wower
1000+ Head-Fier
If you have Radiohead's Just, I suggest you go listen to it now, paying special attention to the latter half of the track.
In my experience, this track eats high-end systems alive. On my system (and others I have heard in stores), the song just goes wonky; sounding compressed and mashing the guitars togather. What are the technical aspect's (brand aside) required to make that upper range liquid and effortless? Is it amp power? Headphone resolution? Electrostatics? Grado?
Cost no object (assume its from the perfect source); what does it take to straighten out and control the mids and highs? I like controlled bass and I like a balanced approach, but what does the hypothetical system look like? Solid state? Tubes?
I would appreciate any input from the vast global brain that is head-fi. This question is of special intrest to me because it will steer (in part) the future direction of my system. (I have an interest on the Aria and AKG 701s.) Feel free to run wild with the topic and share any experience you think is helpful. Thanks.
In my experience, this track eats high-end systems alive. On my system (and others I have heard in stores), the song just goes wonky; sounding compressed and mashing the guitars togather. What are the technical aspect's (brand aside) required to make that upper range liquid and effortless? Is it amp power? Headphone resolution? Electrostatics? Grado?
Cost no object (assume its from the perfect source); what does it take to straighten out and control the mids and highs? I like controlled bass and I like a balanced approach, but what does the hypothetical system look like? Solid state? Tubes?
I would appreciate any input from the vast global brain that is head-fi. This question is of special intrest to me because it will steer (in part) the future direction of my system. (I have an interest on the Aria and AKG 701s.) Feel free to run wild with the topic and share any experience you think is helpful. Thanks.