I’m about 8 minutes into listening to my SW10 Pro vs my SW6. Both using Audience powerChord SEi on Gryphon PowerZone with Muon Pro to my Grimm MU1. Network link is CAT6 to a Ubiquiti switch though I’ll run the fiber I bought at some point.
It is… not subtle.
First word that comes to mind is “ballsy.” Everything’s got more snap and drive. There’s a vividness and instrumental clarity that doesn’t sound exactly like my analog rig, but gets a lot closer. There’s a tiny bit of upper midrange dryness but it is early and it sounds like something that could burn off with time.
It’s a big difference. One thing I’ve found with both the SW6 initially and now the SW10 Pro is that the “hifi” improvements they give translate to musical ones - music sounds more lyrical, nuanced and expressive. By comparison, the Muon has given me some hifi improvements but not very material musical ones. I don’t know if a Tempus would take it even further, but it is a bigger upgrade than I was expecting.