zeluiz22
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I bought both the D2k's and the D5k's at Amazon, and ran them both from an X-Can v3 and an X-can v8.
Listening from an MF A5 as a preamp and a Cambridge 840c as a DAC (for Squeezebox) and CD Player.
I also run a Clearaudio Emotion with a Grado Reference Master.
Listened to Dylan, Neko Case, Portishead, Rage Against the Machine and Mars Volta.
It took about ten minutes to hear that the D5000 is a far superior phone (unlike the RS1 to the lesser Grados) to the D2000. This "very similar signature" thing was not my experience.
The range (in either direction) and dynamics/imaging on the 5k's leave the 2k's sound shriveled, staticky and lifeless in A/B comparison. The detail is far more complete. Some writers here have said that 5k's are more detailed, but the 2k's more analytical and dynamic... isnt that contadictory?
The 5k's are a clear winner here in musicality, detail, highs and lows and all things in between. Deep bass and bloated bass are not one and the same- the 5k's are the former.
Listening from an MF A5 as a preamp and a Cambridge 840c as a DAC (for Squeezebox) and CD Player.
I also run a Clearaudio Emotion with a Grado Reference Master.
Listened to Dylan, Neko Case, Portishead, Rage Against the Machine and Mars Volta.
It took about ten minutes to hear that the D5000 is a far superior phone (unlike the RS1 to the lesser Grados) to the D2000. This "very similar signature" thing was not my experience.
The range (in either direction) and dynamics/imaging on the 5k's leave the 2k's sound shriveled, staticky and lifeless in A/B comparison. The detail is far more complete. Some writers here have said that 5k's are more detailed, but the 2k's more analytical and dynamic... isnt that contadictory?
The 5k's are a clear winner here in musicality, detail, highs and lows and all things in between. Deep bass and bloated bass are not one and the same- the 5k's are the former.