15-Jun-2015, 11:23
(15-Jun-2015, 10:10)NickB Wrote: That's what I said -
I can listen to music on any system and enjoy it
I choose to use a very good system to enjoy it on
But the important thing is the music not the system.
Now let me just speak for myself, in case I get another visceral outpouring of indignant responses. I was very happy with my Ayre KX-R preamp paired to a Krell 402E amp and the preamp was infinitely flexible in inputs and outputs. It was mated to Ayre QB9 DSD and C5XE along with Aurender X100S music server. My only gripe was that my CD player still sounded better than the music server which was playing hi-res files.
In comes the Devialet retailer with a set of D800 mono blocks to my house for a listening session.
Two things were immediately noticeable:-
1.) The amazing bass extension and control over the woofers it had compared to my then setup.
2.) The music server started sounding better than the CD player.
I traded in my system for the D800s two weeks later and was a very satisfied customer. I, in my opinion, had bought the new system based on its sonic signature or the lack of it. Most high brands, as I see it, are different sounding, not necessarily better. It's what a particular sonic signature you prefer that influences your buying decision.
With the new update, in my opinion, I lost the sound which I had bought it for. That's the reason I've decided to go back to 7.1.1