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I have had taken delivery of the ES1 at the NJ meet & have not been able to really sit down & listen to it till last Night.
I finally got my system sorted out after some changes,Got a new transport EMMlabs CDSD to pair with my Dac6e after The Phillips started acting up.
These are initial impressions,I have not done any comparisons to other amps, as the ES1 is the only amp I have had in my system since the transport change,so I am uncertain how much improvement the Transport brings to table.
I had just purchased the new Prince cd 3121 which had gotten some good reviews,so that was the first cd that saw some action.AT first listen I thought I had some problems with my system as there was some serious
distortion going on,Turns out the cd recording quality just sucks it seems as the distortion is intentional.
Next Cd up was the Eagles Hell Freezes over cd,Now we are talking ended up listening to the whole cd.My favovrite track is Hotel California.
Opening guitar rifts are easily followed,Vocals are holographic.Soundstage is incredable,If you ever saw the concert on video,you can actually see it happening in & around your Head with the ES1/HE90 combo, I was thinking to my self this is almost like listening to a 5 channel setup.The He90s just dissappear from your head.
Next up where some Tracks from Bon Jovi Cross roads CD ,Track prayer 94 is one of my favorites,Opening kick drum was very solid,I would have liked some more impact,Like what I get from the PS1s but we all know thats not going to happen,If it did the rest of my gear would be in the for sale forum
Again Bon Jovi's voice is solid in my head & eveything else has its own place.Witdh is unbelievable,again the HE90 dissappears.
After listening about 3 hours I put on The new Inxs cd,I had watched Rock Star on Tv & really followed it. Jd Fortunes voice was dead on,The rest of the band was really cooking ,Instruments had excellant tonal balance.
Again the HE90s pulled their disapperance act only leaving the full performance hanging out in space with incredible detail that can Rival The 010s.
Needless to say I stayed up way to long last night & payed for it today.
The ES1 raises the bar,no doubt about it ,all impressions are with the HE90s & CDS.I have yet to try it with any of my SACD collection which The EMMlabs gear Raises the bar even further.
Hats off to Mikhail on this one,I waited a long time for this amp.
The wait was more then worth it
I finally got my system sorted out after some changes,Got a new transport EMMlabs CDSD to pair with my Dac6e after The Phillips started acting up.
These are initial impressions,I have not done any comparisons to other amps, as the ES1 is the only amp I have had in my system since the transport change,so I am uncertain how much improvement the Transport brings to table.
I had just purchased the new Prince cd 3121 which had gotten some good reviews,so that was the first cd that saw some action.AT first listen I thought I had some problems with my system as there was some serious
distortion going on,Turns out the cd recording quality just sucks it seems as the distortion is intentional.
Next Cd up was the Eagles Hell Freezes over cd,Now we are talking ended up listening to the whole cd.My favovrite track is Hotel California.
Opening guitar rifts are easily followed,Vocals are holographic.Soundstage is incredable,If you ever saw the concert on video,you can actually see it happening in & around your Head with the ES1/HE90 combo, I was thinking to my self this is almost like listening to a 5 channel setup.The He90s just dissappear from your head.
Next up where some Tracks from Bon Jovi Cross roads CD ,Track prayer 94 is one of my favorites,Opening kick drum was very solid,I would have liked some more impact,Like what I get from the PS1s but we all know thats not going to happen,If it did the rest of my gear would be in the for sale forum
Again Bon Jovi's voice is solid in my head & eveything else has its own place.Witdh is unbelievable,again the HE90 dissappears.
After listening about 3 hours I put on The new Inxs cd,I had watched Rock Star on Tv & really followed it. Jd Fortunes voice was dead on,The rest of the band was really cooking ,Instruments had excellant tonal balance.
Again the HE90s pulled their disapperance act only leaving the full performance hanging out in space with incredible detail that can Rival The 010s.
Needless to say I stayed up way to long last night & payed for it today.
The ES1 raises the bar,no doubt about it ,all impressions are with the HE90s & CDS.I have yet to try it with any of my SACD collection which The EMMlabs gear Raises the bar even further.
Hats off to Mikhail on this one,I waited a long time for this amp.
The wait was more then worth it
