honashagen

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I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul!
Oh yeah. I want depth too. 
I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul!
I want to hear inside the music. I want to hear the room and the reverbs. I want to hear the spit on a singers lips. I want to hear 20hz on a 32' pipe of a pipe organ. I want fast transients. Above all I don't want strident cringing top end. 
I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul!
I tried a Chord Qutest dac. Couldn't hear a difference. 
I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul!
I have a nice vinyl rig too.Tried a prima Luna prologue premium but it just did not have the punch of solid-state. 
I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul!
I tend to buy recordings because of the sound quality. Steely Dan,Lee ritenour, Keith Johnson reference recordings, sheffield labs.  
Am I deaf?
Chord has no balanced connections. 
Am I deaf?
I wasn't comparing cd to pc. Thought the resolution from the pc might be higher.  
Am I deaf?
Well it must be me. Maybe my ears haven't been trained properly. I had a recording studio years ago and I think you listen for different things. I can hear fast, warm, bright, etc. Pace and rythem and some other terms reviewers use not so much. I ... 
Am I deaf?
A friend is going to put the Qutest up against has Yggy Analog for me.  
Am I deaf?
Yes. I have a few audiophile type friends.  
Am I deaf?
Thought- These Harbeth C7 speakers and wonderful but not that revealing. I notice you can't hear the reverb in rooms like I'm used to. Could it be difference is just not being resolved by the Harbeths? 
Am I deaf?
Maybe I'm not sure what I should be listening for? When I got the Ayre pre I could hear a difference right away. When I got the SMC power amp it was much harder to tell. When I got the Cardas cables I knew I couldn't give them back.  
Am I deaf?
Ok but isn't the digital out on all the time whether it's connected or not? 
Am I deaf?
Does anyone know if there are any settings in the Oppo that I need to adjust? 
Am I deaf?
Playing cds and Tidal. Tidal on the macbook pro too.