CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS

Lobby => Music and Recordings => Topic started by: OJneg on December 18, 2014, 02:43:28 AM

Title: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: OJneg on December 18, 2014, 02:43:28 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VhsHn1hGHo

Posted this in the shoutbox a few days ago. Can't find actual files, YouTube will have to do.

Let's discuss after we've got enough votes

Title: Re: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: Byrnie on December 18, 2014, 01:59:58 PM

This was a lot of fun I thought.  Great idea!  My vote was for the Studio 1.

Title: Re: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: ultrabike on December 19, 2014, 05:59:42 AM

The Studio 1 is nice, but it does have a bit of a noise floor issue in that demo. The Audio Technica was a bit cleaner, but also a little bright and sibilant IMO. So though choice there... all kinda suck a little in the demo. I'll go for the AT.

Title: Re: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: aufmerksam on December 19, 2014, 10:28:13 PM

I generally agree with UB. I found the AT2020 to be barely sibilant compared to the Studio 1, but overall not bad. However, the Studio 1 felt too damped, and I could not hear the pick contacting the strings, compared to the AT2020 where I could. It could have just been the noise floor, but either way, that was the detail that made me vote AT2020.

Title: Re: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: spoony on December 19, 2014, 10:29:55 PM

2020 here too, the noise floor in the others disctracted me too much to even focus on other properties.

Title: Re: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: gelocks on December 20, 2014, 01:04:01 AM

I'd still go with the Rode NT1-A (which I bought like 2 years ago and STILL haven't used... it probably doesn't even work! LOL!)

Title: Re: Fun Little Comparisons
Post by: donunus on December 20, 2014, 05:48:58 AM

The Audio Technica sounds best to me. Slightly bright but it works well with the acoustic guitar