I prefer the Gold GTX after long living with both. The Rhodium sounds great, but I feel that it ultimately colors the sound a bit to my ears, letting its character into all music. "I" think the Gold is the more naturally resolute, and more neutral sounding recept, with better dynamics and bass slam.
Many say the Gold is boring and too warm. This is because it burns in opposite in comparison to the Rhodium, and most don't give it a fair shake. It starts out very tame and blurry focused, then cleans up and comes into focus. It sounds very real to me, with excellent dynamic expression and beautifully rich sound. The Rhodium starts out very lively, almost hyper-focused, too clean... It goes through a variety of brutal phases during the burn in, and ultimately comes around to be pretty good, with a polished and nicely focused sound, with a very low noise floor. BUT! Something is not quite right to me.. It restricts some things and highlights others.
However, like another here said, once burned in, there is very little difference in either of them, but the differences are there.
Real music has warmth. Not overly warm causing blur, but warmth. If I don't hear this, the sound is NOT neutral to me. The Gold seems to let the recordings speak for themselves, much better to me.
Many say the Gold is boring and too warm. This is because it burns in opposite in comparison to the Rhodium, and most don't give it a fair shake. It starts out very tame and blurry focused, then cleans up and comes into focus. It sounds very real to me, with excellent dynamic expression and beautifully rich sound. The Rhodium starts out very lively, almost hyper-focused, too clean... It goes through a variety of brutal phases during the burn in, and ultimately comes around to be pretty good, with a polished and nicely focused sound, with a very low noise floor. BUT! Something is not quite right to me.. It restricts some things and highlights others.
However, like another here said, once burned in, there is very little difference in either of them, but the differences are there.
Real music has warmth. Not overly warm causing blur, but warmth. If I don't hear this, the sound is NOT neutral to me. The Gold seems to let the recordings speak for themselves, much better to me.