30-Nov-2016, 12:47
(This post was last modified: 30-Nov-2016, 12:48 by GuillaumeB.)
Whilst my brand new O d'A didn't sound as good as Jon's demo unit it certainly didn't sound bad. It was pretty much as KIBM has said: over a 2 to 3 week period some of the treble brightness went and the sound became a bit more full bodied.
Had I not had a direct A/B between the two units then quite frankly I probably wouldn't even have noticed.
This was very much the case with my brand new 500 back in 2013 which sounded fantastic straight out of the box.
Also as Brian (Confused) has said I would be extremely suspicious of temperatures climbing above the mid 60s, particularly if the unit didn't sound good either. One of the first things I noticed with my O d'A was how it seemed to run much cooler than my 800.
Guillaume
Had I not had a direct A/B between the two units then quite frankly I probably wouldn't even have noticed.
This was very much the case with my brand new 500 back in 2013 which sounded fantastic straight out of the box.
Also as Brian (Confused) has said I would be extremely suspicious of temperatures climbing above the mid 60s, particularly if the unit didn't sound good either. One of the first things I noticed with my O d'A was how it seemed to run much cooler than my 800.
Guillaume
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