Having come back from my Christmas in Melbourne and being one card away from a flopped Royal Flush and $25,000 (if only I had the Queen of Spades instead of the 8 of spades!!!!). Reduced my odds from 647,000-1 to 48-1 - arghh.
Anyway, my first night back using digital only this evening with my LM 215 giving out. Listening first to Agnes Obel "Citizen of Glass" which is kind of appropriate given she is Danish (and Peter Q being Danish - tip of the ole hat). The pin drop speed of these things is why I went with them and they are not disappointing. I loved these speakers when I first heard them at the home of the ex pianist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra listening to massive hard hitting direct to disc dynamically unlimited Chinese drum music.
The thing I said years ago when I really liked the J/L and then heard the J/Spe is that it would be tough to go back once you heard the Spe. And this holds even more so now. Even with digital, admittedly FLAC, and with mostly pop/hipster kind of stuff (which is what I mainly put on computer) it remains musical and you don't focus on the recording weaknesses. It's AN's great strength - let you hear the recording weaknesses but not let your ear get bogged down in that weakness and still remain enjoyable to listen.
The sound talk can wait for the eventual review (which I hope doesn't take two years like the E/Lexus). However, I do want to put a better source in first as well as a preamp. But the short of it is the immediacy and lock you in the chair factor. I am both not wanting the song to end and can't wait to hear the next artist the next track. I want both now. And that's from digital!
There will be no commentary on break in - this was the dealer demo model so break in should be complete which is why the sound is complete. Drat 10 pm - too late for AC/DC. Chick music for the rest of the night. Hanne Boel or Carol Duboc or something. Piano is just killer!