Sharing some audio recordings from my listening session this past weekend

I made a few changes to the Mermans. As always, this is a CD played on an Oppo-95 on a Yamaha RZ-Z9 RECEIVER in "Pure Direct" mode through the two inner speakers. There is no eq or room correction, either physical or electronic being used. Additionally, there are no fancy cords or wires being used. The recording was done on a Nikon D750 DSLR.

Just try to find a system for under six figures that sounds this real.
 

https://youtu.be/vJmMYZoRiIE

@toddalin Your system sounds very nice, even better after your latest adjustments. Many of the owners of six figure systems do not share audio recordings of their systems but those that do often do not sound nearly as nice as your system. Which goes to show you that this like any other hobby requires knowledge, experience, and understanding of the subject in order to achieve great results, Expensive components and deeps pockets alone will seldom yield great results. Many of the participants of this hobby thatt buy “tippy top” “Uber” expensive components and build  dedicated “acoustically engineered” rooms for their system often rely on their dealers & other paid professionals and approach this hobby as an spectators sport without delving into actually understanding the elements at play in sound playback & reproduction. Without a serious level of knowledge and commitment it is hard to achieve the highest level of performance from any system.

@mihorn Perhaps not the best track to showcase your system with. Try one of the Rodrigo Y Gabriela recordings if flamenco style guitars are what you enjoy, as I believe it will better showcase the sound of your system.

I am very impressed. Your systems sounds many $mill systems to shame. Sounds much better than last video. Great work! 

I can’t believe Oppo-95 can sound like this. Did you mod Yamaha Z9? It sounds very real.

Nit-picking is bit rough/grain sound due to, probably, cheap material cables.

Speakers are perfectly tuned for my taste. Great system! Alex/Wavetouch 

Toddalin

I made a few changes to the Mermans. As always, this is a CD played on an Oppo-95 on a Yamaha RZ-Z9 RECEIVER in "Pure Direct" mode through the two inner speakers. There is no eq or room correction, either physical or electronic being used. Additionally, there are no fancy cords or wires being used.

Thanks for suggestion. I have Rodrigo Tokyo concert album. Maybe next session. Alex/Wavetouch audio

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@mihorn Try one of the Rodrigo Y Gabriela recordings if flamenco style guitars are what you enjoy, as I believe it will better showcase the sound of your system.