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In Reply to: So, you are telling me that Panny, Sony, etc. (digital amps) are better than Rowland, Pass, ML, etc.? posted by Gateway on August 21, 2004 at 15:30:34:
I have listened to the Panny XR10/25/45, JVC ES1, Sony 70 etc in a dozen different systems or so.They all portrayed a clarity that may be viewed as being a transparency. Bass was generally good. Dynamics were good. Top end was spotty and hard at times (the JVC was okay there)
I could not live with any of them long term though. They lacked that certain organic naturalness that I have heard with many tube and SS systems (but not all). I could swear I could hear the "digital switching". The one exception in a digital amp was the ICEAudio S250. very natural sounding. Needs a decent source and pre though as most good systems do. I did not warm up to the Bel Canto Evo2i GenII. The PSAudio PCA-2 was okay but began to bug me after a few days of listening. So more $$$ in digital amps does not mean certain success either
For those that the Panny et al work well for, I count them lucky because they have mucho $$$ to spend elsewhere now.
If you have not heard any of the cheap digital amps yet, run down to your local big box electronics retailer with a 30 day return policy and try it out. Who knows you may be wowed!
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Follow Ups
- Re: So, you are telling me that Panny, Sony, etc. (digital amps) are better than Rowland, Pass, ML, etc.? - LoudandClear 15:43:25 08/21/04 (15)
- a discovery made with Harmonix RF-57 tuning disks - tonemaniac 16:08:27 08/21/04 (14)
- Maybe it helps, but I doubt it can alter DSP algorithms... - serus 18:41:18 08/21/04 (13)
- Re: Maybe it helps, but I doubt it can alter DSP algorithms... - Jack G 07:07:33 08/22/04 (11)
- I beg to differ... - serus 14:33:31 08/22/04 (10)
- an Evo2 is not the same as an Evo4 - tonemaniac 04:19:04 08/23/04 (1)
- I accept vibration control, not the DSP "fix" - serus 10:17:52 08/23/04 (0)
- Re: I beg to differ... - theaudiohobby 03:43:24 08/23/04 (7)
- Different Technologies - serus 10:54:29 08/23/04 (5)
- ICE is analog - muralman1 21:49:27 08/23/04 (0)
- Re: Different Technologies - Jack G 11:43:39 08/23/04 (2)
- Re: Different Technologies - serus 14:07:39 08/23/04 (1)
- Re: Different Technologies - theaudiohobby 14:37:03 08/23/04 (0)
- thanks for your clarification - theaudiohobby 11:06:49 08/23/04 (0)
- Indeed - Jack G 04:13:21 08/23/04 (0)
- did you listen to the Evo4 in bridged mode ? Much better than Evo2 - tonemaniac 04:47:51 08/22/04 (0)