20-Jul-2015, 21:28
After I few days with one White Phantom I have here at home three Phantoms (one White, two Silvers) and my D120 with the Athoms. I found my impressions with only one Phantom confirmed.
And I can agree with Divasson.
The bass of the Phantoms is really deep. So if you try Still D.R.E. by Dr. Dre or anything else with tremendous bass the Phantoms are very impressing. There is no chance for the Athoms. So this is your favorite music style - go with the Phantoms.
But if you try something else with a deep midrange and no really deep hard bass (like for example a lot of songs from Leonhard Cohen) you will get (only) a deep mixture in comparison to the Athoms, which are clean an exact.
Similar with other calm and good recorded songwriter music, which is much more precisely and detailed with the Athoms.
There is always a curtain in front of the Phantoms, so the treble are in comparison dull.
The biggest difference is the soundstage. With the Phantoms the sound offers no wide soundstage, it´s a very "pointed" sound. The Athoms sound is spatial.
Operability is a plus for the Phantoms.
I borrowed the Phantoms (the White one I have bought) because my plan was to replace the D120/Athoms with two Silvers also to get the better operability (and no AIR problems). Now I must say, I am not sure to go with the Athoms, because the sound difference is bigger than I expected. The Phantoms are good, for some kind of music really good, but overall perhaps not good enough to beat an Expert Line with good (SAM) speakers.
And I can agree with Divasson.
The bass of the Phantoms is really deep. So if you try Still D.R.E. by Dr. Dre or anything else with tremendous bass the Phantoms are very impressing. There is no chance for the Athoms. So this is your favorite music style - go with the Phantoms.
But if you try something else with a deep midrange and no really deep hard bass (like for example a lot of songs from Leonhard Cohen) you will get (only) a deep mixture in comparison to the Athoms, which are clean an exact.
Similar with other calm and good recorded songwriter music, which is much more precisely and detailed with the Athoms.
There is always a curtain in front of the Phantoms, so the treble are in comparison dull.
The biggest difference is the soundstage. With the Phantoms the sound offers no wide soundstage, it´s a very "pointed" sound. The Athoms sound is spatial.
Operability is a plus for the Phantoms.
I borrowed the Phantoms (the White one I have bought) because my plan was to replace the D120/Athoms with two Silvers also to get the better operability (and no AIR problems). Now I must say, I am not sure to go with the Athoms, because the sound difference is bigger than I expected. The Phantoms are good, for some kind of music really good, but overall perhaps not good enough to beat an Expert Line with good (SAM) speakers.
