My friend Ken came over tonight and we listened to various music and formats. He is inheriting my Swans and so in a sense I?m borrowing his speakers until the Salks arrive.
He asked me more than once when my new speakers were due to show up. ; )
We started out with Nickel Creek This Side which he had on CD and I had on SACD. The SACD sounded the best with the Mandolin sounding sweet. We then moved to Diana Krall When I look in your eyes (SACD) so we could catch some female vocal action. Diana delivered. We then quickly moved to Miles Davis Kind of Blue (SACD) and Dave Brubeck Timeout (SACD). Wow! The Salks will be better than this?! Now we were into video with k.d. lang on Blu-ray and Allison Krauss on DVD. Super! We ended up listening to the Three Pickers with Ricky Scaggs, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson on CD and then a few others. All good stuff.
We tasted a Pinot Noir from Fred Scherrer, 2006 Russian River Valley and a Syrah from Andrew Murray, 2005 Roasted Slope, Santa Ynez Valley. Served with Porterhouse steak and corn off of the grill. YUM!
This is tough waiting for my HT2-TLs! ; )