[size=medium]Way (Wizard & all)… I’m sitting here thinking what to write so I’ll get rid of a few basics to start, today I’ve only been listening to the 4.Ai with a few selected & very familiar Albums plus one I uploaded when my Sister was here (one she wanted on the WM-Z, for those interested in animal preservation, the cat got a ‘get of jail free’ card, one lucky puss-cat), I digress… [/size]
[size=medium]I’ve never owned a tube-amp so can’t comment on that but I’ve owned some very tasty speakers in my time and yes this is close to hi-end stuff but bear in mind it’s also a different way of listening to music. Instead of being spacious & enveloping (hi-fi), this is straight into your brain and all involving, in many ways this is a kinda new dawn for me, the quality I’m hearing from the 4.Ai’s and the WM-Z has either transfixed me into a semi-comatose state staring gormlessly at the PC screen listening to a track or, had me doing a stupendous drum solo’s with my ‘second to none’ imaginary drum kit (Keith Moon eat ya heart out sideways)… I’m truly enjoying what I’m hearing. Way, this is the best I’ve heard music from any portable device.[/size]
[size=medium]The Nanci Griffiths album I was listening to earlier was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the 4.Ai & WM-Z pairing nailed it from the off, everything was detailed, involving and really was quite exquisite to behold… I really don’t want to rant on & on with puke inducing superlatives so I’ll cut to the chase and go directly to the Album my Sister wanted to hear, I uploaded ‘Moby - 18’ to satisfy her highness (never really listened to this guy in depth), waited for her to have a brief listen (her brief turned out to be about an hour long), then finally got my mitts on the pairing for a lil rev-up, it was time to see what these babies could do and decided to see what my Sister liked about this Moby CD… sometimes you really have to head-butt the wall and scratch your balls and wonder why you never thought of buying this Album, on ‘In My Heart’ I decided to have a bit of fun with the WM-Z’s clear-bass ( a novel little 4-step increment bass improvement that doesn’t effect the other frequencies). When I bought the 4.Ai I was a tad concerned about bass quantity, straight from the off those fears were dispelled and a lil tweak of bass really doesn’t hurt to free up the ear wax, The Wizard should of said these babies go deeper than Linda Lovelace salivating over a cucumber… I’m real impressed with this set-up and loving my music and I really cannot find a better superlative than that.[/size]
