In Reply to: toshiba 3950 posted by JB on November 27, 2006 at 08:41:52:
JB,
Sorry about not getting to around to answering to your two queries, below:"The bass on the toshiba was still weaker than the AH Tjoeb 99 that I use as a transport and I think I finally heard what I don't like about the high middle range . THere is a very narrow band of frequencys that seem to be just mia . When the singers hit this narrow band it sounds kinda bad , I like everything else about the sound of the 3950 but those two items"
"Does the 3990 have better bass than the 3950 ?"
Using Copland's "Fanfare for the common man" and some Norah Jones to compare a just plugged in 3950, the 3990 is:
- No longer has middles MIA
- Has fuller/prattier bass
In direct comparisons of the two units, I found the sound from the 3950 is smooth to the 3990's welcome additional detail, I can understand your MIA description. With the 3990 as a transport for both the internal dac and the external DAC (dAck 2.0) the sound was defintitely fuller sounding in the two areas (middles and bass) that you queried. In addition, the 3990 transport seemed to bring out the tangible character of the two DACs with less effort on my part. I think I now understand why my evaluation of the 3990 has been extended to 3 weeks. The engineers at Toshiba have improved upon a classic and also made it much quieter mechanically. Again my reservations about my comments are about a 3950 that has been unplugged for the last 3 weeks. Hope this helps and curious to hear what you find...if and when...
PeAK
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- Re: middles...some comparisons to 3950 - PeAK 19:46:41 12/14/06 (0)