Back to the NPR tracks. Using my iPhone, and $50 headphones or my Mac with these headphones left me guessing and I only got a couple of them right and picked the 128 twice!
At 48 I guess my hearing is not as good as it used to be. Having said that, I could hear some differences and I think my expectations were wrong. Since I don’t remember which is which I may try again and I may also try it through a real system.
The things I was trying to key in on were space between instruments, flattened sound, harmonics, lack of extension.
None of it panned out. I do think that perhaps and that is a perhaps is that the 128 sounds a bit more rolled off and that would make sense. But the unexpected part is I kind of like what seemed like a midrange emphasis.
Spotify is clearly enough for my phone, computer, car listening.
I do wonder if adding a DAC like a Dragonfly would change this outcome?
At 48 I guess my hearing is not as good as it used to be. Having said that, I could hear some differences and I think my expectations were wrong. Since I don’t remember which is which I may try again and I may also try it through a real system.
The things I was trying to key in on were space between instruments, flattened sound, harmonics, lack of extension.
None of it panned out. I do think that perhaps and that is a perhaps is that the 128 sounds a bit more rolled off and that would make sense. But the unexpected part is I kind of like what seemed like a midrange emphasis.
Spotify is clearly enough for my phone, computer, car listening.
I do wonder if adding a DAC like a Dragonfly would change this outcome?