Long version: 2 weeks ago I received an email from the Benelux distributor of Nagra, my phonostage (VPS) had to go for some factory upgrades!!!! I was told that since I had purchased one of the very first units that came out of Nagra (this january) they lacked of some modification done to them after the second batch (february?)...
Anyway, I sent it immediately, I really wondered how much better could it sound after the mods, I had never heard anything so liquid and transparent from reproduced music, the resolution and spatial render of the VPS was already heavenly.. so its been 2 weeks and Im getting desperate. I thought that going purely digital for some weeks wouldnt be such a big deal, I use one of the best digital frontends my ears have heard: the incredibly regarded Slim Devices Transporter! but something has gone wrong!!! with relatively long listening sessions (3-4) hours) Digital has become torture!!! Whats wrong with me??? I just keep thinking about vinyl.... I tried to change cables, I borrowed two other digital frontends from friends (MBL noble line and Creek destiny), just to check if it was the TP that was causing fatigue, and actually the TP did well in the comparison, but after some hours of any digital, my ears began to suffer. Recent experience: Just a few hours ago I was listening to Leonard Cohen's "songs for love and hate" and I had to stop it, something I would never do to Leonard in vinyl, but the digital version just lacks any sense of musical liquidity, the noise floor sounds artificial, the lower cords of the guitar sound electronic, the atmosphere flat and his voice filtered... And this experience is repeated whenever I listen in digital what I normally listen in vinyl... I think that living without vinyl for 2 weeks (until now) is proof to me of how much I love it... The TP is a great digital front end, but after a few hours (as with other good digital frontends) it just tortures me with listening fatigue, and this, after years of listening to digital, is something I just found out. Anyone in here shares the same view? -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon & Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) & v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547
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