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Old November 21st 03, 12:16 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Keith G
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Default Listening comparison


"Jim H" wrote in message
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more from the 'Keith G school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...harkey%202.mp3


After very quick listen I can ABX it out the difference (level matched).
Difference is very easy to hear in the first second, which is a bit of a
cheat given a minuite of music.

Rough impressions are...

1 has stronger treble, less midrange and is generally brighter.
2 possibly more flat response (don't know original so can't really say)
sounds less filtered.

On such a short sample it's hard to say which I prefer - maybe 1 is more
immediate, but I'd listen to a system sounding like 2 for longer. Both are
ok mp3s.

I did level matched ABXing in foobar2000, btw. Very nice little player for
this kind of thing.




Thanks Jim - very interesting response.

I won't comment further in case someone else gives it a go. (There's no big
deal and no 'catch', it's just a 'curiosity' thing.....!!)