I have had more fun the last few days taking this little amazing box to other locations to see the response of other listeners to the sonic differences, that so far our only totally postive, and everyone just laughs and can hear the differences instantly.
I went and visited a highly regarded Audio store in the Chi-town area were the owner is a dear friend. Then I took it over to a fellow audiophile with a great sounding system. In the store's reference system what I reported in my review was heard by the owner, great improvement in 3D imaging, greater location in the sound stage, voices became more natural, etc. At the home of my audiophile friend the same results, he could not just stop laughing. He came up with a great expression for what it did to vocals in his system, they just become more "human" and real sounding. All this could be a placebo or hawthrone effect, but I don't think so, it really does significantly effect the sonics of the systems that is put in the same room as. Great fun!
I went and visited a highly regarded Audio store in the Chi-town area were the owner is a dear friend. Then I took it over to a fellow audiophile with a great sounding system. In the store's reference system what I reported in my review was heard by the owner, great improvement in 3D imaging, greater location in the sound stage, voices became more natural, etc. At the home of my audiophile friend the same results, he could not just stop laughing. He came up with a great expression for what it did to vocals in his system, they just become more "human" and real sounding. All this could be a placebo or hawthrone effect, but I don't think so, it really does significantly effect the sonics of the systems that is put in the same room as. Great fun!