Yes, I was really delighted when I heard how much, much better my good sounding records sounded when I got a whole new setup.
BUT, mediocre records, of which I have a majority, although better than before, did not benefit nearly as much. I don’t think they justify the expense of really good equipment.
Im really very happy, with the great sound of the good ones though.
Rediscovering records
I have a large collection of records (about 2000-3000) but culled about 200-300 to play over and over again through the years. I picked the best sounding ones when I had a mediocre analog setup because I thought most of the collection sounded poor. Some time ago I did a major upgrade to my record playing system (about $8000 worth) but still listened to the few hundred exclusively. Just recently I started to listen to the rest of the collection and discovered to my delight that most sounded wonderful. The better equipment changed my listening habits dramatically.
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It is so dependent on how revealing the upgraded system is... how deep in the grooves... the very nature of the upgrade can enhance or detract from some or all. Very complicated line. I have found carefully cartridge choice is critical. Too revealing and it can really make many worse. But much better but musical really helps. But the follow up electronics also matter. My most recent cartridge is the Kotesu Rosewood Signature. I happily hit the point I was shooting for on the spectrum. |
Well, I'm not fine with "classical" because it covers two concepts: the classical era in Western music, most of which I don't like; and its much broader use to cover Western art music, for want of a better term. So I have to say I mainly listen to classical music, even though that is not strictly true. It does seem to me that there are two distinct subspecies of Audiophile, with nearly diametrically opposed goals! Simple terms to distinguish them would seem helpful and long and short are the best I can come up with at the moment!
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Not sure why the argument here over what constitutes Classical Music. I side with Lew The interesting question here is whether the sound of a large orchestra is equally reproduced by digital or analog. I prefer digital for all my listening, but I particularly think it pays benefits here. Reducing the noise floor and expanding the dynamic range helped me appreciate all kinds of low level information in the symphonies of Mahler and Shostakovich. It helps sort out the textures in Brahms and Schumann.
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To follow up on my last post while I prefer digital, great sound is perfectly obtainable from an analog system. I do think, as @rvpiano seems to be saying, that in order to get the best analog you need to spend resources. A $10K streamer will generally outperform a $3K streamer, but the latter gets much better results than a $3 K analog system. The analog systems that I’ve heard that really impress me are all north of 10K |
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