mcnoiserdc
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I did briefly listen to both with the HD600 (stock cable) and D4 DAC. The MKIII I thought had a little more spacious and natural soundstage, had more bass and lower mids, and was a little warmer and maybe even more laid back overall. The differences between the two were slight and not huge, and may be more impacted by tubes than anything else (the MKIII has stock power tubes and M8100 drivers, the bravo had a GE Great Britain (short tube mullard) 12AU7). The bravo has way more power even with the MKIII at max gain, but the MKIII has absolutely no problem driving the HD600 way beyond what your ears (and probably the drivers) can take too.
Probably the most noticeable difference to spot was the bass, which had more quantity on the MKIII, but they really are pretty close sounding overall. I don't know how good you are with listening critically or whatever, but at first listen, they do sound pretty similar (not a night/day in your face difference in my opinion). I had to A/B a bit to really start to notice the differences. Maybe I don't have golden ears, or maybe I suck at listening critically, or maybe they really are just that close? I'm not sure.
Really, I thought both sounded very good. I might imagine that some people would prefer the bravo and some would prefer the MKIII - that is, they both sound very good to my ears, but I'm not sure one or the other is "better", just different. My preference was the MKIII, but not by a alot. I think this says more about the bravo than the MKIII anyway. If you already own the bravo, I think it's a tough decision whether or not to get the MKIII. The MKIII definitely looks much better / cleaner / more professional, and is better put together, and IMO does sound a little better too. But the bravo has insane power output, is kind of cool to look at as well, is very cheap, and sounds surprisingly good in my opinion.
I don't know if that helps, but there ya go
I kind of wanted to given another listening session before saying much because I didn't listen very long to make those conclusions. I'll try to listen again this weekend and I'll let you know if any of my opinions change.
Thank you. yes I believe that the difference is where you say as my bass is low too, every headphone I have (cheap ones) has more bass than my hd600.
Everyone talks about soundstage but on mine it seems small