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Sure, but I had always found the Eliot Gardiner recording harsh, or 'glassy', and attributed that to it being a relatively early digital recording. A Hi-Res recording 27 years later might be expected to show some advantage? So, despite all of the confounding variables that I cannot control for, I was rather surprised by my subjective response. But as stated above, I was more astonished by the replay of the Velvet's track, and take it as a tribute to Meridian that they can make weaker recordings sound really great. I find that a worthwhile improvement. Whether it is replicable, and other upgraders notice the same changes, I cannot know.

Richard