Originally Posted by mrmarbach
Originally Posted by Phase3southampton
It doesn't,
The ensemble does not sound anywhere near as good as the Control 15 into DSP's and the iPad experience is 'nice' but not as complete as the Control 15.
Nor, of course does it rip.
If you have DSP's, the Control 15 now makes a good case for itself.
Don't quite follow.

Are you saying that Control 15 straight into DSPs sounds better than Ensemble because Control 15 doesn't upsample/apodize?

And do you mean iPad doesn't itself rip, or does Control 15 not have a CD drive?

Sorry to be dim.

And VK, it's OK, I expect that here smile I knew that but was just not as precise in my formulation as this forum deserves. I will try harder...


Sorry Nic,

I meant to include the original comment and everything got out of 'sync'.
Basically, i am saying that the case for Control 15 over Ensemble with iPad is that the Control 15 sounds better than the ensemble because of the upsampling -apodising and it is a true Meridian audio product. The ensemble is an original Sooloos product, largely unchanged apart from software updates. Also if you use the ensemble-iPad combination you will have to rip your CD's via some other means. The Control 15 can do this for you.

sorry to confuse

Gerry

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