I mention this because over the last four years I’ve been regularly attending listening sessions at Barry/Blue58, with his steadily evolving, and tbh exemplary SGM server/T&A Dac8/Java Triple Shot pre/home made 45 tube amps/AG Duos Omegas system, topped off w Sablon Reservas cbls.
This has been a masterclass of really synergistic components choice, excellent fit in his slightly small room, and movement twds an expressive and “listen thru” experience.
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Then last week, I had the great priveledge of meeting Paul of Z Axis Audio and hearing his system.
A very different presentation, more measured, less extrovert, but on balance more neutral and even, but immersive none the less.
Again a great blend of components and maxxing performance via his own cables, racks and balanced power transformer.
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And so I return to my system, loving a lot of what I have, but certainly musing on aspects of sound that these two guys have, seemingly well ahead of me.
The perils of hearing other setups.
I wonder how others feel as they return home from demos that are great across the board, maybe even superior?
This has been a masterclass of really synergistic components choice, excellent fit in his slightly small room, and movement twds an expressive and “listen thru” experience.
—
Then last week, I had the great priveledge of meeting Paul of Z Axis Audio and hearing his system.
A very different presentation, more measured, less extrovert, but on balance more neutral and even, but immersive none the less.
Again a great blend of components and maxxing performance via his own cables, racks and balanced power transformer.
—
And so I return to my system, loving a lot of what I have, but certainly musing on aspects of sound that these two guys have, seemingly well ahead of me.
The perils of hearing other setups.
I wonder how others feel as they return home from demos that are great across the board, maybe even superior?