I won't be sitting with the Elise until Tuesday, so critical impressions will have to wait...

Still, last Friday I spent the whole day on original hi-res files and, imho, TIDAL MQA doesn't come even near them (granted though, they were mostly audiophile recordings).
Also, wonder of wonders, I've been listening to TFK EL12spez/EL12st and it felt they benefited greatly from getting more breathing air—sound opening up, great space and detail, punchy bass and everything. Took them a while! On a different note, after a very long listening session (basically the whole day, from 10am to 2am!) my ears seemed to suffer a bit of a pain from all the punchy rhythm—no tints though, or anything like that. Do you think I stress–tested my ears?