Congratulations. The only thing that puts me off trying one of these is the yellow display and the font. Subjective I know, but I can't get past it.
I hope you enjoy it - I'll look forward to reading your impressions.
I personally feel the yellow/amber text with its black enclosure to be very nice looking, agree on the font though.
First impressions of it are that it is quite easily more resolving and detailed, than my Aquarius, especially in layering, while being very musical and natural. Although the background feels not as black. I think I also prefer the Aquarius on vocal presentation a bit, we'll see if that changes later.
It's almost a bit too thick for my liking right now, noticeable on electric guitars, but certainly not overly so. At the same time, it also has made me realize the aquarius has been rolling off the treble/transients. Deluxe lets those performances soar in the top end, instead of a what feels like a cap.
I thought it was pretty interesting how they both try to be forgiving of those few iffy tracks in my library, just in different ways. Aquarius being the more forgiving of the two, while the Deluxe makes them about as enjoyable, but brings out more of their strengths/potential.
Overall I'm enjoying it a lot right now, was hard trying to stop listening and focus on typing this. Very fun.
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