I participated in the shootout Philnyc hosted and mentions above.
I was the only person there who didn't own or wasn't selling one of the units.
To my ears and tastes, the Audio Logic was the one and I put my money where my mouth is and bought one.
The newest Audio Logic is absolutely NOT tubey and has very good performance at both extremes and is special sounding in the midrange.
I owned the ECD-1 for over a year and the Audio Logic replaced it. If you do go the ECD-1 route, I highly recommend having it modified by Steve at Empirical Audio. The stock ECD-1 is good, but once you hear the Audio Logic, Dodson, modified ECD-1, you will hear how apparent its short comings are (bass isn't as well defined as it could be, highs are scattered and not coherent).
George
I was the only person there who didn't own or wasn't selling one of the units.
To my ears and tastes, the Audio Logic was the one and I put my money where my mouth is and bought one.
The newest Audio Logic is absolutely NOT tubey and has very good performance at both extremes and is special sounding in the midrange.
I owned the ECD-1 for over a year and the Audio Logic replaced it. If you do go the ECD-1 route, I highly recommend having it modified by Steve at Empirical Audio. The stock ECD-1 is good, but once you hear the Audio Logic, Dodson, modified ECD-1, you will hear how apparent its short comings are (bass isn't as well defined as it could be, highs are scattered and not coherent).
George