My Snakeoil-powered system

[petemac110]

The single crown puts voices a bit further back in the sound stage relative to the standard chip (not too far back overall - just compared to the standard chip) and provides a slightly cleaner and more polished overall presentation. There's a little more clarity and space/separation around elements of the music. 

From memory, what I remember hearing from the Dutch chip is how "real" the human voices are - as in at times my brain is actually telling me there is a real person in front of me - but my eyes is telling me there is nobody there.

Look out for that and look for any songs that highlight the human voice.

Note that the power of suggestion will now make you focus more on this - and that isn't a bad thing. At the end of the day, what we are searching for is that engagement in the music And this is one way.

Yes, I completely agree - I've found that listening with the lights dimmed and my glasses off, so that I'm entirely using my ears and removing my eyes from the listening experience, presents vocals in such a believable way. Gosh this is good!