Yesterday was a GREAT day for music. As you know, I have three X3s up front and my older SVS Ultra bookshelves as rear surround.
I've recently purchased several new albums, all in DXD 24/352.8.
-- Schubert’s
Winterreise: The piano sounded marvelous with a broad soundstage and great depth. Among the best piano reproductions I've heard on my system. The real star was the baritone. His voice sounded full and dripping with emotion. At times, his voice gets very loud and I was blown away by how well the X3s handled it. It is easy to imagine the piano and baritone right in front of you in your listening space. (NativeDSD
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/ttk0078-schubert-winterreise/)
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To Speak to Our Time: Choral Works by Samuel Adler", Gloriæ Dei Cantores choir. This is sacred choral music and my third album by the choir. My X3s handle choir music exceptionally well. Female vocals never sound shrill or strident. The organ is a star of the show weaving in and out, always balanced with the vocals. The handbells are reproduced perfectly. I am especially appreciative of the many bass voices in the choir. (NativeDSD
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/gdcd066-to-speak-to-our-time-choral-works-by-samuel-adler/)
-- Beethoven:
Symphony No. 6 & Stucky: Silent Spring, Honeck conductor: My X3s have always done well with symphonies and this one is no exception. David Hurwitz at Classics Today loved this performance. Reproduction is so good you can forget about your system and enjoy "a walk by the brook" as Beethoven intended. (NativeDSD
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/fr747-beethoven-symphony-no-6-stucky-silent-spring/)
I never thought listening to music could be so good. Every note is clear. Having owned these speakers more than a year now, I never get tired listening to music. By the way, before my listening session yesterday, I vacuumed the carpet because we all know a clean carpet makes the speakers sound better.
Marcus
