smeggy
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Wow, that's a really nice looking amp.
Originally Posted by Drosera /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah, right. |
Originally Posted by M3NTAL /img/forum/go_quote.gif That is kind of weird. Not knocking the RK27, but also not really "all-aboard" for that choice in a $2,000 headphone amplifier. |
Originally Posted by king.mark /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just to let every one who is interested in the Auditor know. The Auditor has the same amp as the Phonitor but none of the cool sound enhancers. So the Auditor will sound exactly like a Phonitor with the extras switched off. It's an absolute bargain at $900 and I hope to have one within 2 weeks. |
Originally Posted by bizkid /img/forum/go_quote.gif It measures flawless, so what more do you want? There is NO channel imbalance. It cant get any better than that, period. king.mark: Actually the Auditor measures a little better, especially notable are 20dB less crosstalk which should result in slightly wider soundstage on the Auditor. |
Originally Posted by Gradofan2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif But... when SPL maintains that the major advantage the Phonitor has over other amps is... "the extra features" (crossfeed, speaker angle, etc.) which makes it sound like speakers instead of phones - why would anyone pay the premium for the Auditor, over other great amps. "Simply inexplicable." |
Originally Posted by Gradofan2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif But... when SPL maintains that the major advantage the Phonitor has over other amps is... "the extra features" (crossfeed, speaker angle, etc.) which makes it sound like speakers instead of phones - why would anyone pay the premium for the Auditor, over other great amps. "Simply inexplicable." |
Originally Posted by M3NTAL /img/forum/go_quote.gif While the Auditor might be a very nice amplifier - it needs what the Phonitor has to truly make it "special" and stand out from the rest of the solid state amplifiers in that price segment. |