I kinda wish I still had my Burson amp to hear the DS on.
On another note, I briefly tried the Serratus vs the DS. I only listened to one song but will try again later.
I chose Zeit by Rammstein as it's opening has a lot of the qualities I listen for.
This is the first time I got what people say about depth of stage vs height. The Serratus' stage is deeper, instruments seem further away in a haunting kind of way. Same when the vocals start. Till Lindemann stands further back. But overall I kind of felt something was missing.
The DS opens and there is the height I finally understood. Everything is closer but not in the sense of just that, but that it was simply that the instruments are closer as there seems to be more air around everything. Not sure that makes sense but it's like the difference isn't that the DS is more intimate but that it just sounds like a different recording with everything closer.. I guess because the DS has more resolution and a more realistic timbre, it sounds "right" to me and that the Serratus might be a bit artificially more distant..
There's also more information with the DS, more subtle nuances of vocal timbre and even some atmospheric sounds I just didn't hear with the Serratus.
The vocals sound so lifelike.. it's uncanny. Imaging is fantastic too due to the "air" I mentioned.
But when the music gets into the main part with all the drums and such, the Serratus' leaner sound keeps things a bit better separated and less overwhelming.
That's the one thing I find with the DS, that when the music gets really busy, I feel a bit overwhelmed. I think that's why I like them so much with solo or small group music and more acoustic music. They are a marvel and by far my favourite but I could easily see how someone who listens to really high intensity music might choose something else. That's why I said before that with things like NIN and Rammstein I'm more apt to use my EE Bravado 2.
