[silence57]

Q-Jays (39 ohms) were first tried with an IPOD Classic (no SR-71) for rock downloaded at 320bits from Itunes. Excellent first impression at 80% IPOD volume --- no expert am I, but good soundstage, good bass, and punchy. I put the SR-71 in (w/out a line-out) and the volume was fairly similar at about 75% of the SR-71's volume. The sound was also different --- softer and less punchy (at least to me). Is this normal --- Emmeline sound signature or something? (Previous use of the SR-71 Emmeline with a 5th generation Video IPOD was terrific --- albeit I used a sound dock for use as a line-out ---and different phones such as a prior generation Shure or Ety 4p --- unfortunately, my dog got to these .

Was the surprising w/SR-71 and w/out SR-71 "difference" possibly due to the different phones, no line-out, or perhaps less than full strength batteries in the Emmeline? Or even the 5th generation IPOD vs. the Classic IPOD? Thanks for any answers to this convoluted question!

 

[MaloS]

Probably because you are not using a Line-Out. RSA line is punchy regardless of which amp we are talking about.

 

[vcoheda]

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RSA line is punchy regardless of which amp we are talking about.

that's a blanket statement.

 

[silence57]

Hi, thanks for the replies. It seems that it was the line-out. I just tried a line-out and the volume was 2x - 3x higher (mechanical reason and/or getting around IPOD's volume max.). With the line-out the Emmerline is far superior. Without the line-out, it doesn't help much --- at least on the new IPOD.

Using everything, including the Q-Jays (which seem better than the cheaper Shures), the sound is pretty incredible considering it's "only" from an IPOD.