I never thought it’s possible to listen to a system that make you feel you are on the concert hall or on the venue.Couple of months ago my audiophile needed a help to fix his toilet, I came to help him. After Iam about leave, I requested him to play his system. He did, I stayed 3 hrs to enjoy the music , I’ve never experienced a system like that.It stops me from analyzing the sound, The performances of his system won’t let me, because I felt Iam inside the concert Hall.The system is Using Plinius sa100, Audio Research LS2 b preamp, Meridian CD player, I forgot his tt , I know it’s $500 with goldring cart and musical fidelity phono preamp, speaker cable Kimber 8ag, Speakers B&W 607 or 707? Interconnects Audioquest Columbia , And cobras.
System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live
My current stereo system consists of Oracle turntable with SME IV tonearm, Dynavector XV cartridge feeding Manley Steelhead and two Snappers monoblocks running 15" Tannoy Super Gold Monitors. Half of vinyl records are 45 RMP and were purchased new from Blue Note, AP, MoFI, IMPEX and some others. While some records play better than others none of them make my system sound as good as a live band I happened to see yesterday right on a street. The musicians played at the front of outdoor restaurant. There was a bass guitar, a drummer, a keyboard and a singer. The electric bass guitar was connected to some portable floor speaker and drums were not amplified. The sound of this live music, the sharpness and punch of it, the sound of real drums, the cymbals, the deepness, thunder-like sound of bass guitar coming from probably $500 dollars speaker was simply mind blowing. There is a lot of audiophile gear out there. Some sound better than others. Have you ever listened to a stereo system that produced a sound that would make you believe it was a real live music or live band performance at front of you?