Jazz for aficionados

Yes i use them because a boost in the deep bass and in the higher highs boost the two cells working and i equalize with my dac a dip at 1000 hertz...

With the microzotl though i will not be able as a pre-amp it will nullify the tone controls of the Sansui AU 7700 and as an headphone too...

The tone control of the alpha are very refined , those of the Au 7700 are very good,  alas! my alpha had no separation between the power amp and the pre-amp as the Au 7700... Only most costlier alpha give it... 😁

I hope the Zotl 2 is as good as the reviews... Even at bargain price it cost me a lot... 1,600 US at least ... And it is a bargain with remote and linear power supply...2,000 thousand less than the microzotl3...

It is a violation of my rule : audiophile experience for the less wealthy citizen which stipulate a system max cost around 1000 bucks... 😊 I succeeded to do so till now with speakers or headphone... But i was curious of the slave ZOTL about the way it will serve the King K340...

@mahgister

I’m curious -- do you use the EQ controls on the Sansui?

@mahgister 

I was surprised to learn the Sansui had such EQ controls. I figured, given what you've discovered and commented upon RE: "embedding" systems, that EQ wouldn't be something you'd utilize.

I use a Schiit Lokius occasionally, usually to reinforcing lower mids and/or rolling off highs with bright CDs. Although it involves extra cost -- requiring two sets of interconnects-- I value the added flexibility this set-up offers when it comes to tone-shaping. Still, the more dialed-in my system becomes, the less I use the EQ. 

I have no experience with LTA, but I've yet to encounter anything but positive remarks about their products, here on the forum. 

The AKG K340 is a very particular headphone being Hybrid...

I did not need to use tone controls in my speakers room nor with my other headphones...

But the K340 need a boost around 30 and 40 hertz and around 12,000 hertz...

It make it even better... It is because the two cells are more responsive...I never need equalization with my speakers or my other headphones too... With the K340 i need to increase for some Db at 1000 hertz... My ears said so... and the Harman curve too...

I am not a "purist" audiophile...

I use my ears ...

And i serve the K340 , he do not serve me; but  he serve my ears...

@mahgister

I was surprised to learn the Sansui had such EQ controls. I figured, given what you’ve discovered and commented upon RE: "embedding" systems, that EQ wouldn’t be something you’d utilize.

@mahgister 
Great stuff!

This double album with many different musicians from japan unknown here is stunning...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD36KIbA9dA&list=OLAK5uy_lRIsKWNhn9T5xOEMfCt1ryTAz6N_MBydE

 

This double album with other unknown here japan musicians is no less stunning..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNv2RxjsbWA&t=317s

@mahgister 

I never need equalization with my speakers or my other headphones too... 

I never remember you saying anything about using EQ in the past with your previous system but then, I'd never noticed the tone controls on the Sansui before.  My poor observation skills!   ;o)