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Hey Justin do you know if your Aus distributer has received units from the latest batch yet? I'm still waiting to receive my order :/
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Havent looked, dont read the HD800 thread, but going to guess Head-Fi isnt the only forum read by the 'basher(s)'?
Its amazing how I haven't heard any bad things about GSX MK2 / HD800 and now all of a sudden they are all jumping on the bandwagon. Some of the stuff spouted is a bit ridiculous to be fair.
Some bashing of the GSX on the HD800 thread at the moment. Anyone care to defend your amp? It could be interesting.
Havent looked, dont read the HD800 thread, but going to guess Head-Fi isnt the only forum read by the 'basher(s)'?
Its amazing how I haven't heard any bad things about GSX MK2 / HD800 and now all of a sudden they are all jumping on the bandwagon. Some of the stuff spouted is a bit ridiculous to be fair.
8/6/14 at 10:21pm
what about gsx-mk2?. many said that he is the best amp for hd800
8/7/14 at 12:13am
what about gsx-mk2?. many said that he is the best amp for hd800
Do you see it in my list?
Seriously, I know many people who love the GSX-mk2 + HD800, but personally I hate it for the HD800. Why not just light up an arc-welder in my face? Sounds etched, strident, grainy and also lacks balls with HD800 - flat sounding. Antiseptic. Analytical. Not my kind of sound. It even sounded that way with an MSB Analog DAC which is as smooth and buttery as it gets. How the amp makes such a great DAC sound that may makes me wonder. To be fair, the GSX2 is very clear and detailed.
First time I heard the GSX2, it was with the HE-500 briefly and I thought it was pretty darn spectacular. Resolving and clear sounding. But after getting more successive exposure to it with other headphones, I disliked it more and more. Just flat. Soulless. It's probably the most #1 overrated amp ever, with a mystery cachet enabled by the fact that they are so rare with production taking 27 months. I'm so sick of hearing that line "it's worth the wait" as sort of a lame excuse. While I am not going to say "it's not worth the wait", I'm definitely going to say "nothing is worth that kind of wait". Especially since there are DIY guys out there who may be willing to build you a Dynahi or balanced Dynahi for similar price, which is sort of like a GSX on steroids.
It's hard to fight legends, but I'm in a legend fighting mood today.
Originally Posted by magiccabbage /img/forum/go_quote.gif
[...] Its amazing how I haven't heard any bad things about GSX MK2 / HD800 and now all of a sudden they are all jumping on the bandwagon. [...]
It seems to me that purrin's preferences isn't compatible with GS-X mk2 and hence prefer other amplifiers. There's nothing wrong with that. I believe it's normally possible to understand the what and why of purrin's preferences and observations, at least if you read more than one post.
I have written along similar lines about products I own or have tried, last time today as a followup to purrin's list.
I have read a lot of his posts not just one (if that's what your getting at) and no there is nothing wrong with that - there were 4 or 5 others who chimed in and had bad things to say. I just thought it strange because i hadn't heard of such negativity directed towards the GSX all in one place like that before.
I though it might spark some good conversation and it did IMO.
It seems to me that purrin's preferences isn't compatible with GS-X mk2 and hence prefer other amplifiers. There's nothing wrong with that. I believe it's normally possible to understand the what and why of purrin's preferences and observations, at least if you read more than one post.
I have written along similar lines about products I own or have tried, last time today as a followup to purrin's list.
I have read a lot of his posts not just one (if that's what your getting at) and no there is nothing wrong with that - there were 4 or 5 others who chimed in and had bad things to say. I just thought it strange because i hadn't heard of such negativity directed towards the GSX all in one place like that before.
I though it might spark some good conversation and it did IMO.
I guess the extensive cross-quoting of someone else's negative comments from another thread into this one makes the quoter appear to be cool and tied-in. Why didn't I think of that?
I didn't intend to accuse you or anybody else of just reading one post. It was more of general remark, because we all, including purrin, may not give a comprehensive picture in every single post, and hence can be (partially) misunderstood. Alas I didn't mean to accuse you of anything.
Quite the contrary as I hope I was able to convey - I found the negative comments and discussion interesting as well. Thank you for sharing.