Complex rhythmic relationships are especially well deciphered. Crescendos swell without hardness. This unit never gets bright, grainy, or harsh when pushed, yet it can traverse dynamic contrasts like a good tube amplifier. An absence of the most annoying digital artifacts, which allows the listener to relax and become immersed in the music. In the opening of the third movement of the Rachmaninoff, the Zero One does an excellent job of differentiating the cellos from the double basses.
Low bass is quick and dynamic.
Wild's piano is front and center - and the upper end of the keyboard is more than capably reproduced. A closed-in feeling contributes to a loss of ambient air. This is, to some extent alleviated by excellent lows that give the feeling of hall size. Cymbals exhibit far more resolution than many other digital units provide, but there is a slight rounding and compression of transient attacks. As a result, it is easy to separate the impact of two cymbals, but the resulting resonance dies too quickly.