I just looked up "If you go" on Youtube, and you guys are right. It is not the same song as "If you go away". The latter was a worldwide hit as sung by many besides Shirley and originally I think by Charles Aznavour, in French. The recording on Youtube is taken from her Verve LP, but I have it on one of her Steeplechase LPs. Wonderful as those are, I would not say it was very challenging to record Shirley with her laid back singing and her own piano accompaniment plus bass and sometimes drums. The main thing Steeplechase got right is very silent backgrounds and the conveyance of the ambience of the environment in which she was playing.
Lab12 Melto 2 - tube rolling
Just acquired a well cared for Melto 2. Wanted to give a tube phono stage a try in my system.
The unit comes with stock 2 Electro Harmonics 6922 and 2 OTK1 Russian military 6n23p EB tubes.
I’d like to hear from the Melto 2 owners, or owners of phono stages that utilize 6922 tubes, about your experience with replacing EH 6922 with better tubes.
Sound characteristics - what changed, what was the improvement?
Considering current production Gold Lions as I remember liking them in the Rogue line stage…but those were 12AU7 and not 6922.
Table/cart - VPI Prime X/Hana Umami Blue
Cables - kimber carbon phono from table to Melto2, kimber carbon XLR from phono stage to integrated
Any thoughts?
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@lalitk yes very well recorded stuff the Shirley Horn albums. And 16/44 too! @lewm found it…”If you go away” is from an album called “May Music Never End”. That isn’t the song I was referring to though. Great recording on that album. And that is a good song. So thank you…I never heard that version of it. Yes I think original was Aznavour. |
The Gold Lions are in. System was off. Tubes are new. Immediate and initial impressions - very resolving, detailed sound, midrange is super clear without glare, tons of air and very precise. Very nice quiet background and excellent soundstage. |
Gold Lions are what Conrad Johnson uses these days. I have been happy with them. I cannot say that I notice much difference due to break in. I am not saying it doesn't happen, I just have never been convinced. Call me a hard sell. Anyway, when I take out an old set and replace them with new ones, if there were a difference I am not trying to recall what they sounded like 100 hours ago. No it is an immediate, right now difference. Do I hear any difference? No I don't. If you get the chance, try testing that way and determine what you hear. YRMV. |
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