OspreyAndy
500+ Head-Fier
AUDIOQUEST DF COBALT VS SHANLING UA2
- Headphone: FOSTEX T40RP MK3 Magnetic Planar 91db 50Ω
- Filters: Cobalt (Stock), UA2 (Apodizing Fast Roll Off)
- EQ: Always OFF
- Both on ES9038Q2M with dedicated Amp stage
Hoff Ensemble “Polarity” FLAC 32/44.1
- 8 passes for each Dongles
- Volume: Cobalt 50/100 (SE), UA2 30/100 (BAL)
- Slightly forward intimate for Cobalt vs UA2
- Slower attack on Cobalt, UA2 slightly faster
- Nasal warm edged piano tone on Cobalt, crisper neutral on UA2
- Percussions crisper on UA2, smooth decays, Cobalt slightly pale, soft decays
- Macro and Micro details equal on both
SOURCE: IPHONE 7 USB 2.0 (DDHIFI ADAPTER)
Diana Krall “California Dreaming” Deezer FLAC
- 6 passes each Dongles
- Volume: Cobalt 80/100(SE), UA2 70/100(BAL)
- Slightly cleaner crisper, punchier bass responses on UA2, fuzzy on Cobalt
- More neutral vocal staging for Cobalt, slightly intimate for UA2
- Mildly recessed backing vocals on Cobalt, better nuanced on UA2
- Soft edged piano tone for Cobalt, crisper on UA2
- Crisper micro details on UA2, softer on Cobalt
- Coarse edged vocals decays on Cobalt, smoother on UA2
- Overall warmer presentation on Cobalt, natural on UA2
- 2 passes each Dongles
- Cobalt 80/100(SE), UA2 68/100(BAL)
- Very well controlled dynamics on UA2, jittery on Cobalt
- Bass distortion on Cobalt, tight, deep and well controlled on UA2
- Transients and speed compressed between 4.12-4.38 for Cobalt, UA2 survived cleaner
- 1 pass each Dongles
- Volume: Cobalt 80/100(SE), UA2 68/100(BAL) Matched Loudness
- Nasal jittery Mids for Vocals and Guitars on Cobalt, UA2 clean and truthfully neutral
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