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pinkcunt123 t1_j6k8hup wrote

Sounds like Placebo to me.

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blargh4 t1_j6kb69r wrote

the Expanse is the one planar I'm aware of that doesn't have a flat impedance, so you'd probably get some frequency response shift even assuming the amp's frequency response is flat into a resistive load, which isn't the safest assumption for tube amps.

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LuckyX222 OP t1_j6kf7fw wrote

Yeah, there's a bump around 200Hz and the bass does feel fuller but not so far it's distorted like when I run my Utopia (which has an even larger impedance hump). Also the tubes will add some harmonic resonance on their own across the rest of the spectrum.

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pinkcunt123 t1_j6m0h7s wrote

So he wasted 2k on tubes, when EQ could have done the trick?

lmao

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LuckyX222 OP t1_j6ka7eo wrote

My girlfriend swapped the amps 10 times and 10 /10 I could tell which was the R800i. Nice try though, pinkcunt.

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as1eep t1_j6koufe wrote

You know he is talking about solid state to tubes right? The whole placebo thing is about most solid states being identical, its pretty accepted that tubes do change sound.

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pinkcunt123 t1_j6m0lps wrote

Tubes may add distortion. Good tube amps can be as "clean" as good solid state amps tho.

High output impedance, which tube amps usually have, can change the sound of variable impedance headphones.

You know that... Right???

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MrCatsoup t1_j6lglt4 wrote

Yes, assume everything is placebo when you've never heard of them yourself 🙃

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pinkcunt123 t1_j6m0vti wrote

I will :)

Especially if they use fancy and absurd analogies to describe the sound :)

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MrCatsoup t1_j6ma8mp wrote

I'm truly sorry for you that those elementary level words used by OP to describe the sound are too difficult for you to understand.

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pinkcunt123 t1_j6mc76u wrote

>so much more air like the notes pop out of a black hole and yet the notes have more body too, more resonance, they're rich and fun instead of thin and analytical.

THIS MEANS LITERALLY NOTHING...

I too can describe sound in a fancy way that means fuck all :)

OP could have just as well described the sound as "Refreshingly esoteric, with a tinch of quantized energy, which bubbles to the surface of a quiet sea, amidst the fog of clarity, bursting into colorfoul spectrums and thus enltightening my ears"

Do you not see how OPs description is a meaningless mumbo jumbo of nonsense????

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