Sitting in the shadow of Woo ~
In the early morning hours (0200) I found the time to play my newly arrived Digital Audio Disc: Starker Plays Baker (96/24 kHz). It was love at first listen! However, I did experience a bit of disappoint at the end...
that it had to end! Good times are like that.
Although I've had my WA6SE for a year, my D7000's are only a couple of months old with 300+hours on them, making the pairing still young. So, with excitement I continue to revisit tracks in my library as well as search out and buy new material.
I had not previously heard any of the tracks on the disc. I eagerly sat through with anticipation, open mind and curiosity. Surprisingly, the disc barely scratches 40 minutes tops. In the first 10 minutes I found myself paying attention to the amp and cans, wanting them to make me proud. The first half of the disc, Janos Starker is accompanied only by a percussionist. In the second half, only by a pianist.
As I carefully observed the communication between the two artists, I quickly began to trust with each new twists and turns, not knowing what's to come. Their rapport was excellent! It was akin to being cafe side, overhearing an exchange between two good friends. 11 minutes in, I completely forgot about my Woo and Denon's, they disappeared.
That's when you know things are getting good.
It had to be the quickest 40 minutes ever spent under my Denon's.
Only a 40 minute massage could have felt shorter! As the DVD stopped spinning, I sat there... for another 15 minutes in silence. Ready to go to bed...
or was I?!
This evening's post is neither an amp and headphone review or music review. This account was simply about how they all came together for one man in a moment of magic.
