Transfiguration Phoenix S or Grado Statement 1?


I have a Well Tempered Amadeus GTA with a Musical Surroundings Phonomena on a headphone set-up using Shanling tube headphone amp and Beyerdynamic Tesla T1s and Audeze LCD2s. Which would you choose?

I listen to everything, but lately mostly classical and Jazz. I do listen to acid Jazz, down-tempo, and classic rock. I prefer a well balanced sound with decent detail (i.e. not too bright), excellent soundstaging, excellent bass, with quick dynamism and rhythmic poise. Tonally just a bit warm of center with color spectrum (timbre).

Wish I could hear them both before choosing but.....

I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks

T
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Showing 1 response by ptmconsulting

The Transfigurations have always been one of the more "musical" MC cartridges available. I've got an old Temper and it's just beautiful to listen to. Just foot tapping good, with plenty of detail but none of that over hyped hyper detail that some MC's bring (or leave on) to the table.