I had the opportunity last week to listen to a Moon I-7 integrated amp. driving some Vandersteen ce2 signature speakers. Without a doubt the balanced connections provided a much more pleasant sound, the improvements were mostly in the higher frequency range.
I'd seen the magazines using words like "grainy treble" before and not really appreciated what this meant, well I got to hear it and with the balanced inputs the 'grain' was gone. It took some expensive equipment to hightlight the difference though. It seemed to me that these speakers could not be described as smooth so combine their character with the balanced outputs character and the overall effect was much easier to listen to. I could concentrate on the music and not on being hit in the face by the treble character... -- Limping_Pylon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Limping_Pylon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33032 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
