“Any sense of ‘digital’ was gone – this was pure music, flowing effortlessly and with terrific realism, from a ‘lowly’ 16/44.1 CD no less…. For somebody who has always maintained that his preferred way of listening to music is through a vinyl replay system, here was the startling realisation that digital can be every bit as enthralling. Indeed, I would say that my listening is now split about 50/50 between vinyl and CD, which is not something I ever thought would happen.”