20-Jun-2016, 20:40
On the weekend I took my OdAs and visited a friend in Frankfurt who is a happy D800 listener driving his Magico Q5s.
After two days of listening back and worth (with multiple blind switching incl leveling) (Source Aurender W20, LS cable Audioquest Everest, Oracle Delphi V6 with SME V5, Lyra Kleos) the OdA clearly declassified the D800.
The difference wit the Q5 was a lot bigger than with my V2s and the Amati Futura.
I was never a big Fan of the Q5 (maybe I have a mental problem here because I ruined my back when he bought the speakers), but with the OdA I heard them the first time without their very technical sound.
Especially with small ensembles they produced much more atmossphere than the D800. Better controlled Bass (especially on low volumes) and the irritation I had in the upper mids is gone.
Interestingly enough this was even more pronounced when we switched to the turntable.
I will do a better write up next weekend.
After two days of listening back and worth (with multiple blind switching incl leveling) (Source Aurender W20, LS cable Audioquest Everest, Oracle Delphi V6 with SME V5, Lyra Kleos) the OdA clearly declassified the D800.
The difference wit the Q5 was a lot bigger than with my V2s and the Amati Futura.
I was never a big Fan of the Q5 (maybe I have a mental problem here because I ruined my back when he bought the speakers), but with the OdA I heard them the first time without their very technical sound.
Especially with small ensembles they produced much more atmossphere than the D800. Better controlled Bass (especially on low volumes) and the irritation I had in the upper mids is gone.
Interestingly enough this was even more pronounced when we switched to the turntable.
I will do a better write up next weekend.
Bricasti M1 SE DAC -> Pass labs XP30 & XP25 phono -> Bryston B28sst2 -> Sonus Faber Amati Futura -> JRiver MC 21 -> Synology NAS / Quboz - Denon DP 7000 SME 5012
D1000pro -> Magico V2 -> Fanless NUC i5 (Broadwell) -> Jriver MC 21/ Bauer DPS3i / Lyra Kleos