iPhone;295127 Wrote: > It is 15x2 watts just as the other Sonic Impacts were. >
I read somewhere that they did make some changes to the output characteristics with the Gen 2, I think there was a bass rolloff on the original which was fixed? Something like that. Anyway, I had both and the gen 2 certainly sounds a lot better to me, and louder. A little googling found this (from http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread/t-109033.html): > > The 2nd Gen is not a bass lightweight like the 1st Gen. In fact it has > noticeably more power through the lower registers than my JVC Hybrid > Feedback amp I have been using, which was significantly more powerful > than the 1st Gen I had been using before it burnt out. It also seems > somewhat more powerful, even though JVC rated their amp at 30wpc into > 4ohm. Using Live Free or Die Hard DVD as a reference, the JVC, at > maximum volume, provided what I would call reference level in my small > space, theater level sound, distortion free, through explosions and > whatnot. Using the 2nd Gen under the same conditions was louder, > basically too loud to handle for any real period of time, even though > it proved to be noticeably more clear and legible (more easily making > out dialog against noise, including on example where I had not ever > been able to make out a certain phrase at all using the JVC on speakers > or my Grado SR-80 headphones). > > Since I haven't heard a 1st Gen in a very long time, I'm going to > assume that my recollection of exactly how it sounded is worthless. > Besides, I'm not using the same speakers as back then. In fact, I'm not > using my speakers at all at the moment . . . they're "in the shop". I'm > listening over a pair of Pioneer A11 BiBs, and I can only compare > directly between the 2nd Gen and the JVC. There was an immediate and > surprising improvement between the JVC and the 2nd Gen. Not only was > the bass of similar liveliness and weight and somewhat tighter detail, > but there were greater improvements upward in frequency. Clarity, > detail, soundstage . . . everything is better. So, my guess, just > thinking technically, the 2nd Gen is likely a slight upgrade, enough to > overcome the 100Hz rolloff of the 1st Gen, with likely similar, slight > improvements all around. I'm also guessing that alot of improvement > gained in my circumstance comes from the included power supply. Its > quite a bit beefier than the one I had for my old 1st Gen, and a much > better match. > -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
