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I returned the next day for the second listening session and this time had the demo room to myself. Cucuzza was steeped in meetings that day, so I got Passarelli to configure the system for me for streaming. I wanted to stream some of my favorite audition tracks from Qobuz, via Roon, a music roster that would be familiar to readers of my reviews: Bruce Cockburn’s “Pacing the Cage,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Dominique Fils-Aimé’s “Birds,” Ani DiFranco’s “Everest,” Cowboy Junkies’ “Sweet Jane” and “Misguided Angel,” a selection of songs by Lana Del Rey, a few from Olivia Rodrigo, including “Enough for You” again, and some tracks that I hadn’t heard in a long while. Later that day Cucuzza was able to join me, and I thought I’d play AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” for him. People are often surprised by the quality of this recording, and Cucuzza was too. He was particularly impressed by the sonic image of the drum kit, which he felt was just the right size. At the volume level this music demands, many speakers flounder on the wailing guitars and hard-hitting drums. The Suprema did not. It kept playing cleanly, with neither strain nor distortion, begging to be played louder and louder. But it’s easy to curb the temptation because the Suprema doesn’t need to be played loud to sound good—it sounds great at any volume level!

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