I’ve just had some guests over to listen to my newly upgraded system. A bunch of things were replaced with an MSB Cascade DAC/preamp, MSB M500 amps, and Magico M6 speakers.
The day started at 1:00PM and ended at 10:00PM. I started things off with a playlist of things to highlight the new system. Some streaming that used the Cascade and some vinyl that used the wonderful capabilities of the Cascade analog inputs.
The playlist:
Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby Magee, Analog Productions Vinyl
Kristin Edkins, Sweet Pickles, Cohearent Records Vinyl
Tom Paxton, Rambln’ Boy, Streamed
Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love, Remix, Streamed
Sonny Rollins, Old Cowhand, Analog Productions Vinyl
Gustov Mahler Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement, James Levine, Streamed
Then to go from a really big group to a really small one
Janis Joplin, Mercedes Benz, Analog Productions Vinyl
Jenniffer Warnes, Next We Take Manhattan, Impex Records, Vinyl
Chopin, Rubinstein, Piano Convertpo No. 2, 3rd Movement, RCA Living Stereo (a 1962 Record)
Then we switched to everyone picking what wanted from Roon (Qobuz and Tidal).
Along the way we took break for dinner and came back to continue our random walk through Roon.
Everyone was agog at what they were hearing. Many, “I’ve listened to that song a bunch of times and never heard that!” exclamations happened. Everyone loved what they heard.
I’m not sure how much each part of the upgrade I did added to what people heard. But I knew that after I added the Cascade to my system I had to upgrade my amplifier and speakers to be able to take advantage of everything the Cascade had to offer.
It was a wonderful day and everyone had a great time. Cascade+M500+M6 = Yum!!!
Dan