The gifted listener recognizes that this ball is sublimely elegant and transparent, but of limited volcanic activity. There is a definite limitation of quantums of musical energy expended. Perhaps this explains why ballerinas never weigh more than one hundred pounds. This perfection of musical shape, sublime litheful elegance, and purity of musical juice is the single-ended specialty. Take that beautiful round musical ball and with PP stretch it out, which means the soundstage becomes much wider, and not as layered and deep.
Voices loose their clarity and gain a more dynamic delivery.
Complex orchestral music is much more alive and vibrant. Less Is More, unless you need ultimate bass control. Exactly right on. In the case of the Manley Retro this is akin to asking if you want to be both Cameron Diaz and Mel Gibson. When I called EveAnna Manley, after talking about the ecstasy of the American road, the paradox of death and art, some of the more abstract notions of Hume, Descartes and Spinoza, Heisenberg's Principal of Uncertainty, and most importantly the latest adventures she was having on her motorcycle, I inquired about the current state of the amplifier that is equally a man and a women.