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The M8T carries the warmth enjoyed by many on the M8 but is getting more natural, resolving, dynamic, and richer in harmonics this time with actual tubes being implemented.

There is also a stronger sense of depth and clarity in all modes, and since there are 3 different modes with varying tonality, I will go through them one by one below.

The experience is quite new and refreshing as you can feel vastly different timbres on the different and synergize well with different pairings.

The two Sub-Modes when switched to Tube Mode are also very distinct in timbre. I believe any listening can instantly tell the difference as it is much more obvious than Class A/B switching.

Another example would be Gorillaz’ Last Living Souls. Here the bass goes remarkably deep with top level resolution, texture and body.

The PGT2 gives this track a bit more body than I am used to from other DAPs, but it makes it just the more enjoyable and impressive to me.

A more real-life instrument example for excellent bass would be the track Millionen Legionen (unplugged) by the German Hip Hop Legends Die Fantastischen Vier.

The Lotoo reproduces that Bassoon in the opening seconds so carefully exact, with top body and resolution. It gives it a slight warmth. The kick-drum in the same track comes across with good impact, tact and punch.

https://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0220/Pro_Ject_X2_Vinyl_LP_Turntable_Review.htm

As the review progressed, and even though I knew I wasn’t auditioning the most expensive turntable on the market, I would soon forget about the delivery system and simply focus on the music. I realize that last bit might sound cliché, but it’s true, I really was able to forget about what type of turntable or cartridge I was listening to, even whether or not I was listening to a digital stream. This didn’t happen all the time, but occasionally a passage would make it known that I was listening to vinyl, mostly because of the treble, in that it was much more organic sounding than when I play it through just about any digital player I’ve had in this system of late.

The X2 was able not only able to track what I considered the most difficult passages on some of these LPs, but more importantly, was able to separate all the instruments, vocals, and sounds on these records, and place each of them into a discrete area in a huge soundstage that would fill the front portion of my listening room. This turntable was able to perform what I consider a very important feature of high-end turntable, the feature that separates the merely good from the very good, and that is for the music to have a sense of weight behind it. I have a sneaking suspicion that this was caused by the extra mass that the designers have added to the newest version of this turntable, and the structural integrity of the components that they have attached to it.