Tuqa,
I don't possess a pair of headphones - only a pair of Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless in-ear thingies which I use with my iPhone.
The equipment used is listed in my signature
- I'm listening through a Linn Akurate DS/3 Katalyst.
I do need to listen to more pieces and when Mark Waldrup responds and provides a link to his files I'll listen to them.
The point is that when I went to Cymbiosis and Peter took me through the LP12 upgrade route I was IMMEDIATELY able to discern the differences each piece of equipment made.
It was a whole lot less clear when I listened to my then upgraded turntable (no Urika II/ Collaro mat at that point) against the Climax DS/3 Katalyst Phil demonstrated on my next visit. In a perfect world I would have liked to have spent more time doing A/ B comparisons.
The difference the Collaro mat was immediately obvious and that was only playing a couple of INXS tracks.
The point is I know my ears 'work'. I have listened to the Innocence track four times in both formats....... on a system a lot of people would say was pretty damn good and nothing leapt out at me. A piece of music with only three instruments to be listening out for is pretty discerning, there's nowhere for anything to hide....
I don't always agree with Keith but I think his post above makes a point.
Regards
Richard