Spotify, Qobuz or TIDAL reach millions of people and have a focus on social listening and song or album sharing, the audiophile listening experience is pretty much the opposite of that.
It was hot. You’d breathe in and feel the temperature. Then the smoke came and you couldn’t breathe at all for a week. Then the light changed and you knew all at once that it was over.
The global pandemic has affected politics, economics, and human behavior in ways that will take years to fully realize, never mind the effect this paradigm shift will have on the world of music.
The system – a mix of the top tiers of performance and build quality from a ‘big three’ in high fidelity: McIntosh, Bowers & Wilkins and Transparent Cable.
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