So, I ran the line out of my CDP through a JDS CMoyBB and also a Compass. The HP were Sennheiser PX100.
The bass was much less tight with the CMoy, though the quantity was pretty much the same. This (the first part at least) is what I would have expected due to less powerful amplification.
However, the CMoy sounded brighter, if less refined, overall. For example, higher-pitched percussion sounded snappier, less softened.
I wonder whether in reality this is a thinness and harshness due to under-amplification. It's certainly not as smooth or easy to listen to over longer periods, and the PX100 do have a warm signature, don't they? This would mean that the CMoy can't really drive the PX100 even at low volumes.
So, can under-amping have this brightening effect?
The Compass was set to neutral/normal, the CMoy opamp is OPA2227P.
TIA.
The bass was much less tight with the CMoy, though the quantity was pretty much the same. This (the first part at least) is what I would have expected due to less powerful amplification.
However, the CMoy sounded brighter, if less refined, overall. For example, higher-pitched percussion sounded snappier, less softened.
I wonder whether in reality this is a thinness and harshness due to under-amplification. It's certainly not as smooth or easy to listen to over longer periods, and the PX100 do have a warm signature, don't they? This would mean that the CMoy can't really drive the PX100 even at low volumes.
So, can under-amping have this brightening effect?
The Compass was set to neutral/normal, the CMoy opamp is OPA2227P.
TIA.