Fork just added an interesting observation: "My subjective impression from the listening session is the vinyl was slightly more lively and more dynamic in the far outer reaches." During the listening session after the first 4 or so selections were played it occurred to me that what I was treating as increased resolution in the form of leading edges and slightly more resolution to voices in particular and using that to identify "digital" sound was leading me to mark the selection as digital rather than vinyl direct. Don't know if this observation increased my "correct" choices of A or B in the remaining selections or not (Gary knows). I had heard several of the selections at Genesis World Headquarters prior to this night but, honestly, was not paying attention to the differences between analog direct and the A/D/A loop but hearing resolution on the music I had never heard before on several selections heard over the years. In addition, in that session Bruce helped me do a better job of focusing on one or two parts of the music to compare. Again, it all came down to enjoying the music and the company of fellow audiophile NUTs last Thursday evening!
Under "of course it is raining" Seattle skies, Gill
Under "of course it is raining" Seattle skies, Gill