Andy Evans wrote:

I think Stewart is on to something with acoustical transparency here. I
was just playing a piece by John Cage on the hi-fi and I swapped from
valves to a ss amp. Sounded exactly the same. I swapped in three different
DACs - again sounded the same. I tried nine cables - again, sounded the
same. I tried some floorstand speakers instead of 2 ways. Sounded exactly
the same. Turned on the subwoofer - sounded exactly the same. I had to
keep turning back to the beginning of the track because it's only 4m33secs
long. Tripped over the left speaker cable and pulled it out the back of
the amp. Sounded exactly the same. I tried listening from a different room
- it sounded exactly the same. Now this is the amazing bit - I switched
off the whole hi-fi and it sounded exactly the same. Well, that's not
strictly true - I felt the blackness of the backgound had a more velvety
feel.

Pity you forgot to turn it on.

Ian
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Ian Bell