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Listening to the Syd Lawrence Orchestra playing Sing Sing Sing, the treble is clear and the trumpets are refined and not overly harsh. At the other end of the audio spectrum, the bass is tight and very well extended.

Next, I connect the DAC-9X to my system to use it as an external digital-to-analogue converter. Fed from the coaxial output of my PrimaLuna ProLogue Eight Mk.2 CD player, Gluck’s Italian Arias sung by Cecilia Bartoli sound superb with a wide and deep soundstage. Bartoli is positioned right in front of the orchestra, just as she should be.

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My concentration changes focus throughout the piece, in sort of a meditative way as it ebbs and flows throughout the piece. I found this happening when listening to the MLife play my favorite power orchestral pieces. Regardless of how boisterous the music might become, my focus changes throughout the piece, focusing on different instruments, different sections of the orchestra, and to its soloists. As it does in real life. The dynamic distance the MLife can create with this large group of instrument is second to none in my experience, regardless of whether I’m listening to the internal DAC fed by the Ethernet connection or a source connected through an interconnect, digital or analog. The internal DAC of the MLife was the best at conveying the characteristics inherent to the MLife itself. And sounded the best out of all the sources. Yes, there will always be something special about playing LPs, and the MLife did not diminish this pleasure. But to have digital playback sound as good as the MLife could was new to me. And quite a pleasure.

One of the pleasures of a high-end system is being to step back in time, and thus come as close as humanly possible to what bewildered audiences heard in the very early 19^th Century when Beethoven’s 3^rd Symphony, or Eroica, was premiered. We’re hearing modern instruments, of course, but that’s not my point. At the time of its premier it was thought as too “structurally rigorous”, and at nearly 45 minutes, much too long. It was quite a ground-breaking piece of music. Now it is regarded as one of his most celebrated works, and for good reason. It probably surprises no one that my favorite movement is the Adagio, the second movement, which Beethoven titled “Marcia funebre”, or “Funeral March”. The DSD file of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by: Kurt Masur Symphony is not only well read, it is a great recording. Via the MLife’s internal DAC it is amazing to hear how it enables the sections of the orchestra to occupy distinct areas within the huge soundstage, projecting itself between, behind and to the sides of the speakers, making the speakers very difficult to locate when closing my eyes

TIDAL Audio Piano G3 speakers paired with a Dan D’Agostino Momentum S250 MxV power amplifier and HD preamplifier, interconnected with a Siltech Classic 35th Anniversary cable loom.