Taukeh, what's the room size?
I have Onkyo 1008 hooked up to my system now. It belongs to a customer who is building his HT room. I guess it would be the temporary resident amp for at least 2-3 weeks.
For the first time, the PB13-Ultra and the rest of the system being connected to a singular unit.
Tested WOTW and Dragon Tiger Gate. First impression... dynamic and brute power in bass. Seems to be fast and pumping adrenalin as compare to the balanced 4310. It makes the 4310 seems lazy.
The openness and ambiance is very different.
Importantly, the PB13-Ultra does not misbehave that badly. But, the pure power of bass signal from Onkyo is quite intimidating. Never expected WOTW to be so punishing to me. It really pushes the PB13-Ultra hard that the punches are literally hitting our bodies with brute force. Vol on Onkyo is 68.5
On DTG, it sounds more 'cinematic' and those punches are insane. Bass nuts would be grinning from ear to ear.
Shall test it more.
Interesting remarks on the 1008. Would you say the 1008 sound is similar with past Onkyos sound?
Vol of 68.5 is equal to what on the dB scale? I think you can switch to the dB relative scale.