has been a terrific resource to me as I've tried to learn more about headphones--I'm glad this community exists.
I recently got a Creek OBH-11 to power my Senn HD580s. I had been running the Senns off my AMC 3025a integrated with fairly good results, but thought I'd see if a dedicated amp improved things at all. I'm still breaking the amp in so it's probably too early to start comparing the two extensively, but one difference stands out clearly, and I thought I'd ask about it. I noticed right away that the image seemed to shift a little to the left on the Creek from where it had been on the AMC--this was particularly evident with vocals, where I noticed the singer's positioning in the soundstage a bit more to the left than where it is on the other amp.
Is this a fairly common thing? Particularly for those of you who own multiple amps, do you notice a slight shifting of the soundstage image to the left or right, depending on which amp you're using?
I've done some searches here on this, and haven't been able to find anything--so any ideas on this would be interesting to me. Thanks!
prisoner #6