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I’ve played the Mercury Living Presence sampler “You are There” on all incarnations of my setup for many years.  With each improvement of my rig it’s sounded better.  Until now, finally it’s sounding the way it really should.  It’s a great confirmation that I’m doing things right after many years of experimenting, with advice from this forum.

rvpiano

Congratulations!  How do you know it's sounding the way it really should?

+1, @onhwy61 

You beat me to it…IME, we really don’t…not with absolute certainty. There’s just too many variables at play. 

IMHO, you’ll never know exactly what the artist or recording engineer intended. But you can strive to build a system and environment that prioritizes transparency, emotion and engagement with music and that might be as close as any of us can reasonably get.

In any case, I’m happy for OP; enjoy every moment of your new found bliss!

You’re both right.  I really don’t know how it should sound for certain.  
I didn’t want to sound immodest.  It just sounds incredible to me.

Congratulations. Anything you did in particular that brought your rig to its current level of performance?

 

Great album, I'm listening to it now. Great liner notes about the speed wars and background. One of the great albums recorded in the '57 to early 60's from the golden age of recording... great rich sound.