In Reply to: Were they broken it? posted by Ivan303 on July 8, 2007 at 11:01:29:
I think they were broken in, but I can't say for sure.
What amp did you use? - ASL 2a3 (Tulip?)
Were you listening near-field? - No, they were the regular abbys
FWIW, I prefer the Abby's to the BEN's - really? That's cool, my wife and I both thought the Ben's were smoother, though lacking in bass without a subwoofer. You could be right though.
The Abby's are very revealing of flaws upstream. Even can be harsh with a bad CD player(or even a fairly decent one) - I can't even remember what they had hooked up.
I'd only use Abby's with vinyl or a VERY good "0" up-sampling DAC - It was a CD player of some sort if memory serves, not vinyl for sure and I don't think it was an upsampling DAC (I don't particularly care for upsampling myself).
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Follow Ups
- RE: Were they broken in - I think they had been there quite some time - Paully 16:23:53 07/10/07 (2)
- Actually, your impressions seem pretty accurate, Paully.... - darkmoebius 21:47:28 07/11/07 (1)
- RE: Set 2A3, agreed - Ivan303 08:06:05 07/12/07 (0)