daltonlanny
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I may have sold my AKG K701's prematurely!
I sold my 701's just before I bought a used Rega Apollo on Audiogon, and now I have a new Rega Saturn coming in Tuesday.
All of my current players, except for the Apollo, have the "Japanese Sound" to a certain degree...slightly strident, bright, lively, and forward sounding.
The Marantz SA8001 exhibits less of this than the others, but it is still there.
I can even hear this with the Sennheiser HD650's!
Nothing against this sound at all, but it may not sound that good on very detailed cans such as the 701's.
The Apollo sounds very airy, spacious, slightly warm and euphonic, detailed, and very smooth through the 600's and 650's with NO forwardness, brightness, or thinness at all. The Apollo sound has a sort of an "analog" feel to it. Is this the "British Sound"?
Now I wish I had the 701's so that I could see how they sound with the Rega players. I got the feeling there would have been a much better match there.
Thoughts or comments anyone?
I sold my 701's just before I bought a used Rega Apollo on Audiogon, and now I have a new Rega Saturn coming in Tuesday.
All of my current players, except for the Apollo, have the "Japanese Sound" to a certain degree...slightly strident, bright, lively, and forward sounding.
The Marantz SA8001 exhibits less of this than the others, but it is still there.
I can even hear this with the Sennheiser HD650's!
Nothing against this sound at all, but it may not sound that good on very detailed cans such as the 701's.
The Apollo sounds very airy, spacious, slightly warm and euphonic, detailed, and very smooth through the 600's and 650's with NO forwardness, brightness, or thinness at all. The Apollo sound has a sort of an "analog" feel to it. Is this the "British Sound"?
Now I wish I had the 701's so that I could see how they sound with the Rega players. I got the feeling there would have been a much better match there.
Thoughts or comments anyone?