Quote: I listened to all CD rips this weekend thanks to you (ha, ha) and enjoyed the music very much.
Haha
Quote: Anyway, if I get around to it, I'll post the playlist.
Please do share!
So I’ve been experimenting with nearfield listening for the past week as advised by GrroovySauce. I had the kids help me create an equilateral triangle and luckily I found a nice cushioned chair (the foldable chairs were a non-starter for my behind). I will try and share some pictures. Anyways, the first couple of days, I felt the jury was still out whether nearfield was a game changer necessarily, but when I switched my 6V6 and 5Y3 rectifier back to my Gold Lion KT77 and Sophia Electric Aqua 274b combo—-my God! The soundstage exploded in all directions, substantially more holographic, vocals more in the room, the decay improved, bass improved, dynamics improved, tonality of instruments improved, and heard micro details in tracks that I missed before. The impact of the drum hits is just sublime. I hate fact that I can’t pinpoint the source of the changes,
1) Is it the tubes?
2) Is it the new nearfield listening position
3) is it the new DAC and especially streaming transport breaking in.
That’s what you get by trying to do too many things at once…
During the past couple of days, I went through Sarah Bareilles’ Live album, and felt more there then the previous listening sessions. In fact, at one stage, when she was teasing the audience, I burst out laughing. Literally everything I’ve played during the past 3 days (including a Jeff Beck playlist on Qobuz) has sounded sublime. Earlier today, I was playing the Greatest Hits of Queen and it was by far, the best that album has ever sounded in my rig. It has impact, it has soundstage, and imaging so spooky that my heart skipped a beat when I had my eyes closed and heard a voice at the far right of the room, thinking someone was in the room….but no, it was part of the track.
Suffice to say, having a lot of fun….