@tomrk I love Styx and I think that might be the only LP I don't have of theirs. lol I'm going to check it out though. Not to get too far off topic but have you listened to Crash of the Crown. It took me a minute but some of the tunes are really good imo. Def a dif kind of Styx but pretty interesting.
Vinyl playback - lack of bass?
Alright, hopefully this isn't a dumb question.
I split my audio listening between analog and digital. Both setups use the same preamp/amp/speakers etc. I noticed that when listening to records, there isn't as much pronounced bass vs lets say when listening to tidal/qobuz. I'm wondering if its my phono that might have a lack of bass? or is it because my cartridge hasn't fully broken in yet? For fun , I connected my sub when I switched to side 2 yesterday, it helped pronounce the bass a bit more as I elevated the volume on the sub. But nothing crazy. but was decent enough.
Besides that, everything sounds fantastic and great on LP vs digital. Also, to mention, lately have been playing some older original rock records. I should try popping in a newer record for fun to see if it makes a difference (most likely not analog sourced of course). or I can try the new Black Sabbath Rhino release.
Setup - analog - rega p6 w/ ania cartridge (only 30 hours on the cartridge so far). Phono - Moon 310lp.
Digital - moon 280d mind2 w/ dac
Rest - Preamp Moon 740p, amp pass labs x250.8 , speakers Sonus Faber Olympica III
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No, you simply said digital! To me this is the perfect example of confirmation bias. You read something in Stereophile decades ago and now authoritatively state that digital has a low frequency cut-off at 22-Hz, which is completely untrue. You only have to understand how digital is formatted to understand this. Or to check out a specification. To the best of my knowledge, there simply is no low frequency limit built into RBCDs, yet you repeat "the low frequency limit built into RBCDs". You claim you hear this when you go to a concert, so it must be true, but it simply does not exist! Now it may well be that your digital playback system incorporates a high pass filter somewhere in the chain. DC offsets are not good for speakers, after all. This is in no way an attack on you personally, because I have high regard for your analogue contributions, it is just an illustration of how audiophile myths can easily become lore. |
Im going to open it up and check. Here is where Im confused and because of my bad memory, I dont remember, but I know Ive had this discussion possibly with moon directly. Resistance loading : J12 and J30 is 1k but in Ω . Capacitance Loading options : 0pF, 100pF and 470pF From the Rega site in regards to the Ania: Impedance 100 Ω So Im assuming the Impedance = Resistance loading since its measured in Ω |
@vair68robert just to add, i just found info that I had asked in the past. So Im pretty sure i have Capacitance Loading set to 0pF as per the recommendation in the manual from Moon. they also re-confirmed this with me. And Impedance/Resistance Loading set to 100 Ω |
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