This system is quite transparent, musical, and dynamic.

It frequently approaches live music with good recordings.

For the first time, I think my system has lost the digital sound and reminds me of my better Analog systems of the past, but with more clarity and better dynamics. I have totally updated my system over the past year and a half and hope to stay where I am for awhile. All the tweeking has made a big difference toward realism. I do not think vinyl or tubes are necessary to have excellent recorded music.