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In Reply to: RE: Digital tweak fest posted by mike1127 on July 26, 2010 at 23:54:00
...two small criticisms.
Headphones are great to determine musicality and inner detail, but not so great for soundstaging, imaging and macrodynamics.
Also, it would be helpful to do some comparisons.
How does Herbie's SBH mat compare to other mats like the Millenium or the Marigo Signature?
Keep up the good work.
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I ordered the millenium mat, so stay tuned for comparison.
Do note, although I didn't compare two mats, I demonstrated (to myself at least) that mats have a strong potential to improve the sound in general ways. And this demonstrates that some of the shortcomings of digital can be addressed via "tweaks"... ie., digital is not as faulty as I thought.
(By the way, I really can't complain too much about digital---some of my favorite discs are CDs, some of them I can listen 100 times and not get tired of their beautiful and rich music.)
FWIW, I used to own the Millennium mat, as well as the Marigo Signature and FIM. All of them jammed at one time or another in my various players. That aside, sonically I found flaws in each of them and eventually came back to the Black Hole. That’s why I’m really eager to try the Super Black Hole. You can probably find my comments on the other mats in the archives.
Regarding headphones and soundstaging, I know what you mean. I would like to repeat the test using my K1000 headphone, which has a much stronger imaging capability, closer to speakers.
(I don't have any decent speakers. I'm a headphone guy.)
I am not sure how you would describe the macrodynamics of headphones. I know that with speakers, huge loud sections of music have a visceral impact that is missing with conventional headphones (although it's better with the K1000).
The K1000 is the only headphone I know that is capable of creating a natural image... i.e., the sound is happening right in front of you and you turn your attention to it in the same way you turn to a live sound.
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