maty
Major Contributor
[ Listening Impressions
Okay. So what does it sound like? Actually… Not bad… But coming from an ultra-clean headphone amp (think THD below -130 dB), I find the T2 lacking in clarity. At low to moderate volume levels with relatively simple music, the T2 performs quite well. However, even at these volume levels, I find, that the T2 renders the voices of some singers (such as Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms” and Chris Stapleton on “From a Room Volume 2”) with a bit of fuzziness, in particular on unvoiced (hard) consonants. On more complex or louder passages, the lack of precision in the T2 shines through. Thus, distorted electric guitar is rendered with a little extra grunge, snare drums get muddied, and cymbals are rendered slightly less metallic and slightly more fizzy than those instruments sound like live. If I crank it loud, I also find it quite easy to get the T2 to distort on the peaks... ]
That is the problem with H2 about -73 dB. To play ALL kind of music is better idea without harmonics at -90 dB. If we could choose the sound profile based on the music we would have a winning product.
Okay. So what does it sound like? Actually… Not bad… But coming from an ultra-clean headphone amp (think THD below -130 dB), I find the T2 lacking in clarity. At low to moderate volume levels with relatively simple music, the T2 performs quite well. However, even at these volume levels, I find, that the T2 renders the voices of some singers (such as Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms” and Chris Stapleton on “From a Room Volume 2”) with a bit of fuzziness, in particular on unvoiced (hard) consonants. On more complex or louder passages, the lack of precision in the T2 shines through. Thus, distorted electric guitar is rendered with a little extra grunge, snare drums get muddied, and cymbals are rendered slightly less metallic and slightly more fizzy than those instruments sound like live. If I crank it loud, I also find it quite easy to get the T2 to distort on the peaks... ]
That is the problem with H2 about -73 dB. To play ALL kind of music is better idea without harmonics at -90 dB. If we could choose the sound profile based on the music we would have a winning product.