Badlands
100+ Head-Fier
Let me follow up Odin412‘s comments. Loving the Liquid Gold X with the SMSL 400 DAC feeding my ZMF Auteur. Had it for about 3 months now. Most of my listening is done in the late evening so my preference at that time is to decompress and relax with the likes of Jon Batiste, Lianne La Havas, Taylor Swift, Gerald Clayton and GoGo Penguin to name a few. The LauX/Auteur combo is so smooth and organic. Great layering/transparency through the mids. Vocals and instrumental timbre is authentically rendered and emotive. LauX can also “slam” (borrowed that technical term from Tyler & Marcello ) when listening to Megan Thee Stallion, Tyler, The Creator and Billie Eilish. And as far as rock... the power and the glory of Springsteen & The E Street Band is parlayed deftly and elegantly (New York Serenade) yet with great authority when required on songs like Badlands. I love music and I love listening to it with the LauX/Auteur. Having said that, the aforementioned Tyler & Marcello keep espousing their preference for tube amps so the ZMF Pendant, Elise or Kenzie is ever present as something I have to experience in the future. That’s the fun and beauty of this admittedly expensive hobby. Hearing music in new ways that evokes that sense of excitement and makes you feel alive in ways nothing else can.
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