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Jeff gets goosebumps from a Shanling, thanks Toby

Tobias dropped by my place today with his Shanling CDP. We listened to a few cuts with my current rig, both vinyl and my trusty YBA CDP. Although not perfect I like my main rig; it's not trivial to get electrostatics to sound right AND remove the brightness inherent with such designs without treating a room. I was in the mood for some analog but hey, we wanted to hear/compare CDP's so we got the shiny discs out (had to hear some Elvis Costello on vinyl first, it's a must).

We plugged in his Shanling and I thought "hmmmm, a bit bright and forward for my taste". As we bounced around from one track to another it certainly grew on me and the magic moment snuck up on me. For the fun of it I put on Tom Cochrane's live CD, The Symphony Sessions, and went right to one of the more revealing tracks, "Avenue A". Goosebumps. The emotion came through in a way I never heard before, it was remarkable. I sense I may see a Shanling or the like in my system before too long. Next stop is Toby's place, I'd love to sit in the sweet spot and enjoy listening to his rig for a while (my son wants to tag along, we'll see).
Thanks Toby!!!!!
jeffloistarca

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zaphodb
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Jeff,
I think I mentioned to you I auditioned a Shanling when I was searching for the new CDP (but it had the stock tubes) and ended up going with the Cary 303/200 instead. There are more changes to the system, (JM Lab Micro Utopia instead of Vandersteen 2s) and also would like your input on subs to match the JM Labs if you ever have time. Offer still stands for a listening session here, next time you're down this way on business, so you can see what the Cary in the system can do to the music you bring.
Zaphodb
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