The demo tape that I hmm,.. demoed, had an Arnold cut on it. To me, it was the most impressive of the 5 cuts on the tape (2 Jacqui Naylor, 2 Dave Alvin,1 Arnold). Pretty much everything, dynamics, instrumental timbre, separation of instruments,detailing, and the absence of normal blunting of leading edges are at least a couple of levels above any recorded media I've heard. I have to admit that I've only heard this Ref. Recording at audio showrooms on cd before. And even on my least fav. media, it sounds pretty good. It pretty much meets my personal acid test:1) there is no need to A/B to know there is a huge difference 2) a week after hearing it, I keep saying to myself "I've gotta have that!" That tape made me so happy to have pursued this crazy hobby for the last 35 years. I really have no doubt that these tapes will be the reference to which all other bleeding edge source material will be measured for the foreseeable future. They will be referred to over and over again in reviews of the latest and greatest.
Personally, I feel very lucky to be a member here. We have a world famous mastering engineer at the helm of what could well be as good a monitoring system in existence. An audio designer whose vision is of this project is clear and true. And when those 6 ears get together, they are hearing so much, and so deeply into the sound-scape it will leave you flabbergasted!