Hey man! I have to give the disclaimer that I can only half answer this.Guys I love my crack OTL with bs650, atticus and hd800S. The warm smooth, euphonic sound with very full mids. I prefer her to audio gd he9, elekit ut8600S and even my ARC pre into pass power amp.
Is the Kenzie or mogwai an evolution of that euphonic sound? Is it as euphonic and warm in the mids as the Crack OTL but better? I have heard mixed things about that.
Thanks!
I love Bottlehead! I’ve had and built pretty much every headphone amp they carry, and my favorite of the bunch was a crackatwoa with some souped up capacitors.
So here is where the disclosure comes: I haven’t heard a kenzie or mogwai; I have a bigger Ben Rev 1. That being said, the BB was much more impactful. The sound is powerful! It made me put the c2a to the side, as it bested it on pretty much every level. And it’s not limited to high impedance cans so planars were back in the equation. My thought is that the mogwai should be investigated for sure. I’ve heard the kenzie compared to the mainline, and the mainline is great but c2a was my preference.
If you can snag a mogwai se or such I think you would be happy in the comparison, as it has a lot of the tech and quality of the BB1.
Hope this helps a little!
Quick edit: are you prespeedball? If so, that’s about as euphoric as you can get. A change is going to drop that as a trade off. If you’re speedball I stand by above .
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