Jason, would you say that you had to crank things above your loudness comfort zone (beyond the loudest you typically listen) to really notice the differences?
No, as I said at low volumes the bass was what I could easily notice, but at normal levels there is a difference, the bass as mentioned but the vocals and instruments seemed to have better seperation, more detail and at high volume levels the music is just crystal clear, no distortion until I went well beyond anything anyone would try to listen to. I think I had the SPL meter at 105-110db and still pretty clean sounding.
It still comes down to diminishing returns, is the ~$4000 of the A1400-8 or ~$2500 of the A1400-2 worth the costs for this better sound. For some it is for others not so much. I still don't own one, maybe someday.
