kinkling
100+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2005
- Posts
- 141
- Likes
- 112
Unscientific first impressions:
I listened to four or five songs (jazz, classical, rock) on my Topping/JDS El Amp setup with a pair of Sennheiser HD660S. I actually hadn't used the 660S in a while, and I found myself snapping my fingers and tapping my toes. Swapped out the El Amp for the Piety and listened to the same music again. No real involvement this time. Sounded all right, but I wasn't blissing out anymore. I let the Piety get warm and played music through it for the next 72 hours or so; it sounds good, and I have no complaints. I really got it to replace the Magni3 I have at work, though, so I was waiting to try that out.
Came in to work today and listened to the same five songs on my work setup: Schiit Modi3/Magni3 (2018 models) with a pair of Focal Elegias. The interesting thing to me was the rock songs sounded far better than the jazz on the Elegias, where the 660S seemed to treat them both equally. Anyway, listened to the music on the Magni3 and swapped it out for the Piety, and there was a definite improvement. Immediately more musical and less brittle. So I am happy with the purchase--I wanted to see if it was an improvement over the Magni I was using and it is.
I listened to four or five songs (jazz, classical, rock) on my Topping/JDS El Amp setup with a pair of Sennheiser HD660S. I actually hadn't used the 660S in a while, and I found myself snapping my fingers and tapping my toes. Swapped out the El Amp for the Piety and listened to the same music again. No real involvement this time. Sounded all right, but I wasn't blissing out anymore. I let the Piety get warm and played music through it for the next 72 hours or so; it sounds good, and I have no complaints. I really got it to replace the Magni3 I have at work, though, so I was waiting to try that out.
Came in to work today and listened to the same five songs on my work setup: Schiit Modi3/Magni3 (2018 models) with a pair of Focal Elegias. The interesting thing to me was the rock songs sounded far better than the jazz on the Elegias, where the 660S seemed to treat them both equally. Anyway, listened to the music on the Magni3 and swapped it out for the Piety, and there was a definite improvement. Immediately more musical and less brittle. So I am happy with the purchase--I wanted to see if it was an improvement over the Magni I was using and it is.