Just got time to listen a few times tonight before checking the thread & finding results. I found
testing 1 clean and sharp sounding with more transient on the attack of the notes, which sounded more immediate & 'real' to me the first time through. But I quickly began to become attracted to the seemingly richer spaciousness and depth in the the reverbish tail of the notes in
testing 2. After going back and forth a few times I was swayed towards
testing 2 more & more. Seemed smoother.
As for which was which I guessed the opposite
, though I really had nothing on which to base that assumption.
Thanks, for putting this up.