[HumanMedia]

And has anyone compared the VDA2 with a Stello 100 or 220?
If so how do they compare?

 

[HumanMedia]

A new review/comnparison over at Audio Asylum

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/dig...es/126982.html

 

[granodemostasa]

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Originally Posted by HumanMedia /img/forum/go_quote.gif A new review/comnparison over at Audio Asylum http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/dig...es/126982.html

um... interesting... very interesting

 

[omendelovitz]

I guess it's a good thing I didn't wait, huh? LOL

I just got my VDA-2 + VAC-1 in yesterday. My dealer warned me that burn in is 100 hours on this unit and he was right. Tonality is a little dry. Everything else in the 1 hour I've had to listen to the music is spot on! I never truly realized Hi-Fi until this very moment. Time to email Dusty. I want to see how much I'll kill the warranty if I mod the caps...

 

[imported_Matt_Carter]

omendelovitz...

FYI VDA-2 owns the transporter.... sigh.

 

[omendelovitz]

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Originally Posted by Matt_Carter /img/forum/go_quote.gif omendelovitz... FYI VDA-2 owns transporter.... sigh.

now I can see why you are crying in your avatar

I'm sorry you had to learn such an expensive lesson (unless you got some 30 day deal from Slim; then it's only the shipping). Thanks for the update - I'm sure logitech and/or Sean Adams won't be happy about that development, but from what I'm gathering, VDA-2 combo owns most things. At least we both know that we have one of the best digital audio streaming sound systems out there!!!

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by HumanMedia /img/forum/go_quote.gif And has anyone compared the VDA2 with a Stello 100 or 220? If so how do they compare?

Send me one, and I'll tell you

 

[imported_Matt_Carter]

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Originally Posted by omendelovitz /img/forum/go_quote.gif now I can see why you are crying in your avatar I'm sorry you had to learn such an expensive lesson (unless you got some 30 day deal from Slim; then it's only the shipping). Thanks for the update - I'm sure logitech and/or Sean Adams won't be happy about that development, but from what I'm gathering, VDA-2 combo owns most things. At least we both know that we have one of the best digital audio streaming sound systems out there!!!

Not just shipping but customs. Almost $500 in total.....

Transporter does have a wider stage and a bit more bass, but it's loose and leaks into mids. Transporter sounds near identical to my Karma, just plain boring.
VDA-2's much more resolving, MUCH more transparent, tighter lows, and MUCH MUCH tighter imaging.. VDA-2's a bit more fatiguing but overall sounds better.

 

[omendelovitz]

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Originally Posted by Matt_Carter /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not just shiping but customs. Almost $500 in total.....

CUSTOMS - if you're returning the unit, get a refund from CRA!!! don't let them keep your money. Just make sure to keep the proof that you returned the unit and send them only a copy!!! Down with government agencies of taxation!

Ok, a little overkill....

 

[imported_Matt_Carter]

6 HOURS OF COMPARING

VDA-2 really does own the transporter... quite substantially.

 

[granodemostasa]

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[imported_Matt_Carter]

:Edit:

 

[dusty_v]

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It's so bizzare. Switch from Transporter to VDA... Amazed Switch from VDA to Transporter... Amazed

I haven't heard the Transporter so I can't comment there, but a good method for comparing is just listen to one for a week or so, then the other.
Don't listen technically, just try to enjoy the music...the best one will be better at sucking you into the music and allow you to forget about the gear.

 

[granodemostasa]

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[dusty_v]

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yea, i agree. i didn't mean to say that you listen like an "audiophile" for weeks, i'm not trying to be a snob, just understand where i'm comming from. too often i've rejected gear after like a few hours and gone and posted about it, only to have it come back at me 6 months later and have a completely different feeling about it.

I wasn't implying that you meant listen like an "audiophile", but I think many people do just that...they listen for certain things they can describe instead of choosing what gives them the best musical enjoyment.

Ever been driving in your car and really groovin to a song on the radio?
Then go buy the CD and play it on your expensive home rig and it does nothin for you? There are certain attributes to music playback that can't be explained or measured...that's why they call it "magic"