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Any system ever moved you emotionally like this?

Below is a recent quote from the LA Times from a concert violinist after he had played a violin made by the late 1600's master, Antonio Stradivari.

"After I played the Mendelssohn Concerto on it, I cried like a baby," McHugh recalled. It was "smooth, as sweet as could be. . . . It was something I had a love affair with."

Ever been moved to tears by a system? If so, what song was playing and what comprised the system?
128x128mitch4t
240zracer
121 posts
 
Sarah Brightman, IL MIO CUORE VA, which is My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic. The first few times I listened, I got the chills. Halfway through the song, after the interlude, she changes her voice to her opera voice, and that's the chills. Course I'm a sucker for sopranos and powerful melodies. Wadia 850 direct to Mesa Baron, speakers home grown, Scan Speak drivers. Very interesting thread, Mitch!
maineiac
649 posts
 
I can't remember what I was litening to, but when I heard a pop, the music stopped, and smoke came out of my amp - that brought a tear to my eye.

On a serious note, these songs always strike a chord

Leann Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way
Allison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All
jsujo
348 posts
 
lately i have been moved by Jon Anderson's song Animation from that LP..for voices, nothing beats a Berning EA-230 and Tannoy Monitor Gold 12's thru a Berning TF-10 preamp/
readster
241 posts
 
"We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister, gets me everytime.
glenn_garza
61 posts
 
The first time I heard Eva Cassidy sing Over the Rainbow on "The Other Side with Chuck Brown" cd was pretty emotional. I was also thinking about her death when I was listening, so this may have been part of it. She was very good though. System was an Ayre CX-7 cd player, Straightwire Serenade ICs, Krell KRC-3 preamp, Shunyata Aries ICs, Aragon 8008BB amp, dual run Straightwire Maestro II SCs, Mirage M3si speakers.
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