Well we had a good line up of CDPs featured during the shootout and personally i find them all good sounding but only differing in some aspects—i dont have a golden ear that can detect the minutest detail and what is lacking for each of the CDPs tested. My perception is just based on what my ears dictate without knowing why?
The exposure blended superbly well with the MF amp (yun nga ba ang ginamit?) and MS 914 speakers and the 25,000.00 spkr wires. Though the gap in terms of overall sound quality is not that much, for me, next equally in line would be the NADs, Rotel and the Usher, followed by the Denon and the Sony.
Between the two NADs, i think the older one is slightly rounder on bass, though the newer NAD is better on details. The Usher and the Rotel are almost the same to my ear. If i will be asked to choose, i’ll just get the cheaper among the 3.
I also like the Sony because it has a good slam on the bass, but the denon’s execution of the vocals is also excellent.
If i have the money ill get the exposure for sure, there is not much thinking to do. but sometimes you will enjoy more if your equipment is very cheap but yet you will be able to obtain the best sound by employing other gadgets to improve it. So, the 2k sony’s performance improved when it passes through the tube preamp. Maybe if it will be partnered with a very good performing tube preamp plus good matching speakers and wires, it can sound like the exposure—haha so youll enjoy because the overall cost would not even go the level of the price of the exposure...
I also noticed the gain clone of jojo. It seemed to have fattened the sound of the voice just like what a tube preamp does. Truely, we have a lot electronics geniuses in the forum’’ Jojo keep it up—magkano ba yung gainclone mo?
What was so controversial to me is the 25,000.00 speaker wire we used. i wish we thought of a wire rolling din, to know the sonic capabilities of the wire, as compared with the generic wire like the audio pro which was preferred to be used with the gain clone of jojo...
Another observation--- the performance of the MS914 was stunning... i heard it performed when that was newly bought by Sir Narayan.. it seemed to me that his MS Bookshelf spkrs were more rounder and have a tighter bass before. So i think the break-in of his MS 914 made it well.
to all those who attended -- nice meeting you all bros.
sir Narayan, next time,, contribute na kami sa TSIBUG--
