31-Oct-2016, 20:42
(31-Oct-2016, 18:27)Soniclife Wrote:(31-Oct-2016, 14:23)G51 Wrote:(31-Oct-2016, 00:30)Soniclife Wrote: I got my 440 yesterday, my mind is blown by the size of the improvement. I wouldn't have thought that any amplifier upgrade could have given me an improvement like this, it's like it comes with a free room and speaker upgrade as well. Truly mind bending stuff.
That is an exciting news. Can you tell us more?
[Non-upgraders of a nervous disposition should look away now]
Everything seems to have improved, and not in subtle ways, for me this feels like arriving at a destination, not a step along the way,
Bass is much tighter, deep drum sounds arrive in startling fashion, and then decay in very natural ways. It’s the speed of arrival, and the lack of what I thought was room problems on the overhang that has improved so much. The explosive energy on the leading edge of notes is repeated all over the place, and it has improved PRaT enormously.
The soundstage is now huge, and much more 3D, multiple different acoustics on multitracked recordings can be presented at the same time quite effortlessly.
Resolution is up at all frequencies, and it sounds effortlessly done, but at the same time there is more sense of life in the music now. I used to have slight nagging doubts that my speakers were over refined sometimes, which leads to a feeling the music is being sat on slightly, not any more, it positively bounces out of the speakers now.
I went to the 400 from the 200 when I got the Guarneri Evos, they seemed to really need the extra power and control of the dual mono. 400 > 440 is a much bigger jump than 200 > 400 was.
I’ve got a real problem with the naming of the ‘Expert Pro’ line. What were the old ones, amateur experts? I also hate the use of ‘pro’ in product names where it isn’t truly deserved, and it almost never is, and these are clearly amps for use at home. I hate the impression it gives me that next time they upgrade the range they will add another adjective on the end, something like Expert Pro Guru. However given their amazing ability to transport you through time and space into the recording session I now think they haven't gone far enough, and they should be called Expert Pro Timelord.
I'm off to try and listen to my entire record collection in a week.
Great that Your are so Happy. But by paying so much money You should be!
But BTW...IMHO...The only worth comparision is when You have 400 and 440 side by side.
