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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

Listening to intent.

As other musicians may also attest, I recognise this description so well - listening to what musicians were 'thinking'. Very, very few systems seem capable of suggesting this, no matter how esoteric they sound.

The last system that gave me a sense of this was a complete 47 Labs system. Another, was a non-descript Marantz SACD surround-sound system set up by Ken Ishiwata himself at a UK hi-fi show with some very modest speakers. Still another was one set up by Kevin Scott (such that everyone was compelled to stand and clap at the end of a CD performance). And these still stand out.

My present systems often fool me into thinking the instruments are there. But rarely the musicians themselves, and their intent.


Big J

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."


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