Hey Hirsch, it was a real pleasure meeting you. I'm glad the L3000 is a welcome addition to your collection - finding headphones good homes is why I do/did that kind of thing.
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It's so weird that you mention that - I thought the Meitner rig sounded quite different from what I associate with the Meridian G08 sound. Based on comparisons tk_suki and I did in Tokyo, we determined the sonic approaches of the Chord DAC64 and Meridian G08 were very similar. While listening to the Qualia 010, Krell amp and EMM source with my redbook CD's, I noticed a decidedly more detailed, clearer, somewhat more treble forward presentation than my usual DAC64 or the G08. I thought it sounded a bit thinner and less warm. I don't know if this is due to differences in amps, as I've only really used my Grace m902 which is a warm amp (no idea about the sonic approach of the Krell) but I was thinking that the EMM equipment was far more resolving than my DAC64. Now I wasn't that happy with the Qualia out of this rig because of this, but maybe that's just preferences and the equipment that I'm used to.
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When Tom's son was listening to Eminem with the Qualia on backwards, I thought his son was blasting the speaker rig!
Best regards,
-Jason
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Originally Posted by Hirsch On redbook, I'm not convinced that I heard major advances over the G08. Improvement, yes, major, no. |
It's so weird that you mention that - I thought the Meitner rig sounded quite different from what I associate with the Meridian G08 sound. Based on comparisons tk_suki and I did in Tokyo, we determined the sonic approaches of the Chord DAC64 and Meridian G08 were very similar. While listening to the Qualia 010, Krell amp and EMM source with my redbook CD's, I noticed a decidedly more detailed, clearer, somewhat more treble forward presentation than my usual DAC64 or the G08. I thought it sounded a bit thinner and less warm. I don't know if this is due to differences in amps, as I've only really used my Grace m902 which is a warm amp (no idea about the sonic approach of the Krell) but I was thinking that the EMM equipment was far more resolving than my DAC64. Now I wasn't that happy with the Qualia out of this rig because of this, but maybe that's just preferences and the equipment that I'm used to.
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Originally Posted by Hirsch When gpalmer turned on the Megadeath CD and cranked the volume on the HE90, I was sitting ten feet away, and still thought that Tom had turned on his speaker rig. |
When Tom's son was listening to Eminem with the Qualia on backwards, I thought his son was blasting the speaker rig!
Best regards,
-Jason