haven't heard that one, but an embarassingly large number of MFSL records are simply not worth owning at any price due to "punched up" bass and treble and recessed mids. the beatles "white album" is another good example. a good clean original pressing will best the MoFi in a lot of cases--i have a russian copy of the white album that murders it. not sure why they botched so many pressings, but they did. the problem is not your system. list the thing on "Epay" and recoup your money. best of luck!
Poco "Legend" half-speed MFSL vinyl
Hi All!
Just bought a used Poco "Legend" half-speed master MFSL vinyl & I bought it with great anticipation. This is an original MFSL (I checked it) & it is cut by the venerable Stan Ricker himself on JVC Japanese vinyl. I cleaned it in my VPI 16.5 machine & played it yesterday. The LP is really clean & I hear no groove damage at all.
However, I find that the music is rather bass heavy i.e. I feel that there is too much bass in all the tracks. In many tracks I feel that the lead singer's voice has been pushed back & the bass brought forward! Some of the tracks on this LP are on the CD I own (Poco's greatest hits) & I hate to say this but I prefer those tracks on the CD 'cuz the presentation is more balanced!! By the time I was done with the LP my stomach wasn't feeling that good! I have never felt this way with any of my other LPs even with the Blues vinyl that I own. This is very disappointing to me & I'm too embarressed to 'fess up how much I paid for this LP!
Does anyone out there have this same MFSL half-speed master? If so, do you feel the same way about it? I just wondering whether my ears are deceiving me or whether my system needs an adjustment? TIA
Just bought a used Poco "Legend" half-speed master MFSL vinyl & I bought it with great anticipation. This is an original MFSL (I checked it) & it is cut by the venerable Stan Ricker himself on JVC Japanese vinyl. I cleaned it in my VPI 16.5 machine & played it yesterday. The LP is really clean & I hear no groove damage at all.
However, I find that the music is rather bass heavy i.e. I feel that there is too much bass in all the tracks. In many tracks I feel that the lead singer's voice has been pushed back & the bass brought forward! Some of the tracks on this LP are on the CD I own (Poco's greatest hits) & I hate to say this but I prefer those tracks on the CD 'cuz the presentation is more balanced!! By the time I was done with the LP my stomach wasn't feeling that good! I have never felt this way with any of my other LPs even with the Blues vinyl that I own. This is very disappointing to me & I'm too embarressed to 'fess up how much I paid for this LP!
Does anyone out there have this same MFSL half-speed master? If so, do you feel the same way about it? I just wondering whether my ears are deceiving me or whether my system needs an adjustment? TIA
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