Have you ever changed speakers to expereince a different "soundscape" or presentation??

I have auditioned many many top speakers.  I have fallen in love with the new line of Vandersteen carbon's as they are at the most correct tonally that I've auditioned.  I have owned Proac's, Maggies, Apogee's, Paradigm, Linn and a few other speakers.

I was a die hard tube amp guy, but since the MS, I need a SS amp. I am currently using the Ayre AX5/20 and QX5/20 dac/streamer.  Both are different than what I have had in prior. Ayre is neither tube nor SS in sound.  It's pretty correct tonally to my ears.  Throws a stage that seems to be pretty accurate. I have had a few reference recordings on the system when a friend who's a producer brought over his reel to reel.  He said that my system was outstanding in that is was so close to what he felt he laid down.  That made me feel very good.  I was upset when he wouldn't let me keep the deck, lmao.  

I have The Memory Player server/streamer/DAC on order as an upgrade and will get the new Vandersteen mono blocks as soon as Richard starts to produce them in the next month or so I assume.  

Yes, on my first audition of the Harbeth 40.2's.  They trounced by previous "favs", the Vienna Acoustics Liszt's.  Above all, in the "holographic" department.  Almost spooky in that regard.  (A large room didn't hurt...)

chasing your tail with flavors..unless you have a true ( but faded ) reference back to the origional event...this realization came in evaluating some planer ribbons vs. my trusty time and phase coherent box speakers.....( i shall keep it brand agnostic ) but I assure, both quite highly respected..indeed coveted by some....

realized in chasing my tail, needed to record the reference live event and as best I could track degredation thru the chain...

ever hear the term “ they sound like the microphone feeds “ ? I did just that....your results and conclusions may vary.....microphone choice, location, quality are immense determination into SQ....

but i still have 7-8 pair of speakers.....better grip on what they do, imperfect as I am as a scientific tool ( fool ) ha...

Yes. I'm 100% satisfied with my Sonist Concerto 4's, and one example was listening to the loss-less Radio Paradise and noticing how many songs had six to eight separate sound sources spread out across the "Soundscape" where each had its own position with air around it.  A simple song like Santana's Black Magic Woman went from being a rather blah song to a percussive spectacular.  Previous speakers were "two sources and congestion" in comparison.

@electroslacker i love radio paradise !!!!!!