Until last night I was probably going through my cd's just to hear the differences that the BM has made to the way I hear them. All that greater detail/ soundstage malarky.
Then amongst the pile I dug out The Trinity Sessions by the Cowboy Junkies. Aha I thought... an old hifi testing standard. In fact I recalled a magazine many years ago claiming to use 'Mining for Gold' as the way of testing your systems resolution ( if you can hear the foot taps on the stage creating a deep rhythm at the start. Well.. Because I'm domestically restricted to small stand mounts, I've never really had the bass resolution to hear this properly.. Until last night of course. The little Harbeths really can dig deep. And then I forgot all about listening to detail as I began to realise actually how good the music on this album really is.. Track after track.
Now then... I only really have got to enjoy this music because I trusted what people on this forum were saying about a bit of kit. This came about because Stan has the tenacity to keep developing dac's that do not get progressively more expensive with time by wrapping up his products in hype/ marketing/ fancy cases/ false claims.
I also trust forum members (ok not all of them!) in reviewing the effect of cables and power supplies. All about trust.
If it doesn't work out .. Stuff can always be sold on.