Gain diff
LS27 owner here, I have not audition 5se, but I can tell you depends on the setup in LS27, it can sound quite diff.
By default it has 24 bal n 18 se in high(what I feel unrestricted) gain. Thats way more than most ppl need. So most setup would have it on low gain.
I read at least in one review, arc told reviewer to use only high gain. Which led me to believe the gain selection might actually impact the sonic signature. So I actually got a khozmo resistor based passive preamp to test it. Using passive in front of ls27 allow me to use the high gain and full range of vol with 1 resistor more on the signal path, and sounds more full and organic. The dac I use is r2r holo spring.
5se otoh the output gain se is higher than bal, and with lower 12 n 6 gain, its quite different.
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