Prior to getting the Anniversary preamplifier I told everyone that the Ref2 phono was the biggest jump I have ever had in my system.
If you have the right system and cables for it, it will help you to forget about the "vinyl sound" and focus on the grace and symbiosis of music. I listen to a lot of chamber music and with the Ref2 in my system I "feel" better when one musician is waiting for his term to chain in the music. When a note is ending the decay seems to be preparing the entrance of next instrument while everyone holds.
Sorry I do not know how to explain it in terms of bass, treble, noise or distortion.
Even melodic lines in strange jazz music - e. g. the Black Saint label - seem easier to follow.
If you have the right system and cables for it, it will help you to forget about the "vinyl sound" and focus on the grace and symbiosis of music. I listen to a lot of chamber music and with the Ref2 in my system I "feel" better when one musician is waiting for his term to chain in the music. When a note is ending the decay seems to be preparing the entrance of next instrument while everyone holds.
Sorry I do not know how to explain it in terms of bass, treble, noise or distortion.
Even melodic lines in strange jazz music - e. g. the Black Saint label - seem easier to follow.