Comments on Profile Post by Lyander

Overly lit up macro dynamics?

Quite the opposite I think. Macrodynamics don't seem particularly impressive but micro-stuff is somehow greatly evident, but there's still a bit of a "... mmmokay" sense to listening.

Might be the fact that I have to use variable out of a Fulla 2 gimping performance though. Gain is too high when getting past channel imbalance.

"Dry" I assume relates to timbre, lack of cues might mean terrible imaging/stage. Sadly I haven't found much correlation between stage and plankton unless you're talking about spatial plankton, which only exists on speakers (and to a very small extent SR1a)

Big ol headstage with good air between sonic images, but images themselves seem a bit loose around the edges, lacking definition. Yup, dry timbre, decays are fine, not super constrained like the last SS amp I had at home (G109A)

Never heard spatial plankton and I'm glad it's not something I miss LOL!

Doesn't sound like a bad piece of gear unless it has really wonky tonal balance, which it doesn't seem like it does. All about synergy :)

I think spatial plankton is a decent part of the reason why two channel folks say headphones suck ass at stage.

Maybe it's your mood. I get that a lot even tho I didn't change anything on my system, tracks I listened to thousands times.

Sounds like thx789.

At this point I feel compelled to say that because I sold off a lot of gear and only held on to my headphones I feel uncomfortable saying anything definitively. Sunrise, Micro iDSD, and Bifrost MB gone, just have a Fulla 2 for a source and have not heard the latter with any of the other amps I have as a baseline so I'm sus of what I've written down so far lol.

Also @skem think less antiseptic— I've not been doing much critical listening the last few months and I think it's showing haha.

Dunno why but I can similarly picture someone with their wine-tasting notes after selling off their cellar collection and consuming the "budget" brands.

@rott oh this isn't that bad haha, I'm nitpicking. It's more like I'm getting back into critical listening after a long time just passively going with it and resetting baselines.

Also it's funny you say that cuz I know you had one of these until recently :))