Originally Posted by
Bigman80
In all honesty Tom,
It just has this way of removing any barrier between the ear and the performance. There's no constraints to the sound. It's like you are 'there', not in an imaginary way or by creating a false image, but in a way that puts you in recording, within the walls of the studio, almost like witnessing it first hand.
There's no embellishment, just access.
I'm at a loss to pinpoint the reason other than that.
I haven't heard anything that does it as well as the 686, and no, I'm saying it's the ONLY way to get there but it's how I got there.
4 people have heard this amplifier at my house, and 4 have been ordered. Radfords, Crofts and god knows what other brand of amplification have been dislodged from incredibly settled systems.
It's a thing of beauty.