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Post Subject: Pp2000 the next dayPosted by drdna on: 2/17/2009

Using the PP2000 has been a very interesting experience. Immediately listening I am NOT struck that it is the most wonderful improvement ever, which I have said before is a GOOD sign. Usually the seductive sound changes are colorations that are enjoyed for their novelty. To fall into this trap is to become the perennial upgrader. So the fact that I do not experience this is very encouraging, as it typically indicates a change that will endure.

What is very dramatic is the sheer increase in true neutrality of the system. As I said before, the perception of the audiophile imaging and soundstage is really gone. The sounds present themselves much on the scale of the live performance and the notes unfold in a correctly "soft" manner, I would say with entirely unforced motivation. As with any live performance, you are aware that it is taking place with the musicians sitting or standing on a very definite floor in a very definite room, but the space is not artificially forced on you.

What occurred today was really great. There is really a seamless, seemingly infinite resolution of the system. Not that you can hear the "rosin on the violin bows" or anything like that. Instead, you can hear more deeply into the music. Very easily I was able to focus on the bass player and think "what is he doing here?" or next to focus on the trumpet player and so on, was able to focus on each of them and reflect on their parts like a hummingbird flying and hovering in three dimensions in a garden moving with precision and ease from flower to flower. It was entirely effortless and was not even a conscious plan on my part. It simply happened very naturally, the way that during a performance you might be watching the string section and then your gaze might drift over to the oboes or to the kettle drums. When I realized what was happening, it was surprising and delightful.

The magical HF is still absent, so there is a sense of absence of involvement compared to the pre-PP2000 state, but the ability to go more deeply into the Sound in many other levels is exciting.

Adrian

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