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After spending time with the headphones we switched to these little speakers from Audience called "The One"...and the Sig16 drove them excellently. (btw the little switch on the back of the amp for headphones/speakers is a very nice feature). The Audience speakers had some impressive bass for such small monitors and they imaged pretty well...I felt that there was maybe too much space b/t the speakers themselves...I think they are really intended to be used in a near-field setting (not exclusively) and I can imagine them doing very well in this regard. Vocals were nice and high-hats and cymbals were good. I wish I had time to try the Sig16's with the Harbeth P3ESR's...maybe next time! I have a weakness for over achieving small speakers
Anyway, those are my quick and dirty impressions of the Sig16 as a headphone amp and a speaker amp...I AM curious about the tube stage being connected to the headphone output or not though....would be great if Vinnie could comment on that because if they ARE connected then it would provide a great way to tailor the sound not only for speakers but for headphones as well via tube-rolling. Either way, the way it sounded to me today was just great!
Could someone (maybe brh) let me know what each position of the "On/Off" section of the amp does starting from LEFT to RIGHT?? Because the dealer had that particular power knob in the MIDDLE position the whole time and.......yeah, I'm not sure if I was even listening to the amp in full-on battery mode. I didn't realize till the end of the audition...
I AM curious about the tube stage being connected to the headphone output or not though....would be great if Vinnie could comment on that because if they ARE connected then it would provide a great way to tailor the sound not only for speakers but for headphones as well via tube-rolling.
YES - the tube stage is connected to the headphone output as well as the speaker output on the Signature 16. Tube-rolling is what it's all about, and you can roll in tubes from the 6922 family as well as the 12AX7 family. BRH - please contact me because it sounds like your headphone stage is connecting straight to the volume control, but it should first go though the tube stage. I can take care of that ASAP for you.
THe 3rd (final) position is ON/Running pure Battery. This is the very best way to hear it. I'll be sure to explain that again to my dealer because pure LiFePO4 battery power is what it's all about for both headphone and speaker listening!
I just hope people have noticed how responsive - both as far as timeliness and usefulness - Vinnie is. Goes a long way.
Glad to hear it's performing well with the LCD-2s. I really like my HD-650s, but my original plan was to have an end-to-end system of American manufactured components. As you can see from my signal chain above… Getting there!