tomscy2000
Headphoneus Supremus
That's a very beautiful pair mate. Seriously nice.
Thanks (and thanks to the Wizard and the Noble Team) --- I'll try to get some more shots off when I have time. I know y'all love the eye candy.
That's a very beautiful pair mate. Seriously nice.
I've joined the Noble family. #4C
family reunions huh almost enough to make you forget what I originally came to do...
Indeed, I found that there is a drawback to being in possession of a Noble CIEM --- I sort of just sit there marveling at the shell and forget to do anything else!
family reunions huh almost enough to make you forget what I originally came to do...
Ok folks it's Saturday so plenty of time for you to enter our supa-dupa Competition to win a fantastic pair of Noble N6's designed & made by the man himself... The Wizard.
Enter here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/721449/noble-cable-contest-win-a-noble-6w
That contest is absurd. Its just like the how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop. The commercial clearly showed the answer is 3.
That contest is absurd. Its just like the how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop. The commercial clearly showed the answer is 3.
ROTFL Oh lord, your comment made my day. I don't know why, but I found it funny.
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not to the winner... small point...
Hi there
just wondering what kind of sound signature does the Noble Universal 5 have? I like something with warm , thick signature with a lush mid range. Would you recommend me the this model? How is it different to the Noble 4?
Great read! Really enjoyed it. Though I think it would have been nice if you had uploaded some pictures.
Thanks.
@FortisFlyer75
Great write up and review, seems like you really put some effort in. I've had my eye on a Hugo for awhile.. For some reason, I feel like reading Tolstoy tonight.
I'm rather prejudiced against shamelessly-exhorbitant mark-ups in the aftermarket cable racket. I see the validity in upgrading to one, or maybe two, steps up from bog-standard, but any further than that, and I feel the ratio between diminishing returns and price-gouging spirals rapidly out of control and in the wrong direction.
AFAIK, Rob Watts doesn't think much of expensive cables, and, sat here listening to his Hugo, I'm inclined to think he knows a thing or two about how to achieve excellent SQ. This thing really sings.
Many thanks to OK-Guy for facilitating my musical enjoyment this evening, and to Chord for sharing some love with a few lucky peop's here!
I'd love to hear the Hugo again, some time in the future, in concert with the K10s, as I enjoyed my brief listening session with this combo at the Bristol Hi-fi show, a few months ago. I recall some sweet treble detail there...
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Happy Friday folks!
Shh! If A&K find out you can easily afford an AK240, with money to spare, just for selling your kidney, they'll up the price so you need to sell a testicle, too!
Back on-topic... is there anyone in this thread, with a K10, who owns a Chord Hugo?
Jeez this thread moves fast (not as fast as the Hugo thread though.... can't keep up with that one at all).
To sort of answer this question - I have the Noble 5C and the 4C, so it's not exactly the same as the universal models. But should be in the ballpark. The 5 has significantly bigger bass. As in, pants-flapping, skull-crushing impact and subterranean depth. It's definitely a warm, lush, feel-good type of sound. Hyper-accurate and uptight? Nope. More of a pipe-and-slippers experience. Think Harbeth or Vandersteen with some really big REL subs to add more impact.
The 4 is more linear, even handed and clean in its presentation. More of a straight-forward monitor type sound. Not boring by any means, and not too analytical in my opinion, they do bass extension very cleanly and don't editorialize.
So based on your description I'd say the 5 might be a better fit.
Looks like this pair swallowed my bowling ball by that finish.