High quality music

[JDtheJD]

Thanks Alan, that has jogged my memory too. I agree it was stated more like your recollection.

I didn’t go to Oxford Audio today because nothing has changed in the last year for Phantom users.

What Mathieu states last year though stopped me from trying anything better than CD quality streaming.


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One of the complaints I have about the Golds is that I bought them in order to have an improved listening experience over that which I would typically have with either Sonos or even my strictly mid-fi setup.  This end has proved elusive in general however because I am either sacrificing sound for convenience or always question whether the sound I am hearing taps into the full potential of the golds.  Yesterday however, I listened to Tidal using a Mac mini and optical out and while I am still uncertain if the phantoms were tapped out, there was a noticeable, if not significant, improvement in what I heard over a typical airplay/Bluetooth listening session.  There was even a marked improvement listening between Tidal’s “hifi” and the master recordings which was reminiscent for me of when I first heard a CD (The Who’s Pinball Wizard)  In short, I may not have heard the best that the golds have to offer, but I definitely have a new bench mark in sound quality.