jacdan
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Sorry guys, Cosmophonic only has the 540A V2 in the store (which I bought). If I would have compared and heard a difference, I'm not sure if that would have been due to resistors vs. dedicated circuitry or the overall difference in design/power of the amps. So I don't know how meaningful that comparison would've been in terms of jack types. For overall sound, though, it would've been nice to do a side-by-side.
If it's worth anything, the bass (deep but not bloated) and highs (clean but not piercing) from the 540 (using the DT 770/80) were much more controlled and had greater soundstage than my Sony STR-D711 AV Reciever, but it is pretty old (15 years) but I think (maybe) it uses stepped down resistors:
Maybe someone can get an idea of configuration from the picture of a 711 headphone jack (bottom board under the blue casing speaker switch).
I had set the 540 bass and treble controls to max but found there to be little difference between that setting and Direct Mode. Bass did deepen a bit when turning off direct mode. Couldn't hear much change for treble when doing that.
The Sony sounds quite mushy and constrained now that I've heard the 540. Listening to Deutsche Grammophon's Haydn - Symphony 94 - Karajan, I could hear greater detail and separation of instruments. When I popped in the Rhino remaster of the Foreigner album, I was hit by the wider soundstage over my Sony.
There is also not much of a comparison between the 540 and the LD MKV. The MKV sounds sounds distant and the bass, anemic compared to the 540.
So anyway, another apology. I know you were looking forward to a comparison between the 340 and 540.
Originally Posted by 4lane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for checking on that. I'll be interested in your conclusions, but afraid of an attack of upgradeitis if you find a real difference. |
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Originally Posted by zantetsuken /img/forum/go_quote.gif me too. be interested in the impressions. thanks |
Sorry guys, Cosmophonic only has the 540A V2 in the store (which I bought). If I would have compared and heard a difference, I'm not sure if that would have been due to resistors vs. dedicated circuitry or the overall difference in design/power of the amps. So I don't know how meaningful that comparison would've been in terms of jack types. For overall sound, though, it would've been nice to do a side-by-side.
If it's worth anything, the bass (deep but not bloated) and highs (clean but not piercing) from the 540 (using the DT 770/80) were much more controlled and had greater soundstage than my Sony STR-D711 AV Reciever, but it is pretty old (15 years) but I think (maybe) it uses stepped down resistors:
Maybe someone can get an idea of configuration from the picture of a 711 headphone jack (bottom board under the blue casing speaker switch).
I had set the 540 bass and treble controls to max but found there to be little difference between that setting and Direct Mode. Bass did deepen a bit when turning off direct mode. Couldn't hear much change for treble when doing that.
The Sony sounds quite mushy and constrained now that I've heard the 540. Listening to Deutsche Grammophon's Haydn - Symphony 94 - Karajan, I could hear greater detail and separation of instruments. When I popped in the Rhino remaster of the Foreigner album, I was hit by the wider soundstage over my Sony.
There is also not much of a comparison between the 540 and the LD MKV. The MKV sounds sounds distant and the bass, anemic compared to the 540.
So anyway, another apology. I know you were looking forward to a comparison between the 340 and 540.