chesebert
18 Years An Extra-Hardcore Head-Fi'er
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So after months of back and forth comparison, recomparion, rerecomparison...I am now practically certain that that SE out of the TP is superior to Balanced.
Despite my common sense, prior knowledge, and perpetuation by the majority audiophile consensus, I have to disagree that on TP balance out is better than SE.
As you can see in my sig, my system, had I gone balanced, would be fully balanced from the DAC down. Conversing with Ayre on several occasions have convinced me that Ayre amp are meant to be driven balanced and I have to agree when using an all Ayre system. So by process of elimination any sound degradation switching from balanced to SE can only come from the source. (I always level match with my 'trusty' radioshack sound meter
So after several months of my own comparison, along with comparison done by my wife and one of my good friends who is also into audio, the only concousion I can draw is on TP SE is more musical, more liquid, more correct in timbre, more 3D, more holographic, and a little less in bass.
If you look at the TP circuit you will see that SE actually derives from Balanced, not the usual other way around, so in theory Balanced should be the higher quality output, yet that's not true in the real world. funny how theory works.
So if you feel your TP is cold, lifeless, unmusical, incorrect timbre, give SE a try
any other TP owner has anything to say regarding SE vs Balanced?
Despite my common sense, prior knowledge, and perpetuation by the majority audiophile consensus, I have to disagree that on TP balance out is better than SE.
As you can see in my sig, my system, had I gone balanced, would be fully balanced from the DAC down. Conversing with Ayre on several occasions have convinced me that Ayre amp are meant to be driven balanced and I have to agree when using an all Ayre system. So by process of elimination any sound degradation switching from balanced to SE can only come from the source. (I always level match with my 'trusty' radioshack sound meter
So after several months of my own comparison, along with comparison done by my wife and one of my good friends who is also into audio, the only concousion I can draw is on TP SE is more musical, more liquid, more correct in timbre, more 3D, more holographic, and a little less in bass.
If you look at the TP circuit you will see that SE actually derives from Balanced, not the usual other way around, so in theory Balanced should be the higher quality output, yet that's not true in the real world. funny how theory works.
So if you feel your TP is cold, lifeless, unmusical, incorrect timbre, give SE a try
any other TP owner has anything to say regarding SE vs Balanced?