Testing Amps

Audio Gear Talk
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Hi guys. Maybe this is a stupid question and some people will laugh.

I am testing my tube amps with my Hugo 2, using the HD 800S. So what I did was to group the output that goes to my tube amps with the Hugo 2 and then simply test each amp by plugging into each of them.

For both audio outputs I have an EQ profile in Muse for the HD 800S. All this time, I was not hearing any major differences between the amps, and then I thought to simply disable the EQ in Roon and try it again.

Now I clearly hear the differences between the amps.

How does that make sense though? I mean, why would the differences in the amps be clear without the EQ profile and when using the EQ for both zones, to sound almost identical?

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Your headphone EQ settings are sufficient to correct for both amps’ deficiencies to the extent that the remaining differences are difficult to hear?

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Was that a question or statement :grinning:

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The last shards of linguist in me thinks it’s a “declarative question” in English? :smile:

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