acidtripwow
Headphoneus Supremus
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Go here for a couple of pics.
The pics show the Meta42, Sony D777 PCDP, Pioneer Monitor 10R headphones, and Grado Reference interconnect. This setup sounds very punchy and dynamic. I compared this amp to my favorite portable amp the Grado HPA-2 and found that the Meta42 held it's own very well. The Meta sounded more forward which made some instruments sound a little clearer like the acoustic guitars on the America "History" CD. But the Grado had a silky smoothness to it that the Meta just couldn't touch. Please remember that I paid over 5 times more for the Grado than the Meta when I make these comparisons. Also, the Grado sounded richer and made instruments sound more 3 dimensional while the Meta made instruments sound flatter with less tonal character. Sometimes these differences were very subtle and I really needed to concentrate to hear the differences. Overall, for the price this is an excellent amp and well worth an audition. Oh, by the way JMT built this amp and not me. I just added the stickers to make it not so plain looking.
The pics show the Meta42, Sony D777 PCDP, Pioneer Monitor 10R headphones, and Grado Reference interconnect. This setup sounds very punchy and dynamic. I compared this amp to my favorite portable amp the Grado HPA-2 and found that the Meta42 held it's own very well. The Meta sounded more forward which made some instruments sound a little clearer like the acoustic guitars on the America "History" CD. But the Grado had a silky smoothness to it that the Meta just couldn't touch. Please remember that I paid over 5 times more for the Grado than the Meta when I make these comparisons. Also, the Grado sounded richer and made instruments sound more 3 dimensional while the Meta made instruments sound flatter with less tonal character. Sometimes these differences were very subtle and I really needed to concentrate to hear the differences. Overall, for the price this is an excellent amp and well worth an audition. Oh, by the way JMT built this amp and not me. I just added the stickers to make it not so plain looking.