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headphonesex2 t1_itt09nn wrote

Reply to comment by Icy_Vegetable1933 in Sennheiser HD6XX and tubes, a near perfect pairing. by cronus999

i agree, went from a50s to ta26 and wasnt as blown away as the communty expectations set me...

dOnt get me wrong i feel like there is longer decay and more reverb, but its so flipping minor you wouldnt be able to tell if u werent looking for it.

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Icy_Vegetable1933 t1_ituy9h6 wrote

>but its so flipping minor you wouldnt be able to tell if u werent looking for it.

Guarantee if you did a blind volume matched A/B you wouldn't be able to tell

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headphonesex2 t1_itv6dx8 wrote

id be hard pressed to deny that...

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Icy_Vegetable1933 t1_itvm82m wrote

I thought I had good ears and could tell a difference when I "upgraded"...

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I had a class A amp and a denafrips ares II, volume matched them and had my wife switch between that stack and a topping A90/D90 while I was turned around. Unfortunately couldn't tell a difference at all.. then threw the TA-26 in the mix. same story.

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Ended up selling everything but the topping gear, can't beat features and power at this point.. I just think we're at a point where the chip DACs and chip amps are just too good.

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