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One of the tracks that I used to compare the two Danish speakers was “Silver Coin” from A Book Like This, the debut album by Australian brother-and-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone (16/44.1 FLAC, Nettwerk Music Group / Tidal). Again, the 20A pair did their vanishing trick, casting a wide soundstage that extended just beyond the front wall. I could hear every last detail in the opening violin notes: the clean, pure tone as well as the underlying grippy resinous friction of the bow across the strings and the woody resonance of the instrument body. The acoustic guitar was also presented with tremendous detail. It had natural resonance and realistic timbre. Angus’s voice had lifelike body and presence that I found enthralling. The slap of the brush on the snare drum had wonderful texture, and the bass guitar sounded solid and very articulate. Through the Confidence C2 floorstanders and Bryston monoblocks, the strings were a shade less clear, the guitar strings a little less incisive and a little more laid back, with a softer and warmer presentation. The piano sounded less focused through the C2 Signature speakers than through the 20A system, and the drums were not as well textured—the patter of brushes was less distinct and nuanced. But sonic images were larger with the C2. The C2s were less revealing of the drum-skin textures. The patter of brushes was less distinct and nuanced. Bass was noticeably deeper and fuller with the C2s, but the 20A system sounded a little more articulate in the mid bass.

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