What are you listening to ?

DodgeLad said

Don't get me wrong, that amp is very cool, but I cannot hear the difference between inexpensive amplifiers and audiophile gear. If an analog signal is amplified and reproduced correctly, meaning identical waveform and nearly no distortion or noise, then it's the same no matter how much the gear costs or if you use tubes or semiconductors. Warmth, coloring, tube-like sound is really a form of distortion.

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Ya know, I used to think that..... Then 1 day while we were sitting in his living room drinking some Oban Single Malt, listening to Thin Lizzy he says.... lets have some fun... So, he grabs Allan Parsons, i Robot, I think, the one with the Tubular Bells at the beginning of the song. 1st he plays the Remastered Album version intro of the song, then he switches over to FLAC thru his iPod, next a Full Metal Tape on his Nak Dragon... then the CD.... all running thru Soliloquy 6.2 speakers... Each song sounded FANTASTIC...... and guess what, I could notice a difference in each version.... To me, the Album and tape sounded the warmest & cleanest. With the ringing of each Bell you could tell, just like hearing fingers slide across a guitar fret, the singer pulling in a breath, or a cymbal resonating to silence.... Drums were tight, not muddy or hollow. There IS a difference, but a lot of it can be subjective.... not all ears are alike. The proverbial Tin Ear does exist.... I loved my Yamaha M1 & M2, but the Nak sounds better. My Nak is fantastic....but, IMHO, the ModWright is just on another level, and not just by price... Now, dont get me wrong either :) Im not some kind of audiophile snob, but after 6 years in car/home stereo and having an audiophile Friend like I do for the last 30 years, Ive been exposed to a better quality of sound and hardware...