Well with 100 hours on them playing, my gosh! What a sweet powerful sound, its like symphony of a destruction. Everything is much more detailed, sharp and fun to listen to. The imaging is first rate and really tamed from my old Cyrus gear. The price I paid for the JC2 $4500 and the A21 $3000 is about the same as my Cyrus Pre Xvs PSX, and two smart powers. In terms of pound per sound Im sorry to say the 60lb A21 squishes my smartpowers and the Pre from Parasound is in a league of its own. All and all thats 100 pounds of equipment. Now I know how good that 8se player is, really good.
To sum it up, smooth, detailed powerful, and performs like no tomorrow. Im going to let them play for another day and then on my first day off (wednesday) Im going to do some listening.
P.S. the power amp runs so hot A/B that my room actually heats up.