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To my old tired ears, this was by far the best sound in the show. Superb, Fantastic! Two hours of dedicated listening to a variety of tracks left my mouth watering for this system.
For many of us, the bite this all-mbl system would take out of our life savings is equally too much to contemplate. You add up the cost of the mbl 1621A transport ($24,000), 1611F DAC ($24,750), 6010D preamp ($23,180), 9008A ($25,190), and 111F speakers ($32,000/pair), and send it to me in the morning. Meanwhile, I'm pretending I never learned arithmetic and focusing on the glorious sound I heard in this room. From prior experience with both the superior Amarra music server from Jonathan Reichbach's Sonic Studio, which leaves iTunes in the dust, and David Salz's Wireworld cabling, I know they contributed mightily to the wonders I heard.
P.S. I wasn't the only one reeling from this experience. As another visitor to the room muttered once he got outside: "It didn't sound right, it was so real!"