Beresford Capella. It's made me think!

[Floyddroid]

Buckle up, here we go! I know that there is a steady stream of Beresford acolytes who extol the virtues of all things Beresford but i have to say that whilst i have always been a little skeptical about off board headphone devices (who ever builds em) i needed one for my main system for reviewing purposes. So i bought a Capella from Mr Beresford as the title of the post would suggest. So tell me, why am i underwhelmed. got an old NAD 3020, put my CDP through it and listened via me Grado headphones and it was much better. If anything it has conformed to me that short signal paths to components is key! They may well be a Beresford Capella for sale very soon. Just saying. :scratch:

[Audio Advent]

What was lacking with the Capella? I've not heard one myself but am interested in them in general for the future so it would be good to hear your assessment of what the 3020 does better. Could simply be a case of personal taste or all those settings on the Capella to set up for your own headphones' requirements.

And what has it made you think? You've not said .. :)

[AlanS]

Buckle up, here we go! I know that there is a steady stream of Beresford acolytes who extol the virtues of all things Beresford but i have to say that whilst i have always been a little skeptical about off board headphone devices (who ever builds em) i needed one for my main system for reviewing purposes. So i bought a Capella from Mr Beresford as the title of the post would suggest. So tell me, why am i underwhelmed. got an old NAD 3020, put my CDP through it and listened via me Grado headphones and it was much better. If anything it has conformed to me that short signal paths to components is key! They may well be a Beresford Capella for sale very soon. Just saying. :scratch:

Don't worry about it. Just not to your taste find something that is to your taste there are many to choose from.

[Audio Advent]

Many many many - a glut even

[Solrighal]

To be fair, Grado's are not the most demanding of headphones in the first place. I can't speak for the Capella in particular but try the same comparison using a pair of 300 Ohm Sennheisers, 600 Ohm Beyers or even some of the more current hungry planar's & I think you'll then see what the big deal is.

[StanleyB]

Buckle up, here we go! I know that there is a steady stream of Beresford acolytes who extol the virtues of all things Beresford but i have to say that whilst i have always been a little skeptical about off board headphone devices (who ever builds em) i needed one for my main system for reviewing purposes. So i bought a Capella from Mr Beresford as the title of the post would suggest. So tell me, why am i underwhelmed. got an old NAD 3020, put my CDP through it and listened via me Grado headphones and it was much better. If anything it has conformed to me that short signal paths to components is key! They may well be a Beresford Capella for sale very soon. Just saying. :scratch:
The Capella was designed to be as transparent as possible. But it is not quite clear to me what you mean by the NAD 3020 was much better. Is it the sound signature of the NAD that you preferred? And were the bass, treble, and loudness control in the OFF position?