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Is Chieli Minucci’s composition titled “Kicking the Head” or "Kickin' It Hard"?
In the Perlisten Room (750), The Listening Room played a Michell Gyro SE Turntable ($6499), mounted with a Michell Cusis E/H Moving Coil Cartridge ($1299), joined by an Aurender A200 Music Streamer Server MQA DSD DAC ($6300), feeding an Audia Flight FLS1 Fully Balanced Stereo Preamplifier ($11,999) paired with an Audia Flight FLS4 Stereo Power Amplifier ($10,999), driving Perlisten S7t Floorstanding Speakers ($21,990/pair) and a Perlisten D12s Subwoofer ($4995). The Listening Room offered open-box, below-list-price deals, on almost every product.
Next door, in the Opera Room (753), The Listening Room presented an Aurender A1000 Music Streamer Server DAC ($3500), a hotly glowing Unison Research S6 Black Edition Tube Integrated Amplifier ($6999), driving Opera Prima Bookshelf Speakers ($2499/pair) and Opera Quinta SE Loudspeakers ($6999/pair), the speakers offering especially good value for money.
The Quinta system sounded especially natural and lifelike, whether playing Anette Askvik’s “Liberty” or ex-Special EFX guitarist Chieli Minucci’s “Kicking It Hard.” An inexpensive system by CAF standards, the Opera/Aurender/Unison Research rig played music.
Is Chieli Minucci’s composition titled “Kicking the Head” or "Kickin' It Hard"?