@billstevenson how is the sound quality on that Dexter LP? I’m looking to pick up a few new blue note records, some from the recommendations earlier in this thread
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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Speaking of "If you go away", I just read the piece in Wiki on the life of Jacques Brel. What a very impressive and interesting man who achieved a great deal in only 49 years of life, which he lived fully! I only remember him as the titular subject of the musical "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" which played for ages on Broadway. At the end of the Wiki bio, there is a list of singers who have covered his songs, including "if you go away". The list is quite lengthy (three long columns in Wiki) and includes Shirley Horn. But it does not include Charles Aznavour. So the recording of "if you go away" that lives in my mind must be of Jacques Brel himself singing the song. |
@lewm yes. I also thought it was Aznavour singing but it Brel |
audphile1 The sound quality of this record is really good. Tone Poets are as good as any re-issues from anybody. Kevin Gray is doing the mastering, the surfaces are flawless. The vast majority of Tone Poets are mono. Dexter Calling, is a rare exception being in stereo, but it sounds great. It sounds like Dex is right here in the room. And listening to Philly Joe's brush work, OMG! Rudy Van Gelder was not the best at recording piano, but Kevin did a remarkable job of pulling Kenny Drew up to even. Paul Chambers is solid, clean, woody, beautiful tone. These guys played together on this like they were a working band. |
@billstevenson I have been consistently impressed with Kevin Gray’s work be it for Craft OJC series or on Blue Note Tone Poet. His Rhino High Fidelity vinyl is superb as well. I’ll order Dexter Gordon. By the way for Dexter Gordon fans, check out Round Midnight, a movie where Dexter plays a sax player, living in Paris. Great movie. |
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