RGA
05-03-2004, 12:17 PM
and good music to boot.
For fun I was listening to Acoustic Alchemy's "Back on the Case" Digital Master through my Audio note speakers and I A/Bed em against my Sennheiser HD 600s. My Sugden's tape button allows the signal to pass through to my headphone amp so the headphones remain on while the speakers are on allowing me to reasonambly match the volume level - I didn't but I could.
Because the 600s are a reference level heapdhone I wanted to hear how much of difference there would be. Obviously anytime you go from speaker to headphone there are HUGE differences because heapdhones don't suffer from room acoustics issues and they're right in your ear. Visceral bass impact is superior from speakers generally as well...and with my audition I was basically using the Sugden as integrated for the Audio Notes and the Single Ended tube amp for the Senns. SO this is not a test.
Interestingly the midrange presesntation was nearly dead on between the two when it comes to timbral balance of the guitars. The Senns seemed a bit thinner and a tad more strident(no kidding they're on your head RGA) but that is because the headphone amp does not produce the bass the Sugden does(part of the reason I'm looking to upgrade the headphone amp). Oddly the Sugden sounds more valve-like than the ASL.
Anyway back to Acoustic Alchemy - they're a classically/jazz trained guitar duo fusion. Sort of late night Jazz or New Age I suppose. Their recordings are as good as recordings get under the GRP label. Steel string and Nylon String guitars, keboards, percussion, bass, drums, and the odd trumpet sax. Technically strong players.
They have around 10 albums out and would make excellent speaker/equipment testers.
For fun I was listening to Acoustic Alchemy's "Back on the Case" Digital Master through my Audio note speakers and I A/Bed em against my Sennheiser HD 600s. My Sugden's tape button allows the signal to pass through to my headphone amp so the headphones remain on while the speakers are on allowing me to reasonambly match the volume level - I didn't but I could.
Because the 600s are a reference level heapdhone I wanted to hear how much of difference there would be. Obviously anytime you go from speaker to headphone there are HUGE differences because heapdhones don't suffer from room acoustics issues and they're right in your ear. Visceral bass impact is superior from speakers generally as well...and with my audition I was basically using the Sugden as integrated for the Audio Notes and the Single Ended tube amp for the Senns. SO this is not a test.
Interestingly the midrange presesntation was nearly dead on between the two when it comes to timbral balance of the guitars. The Senns seemed a bit thinner and a tad more strident(no kidding they're on your head RGA) but that is because the headphone amp does not produce the bass the Sugden does(part of the reason I'm looking to upgrade the headphone amp). Oddly the Sugden sounds more valve-like than the ASL.
Anyway back to Acoustic Alchemy - they're a classically/jazz trained guitar duo fusion. Sort of late night Jazz or New Age I suppose. Their recordings are as good as recordings get under the GRP label. Steel string and Nylon String guitars, keboards, percussion, bass, drums, and the odd trumpet sax. Technically strong players.
They have around 10 albums out and would make excellent speaker/equipment testers.