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Does your system take you there or...?

Happened to purchase a Cary AES Super Amp (original) and AE-2 pre for my office. While I was breaking it in, I noticed it does the detail thing a little better than my Manley 300B/Steelhead combo.

After listening a little while and reading some reviews, I noticed that someone had made the distinction between gear that "takes you there" and gear that brings "there" here. After some more listening back-to-back with the same music, I came to the conclusion that the AES equipment does a better job of "taking you there" but the Manley gear brings "there" here into my room in a big way. Definitely different presentations.

Would appreciate others thoughts.

PMB
pmburnett
hi_hifi
120 posts
 
Onemug - that was a great post.

And Wolf_garcia, I think I was there with the same drinkers and clinkers. Bill Evans LPs can be among the very best.
wolf_garcia
6,767 posts
 
I was listening to "Waltz for Debbie" again today while breaking-in a new tonearm cable...maybe it was my mood or something but man...I was transported once again by that LP and those ghosty crowd voices were right there with me. I had planned to listen for a few minutes and move on to something else but I was transfixed and had to hear both sides...suffice to say the new tonearm cable works just fine. I have a nice sounding CD of other stuff from the same gigs ("Live at the Village Vanguard") and weirdly the crowd sounds are much less obvious...makes me wonder if they were isolated somehow and edited out...weird.
rockadanny
1,228 posts
 
IMO/E the difference lies in the presentation: forward sounding speakers/gear brings some/all of the players into the room; a less forward presentation takes me to the event (which I prefer); a subdued presentation takes me to the coat room at the event.
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