[szore]

Yu Su trippy on the SZA!

 

[szore]

Switching gears to light classical, Vivaldi's 4 seasons English Chamber Orchestra...in the first opening minute, the SZA shows, in my opinion superior imaging and detailed placement in the soundstage... The Harpsichord sits precisley to the front right of the strings, and there is an interplay between the lead violin, and several of the (i guess) 2nd strings... You could hear, to the slightest detail, the exact placement of that 1 violin, and the response from the 3 other violins, and you could hear the 3 exact placement, Behind! and to the slight right of the 1st string violin...

The only thing is the bass is a tad boomy, but its only 3 days old with no real burn in per say just normal usage...

Switching to Mozarts requiem from DG and Karajan, the string intro is rich and textured, then when the crescendo happens...we still get boomy bass, but sublime vocals from the chorus, rich, textured and detaled! Warm and smooth...the brass has great timbre....soundstage is a bit claustrophobic on this one....but there is also a sense of granduar. The vocal solist comes in, female, and its heavenly sweet...along with the strings...dreamy!


I think for classical music the SZA is really great. Assuming the bass resolves...

 

[Stu Paddasso]

Switching gears to light classical, Vivaldi's 4 seasons English Chamber Orchestra...in the first opening minute, the SZA shows, in my opinion superior imaging and detailed placement in the soundstage... The Harpsichord sits precisley to the front right of the strings, and there is an interplay between the lead violin, and several of the (i guess) 2nd strings... You could hear, to the slightest detail, the exact placement of that 1 violin, and the response from the 3 other violins, and you could hear the 3 exact placement, Behind! and to the slight right of the 1st string violin...

The only thing is the bass is a tad boomy, but its only 3 days old with no real burn in per say just normal usage...

Switching to Mozarts requiem from DG and Karajan, the string intro is rich and textured, then when the crescendo happens...we still get boomy bass, but sublime vocals from the chorus, rich, textured and detaled! Warm and smooth...the brass has great timbre....soundstage is a bit claustrophobic on this one....but there is also a sense of granduar. The vocal solist comes in, female, and its heavenly sweet...along with the strings...dreamy!


I think for classical music the SZA is really great. Assuming the bass resolves...

I found the boomy bass came from the stock cable. Changing to a silver cable really tightens the bass right up.

 

[John Blackshear]

I found the boomy bass came from the stock cable. Changing to a silver cable really tightens the bass right up.

Totally agree. I switched to my Moon Audio cable and that relaxed the booming sound. In a positive way.

 

[Xinlisupreme]

I didn't find boomy with N6ii Ti, i thinks depends a lot on Dap matching also

 

[John Blackshear]

I didn't find boomy with N6ii Ti, i thinks depends a lot on Dap matching also

I will try the stock cable with ss instead of tubes. The tubes definitely contributed to boom, I’m sure.

 

[szore]

Using a copper/silver 8 wire cable now and the bass is much more controlled, and the silver really brightens up the scene and brings out the clarity in the mids... very nice...

 

[German Expat in Vietnam]

Has anyone tried the SZ with the Satin Audio Athena?? It was a great fit with the Isas. ClaudeW will confirm. Or has anyone tested it with the Dunu Blanche?

 

[Ryokan]

Was looking at Dark Sky, Rai Penta or Zen Pro but then read the last few pages and ordered these.

 

[fabio19]

Using a copper/silver 8 wire cable now and the bass is much more controlled, and the silver really brightens up the scene and brings out the clarity in the mids... very nice...

what cable are you using?

 

[szore]

what cable are you using?

Just the stock from my Penon Serial. My fancy 1K$ cable exploded and is out for repair...

 

[Xinlisupreme]

what cable are you using?

@fabio19 a friend use Penon GS849 with Szalayi and LPGT, he preferred this cheap cable to his higher cable.

 

[Xinlisupreme]

I bet SZA would match very well with LL Westlake, but i didn't test it...

 

[szore]

I bet SZA would match very well with LL Westlake, but i didn't test it...

I ordered 2 cables off aliexpress that I can't wait to try with the SZA: an 8 wire gold plated silver, and an 8 wire pure silver gold plated + pure silver palladium plated. Should be here in a few days...

 

[Cecala]

How do these compare to the Volt?