Devs System

Last night I was fortunate to go and listen to Devs system. I knew what it was from the profile.. Linn LP12/Aro/Armageddon, power supplies all over the place, CDSII/XPS, Nat 01, 52/supercap 2x135s SBLs and various other additions. I was therefore quite excited to listen to this.

What I did not plan or expect was that when I walked into Devs listening room, that the hifi itself almost paled into insignificance, besides his vast CD and record collection. Looking through many of the CDS, I must say I hardly recognised any of the performers and many of the record labels. It is certainly an eclectic taste.

However listening to the system had me in awe. I am not sure that I could possibly have a system that sounded that good and have it on as background music. I just had to listen. The clarity of the music was perfectly clear and I would use a term "crisp" not sure how others describe these things..

I will comment however (maybe some people will say that I have poor hearing) that I could not know at any given point if I was listening to a CD or an LP (apart from of course the initial pop when the needle touched the LP)

The music we listened to varied from Indian Classical music through house music. I am not normally a fan of house music but on Devs system I could not help but like what he played. Dev played for me the music of a Spanish Singer called Estrello Morentez and also a Patti Austin CD.. both of which I intend to go out and purchase. The vocals were something else.

Combining the sound of the music with the smell of the incence that was burning and the tolerant nature of Devs wife Tuku made a lovely evening...

I am still trying to work out if the music collection or the hifi is more impressive...

Thanks Dev!

Regards

Belsizepark