Playing Music for a non-Audiophile

[rockpassion]

I had the chance this last weekend to play some music on my system for a friend who had never heard a well put together system.  First, I write this because he had not heard an album played for about 25 years.  He did not believe they could compare to CD's.  Second he had never seen or heard tube equipment before. 

Well, I played some Patricia Barber Cafe Blue, Cowboy Junkies Trinity Session, Getz/Gilberto, Eva Cassidy Best of and Change with a real young Luther Vandross.  He was astonished at how good LP's sound.  He was also amazed at how real they sounded. 

I believe my systems sound is mainly influenced by the Eros and BeePre components.  When I built these and put them in my system the level of musicality and realism increased dramatically.  Even my wife who is partially deaf in one ear noticed a major improvement.  Whenever I get a chance I try to get others interested and how they can build equipment themselves that is at the top of its class but, unfortunately, to no avail so far but who knows maybe some day.   Of course the equipment I push is Bottlehead stuff. 

So keep up the good work and I hope to see a push-pull 60 watt amplifier from you guys someday. 

Richard