Well, I've had the demo unit for almost two weeks now. I'll be honest, when I swapped it out for the Roksan amps I was completely underwhelmed. It was not the step up I expected in terms of sound, which to me shows how good the Caspian M2 gear is.
However, working from the advice given on this thread I ran it for a good day to establish a baseline. I then pushed the speakers back, ran room perfect and began listening all over again.
It took a few days, but then I began noticing "texture" within the bass and guitar lines, little taps on the cymbals and drums .....some guy standing at the back with a triangle.....sounds just began appearing...
It became even better when I hooked the M2 cd player to the amp with an optical cable. The difference between dacs is subtle, but the inbuilt in the Lyngdorf is just that little bit brighter and more detailed than the Roksan item.
Back in 1988 I bought a Honda CRX....it was a cracking little car with a reasonably decent radio/cassette. Quite often on my way to work I would listen to an album called About Face by Dave Gilmour. The second track in is called "Murder". It's a great track that has some cymbal hits that I used to hear loud and clear in the car, but no matter what my system was at home, they were (almost) missing, drowned out by the rest of the music. All of a sudden they're back!
Even Mrs Tommy Dog has noticed the difference which is high praise Indeed. I could go on about the flexibility of inputs, different ESP settings etc.....the fact is, no matter what the source, even poorly recorded music can be made acceptable with this amp. Anyway...my new one arrives tomorrow.
For a tight Yorkshire git to be delving so deep into his pockets says it all really. Believe me....try one....buy one.... I did.