Ordered one for my HS80M, gonna see how gd is it =)
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Sep 29 2012, 10:41 PM
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Got it for couple of hours ady. Hook it up to my HS80M studio monitor and A/B with my DT990 250ohm set. Initial impression= kinda disappointed with this product xD It makes my fav artist Adele's voice sounds unnatural. Too much "colouration"? Praying that "burning in" is not a myth =.='''
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Sep 30 2012, 12:47 PM
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QUOTE(penmarker @ Sep 30 2012, 08:40 AM) IMHO Adele's album 21 has a bad recording. In Rolling In the Deep you can hear clearly the snare/counter for her cue before she started singing, right after the bass guitar. Probably had leaked out from her headphones while recording. Also the effects on her vocal is quite excessive. I prefer her "Someone like you" and " Set Fire to the Rain" more. Didn't notice much about the excessive effects on her vocal" tho, mind to elaborate more boss?Try to find a live recording of Someone Like You, the with her in the house. That sounded better. I highly recommend Zee Avi's new album Ghostbird to test out the vocals.  Added on September 30, 2012, 1:07 pm QUOTE(CoolBoy89 @ Sep 30 2012, 12:03 PM) Well, that's surprising. From most of the previous replies the DAC looks like a neutral DAC yet u found it too much coloration Yea, Neutrality<-- this is probably the main reason I choose this DAC over other available music interface in the market. The above claim is just my personal view, I've very little experience in audio world so I'll just explain in layman term =p No doubt this DAC improves the clarity and soundstage quite a lot. How I should put it, let me see. Erm, Lows, Mids and highs did improve no doubt on that. The left/right soundstage improves a lot, very wide indeed, but the fron/back soundstage becomes very very narrow IMO, very forward. used to feel that Adele's voice can make someone shed their tears, you can hear the sadness in her voice. however, when I used it with the HS80M, the "sadness feeling" is gone, now Adele's sounds very cheerful lol <--- This is where the impression of "colouration" I made come from. It doesn't synergize with my DT990 bundle either. With this DAC, now I feel that the singer is singing from my back. Haha, I hope I'm not mad to get this feeling. Nevertheless, my ATH-CK100 seems to benefit a lot from this DAC. I used to get this "veil" and not wide enough soundstage when I use my Ck100 on my lappy, but this DAC seems to open up the whole thing, makes my Ck100 sounds like full-size can   Well, this is what I "feel" about this DAC, I'm CONFUSED  This post has been edited by chingwooi: Sep 30 2012, 01:07 PM |
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Sep 30 2012, 01:27 PM
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QUOTE(penmarker @ Sep 30 2012, 01:16 PM) When you listen to the music you should hear some artificial reverb on her vocals. It's that effect that makes the vocal sound echoing inside your bathroom. It makes the whole vocal sound very nice if done properly but excessive reverb would make the vocals sound very artificial. You don't really notice any effects when vocals are mixed into the music, without the effects, vocals would sound less energetic and very unsatisfactory. Even for live recordings musicians sometimes use effects to sound close to album recordings. I see, learnt smth today =) Yes, I do agree on the "effect" that you mentioned. Actually I was listening to her live performance of "Someone like you" when i comment yesterday. Anyway, will definitely gv those songs a try when I've time Adele has a very good voice, I must praise her for that. But the effects kinda killed it. This is a personal view however, so take it with a pinch of salt. If you want a good example of vocals with an effect, try to grab some acapella recordings of artists. For me I have an acapella of Chester from a song by Linkin Park. You can hear the reverb very clearly. Alternatively, you can try comparing a live show with a studio recording. Usually you can hear in live shows the vocals are more 'pure'.  |
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