Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?

@audphile1 First time listening to it through the Little Loco and I noticed the same today. As in WTF!

At first I thought the clanging and banging was coming from outside the house, next thought was it was recorded near a train station, then I realized what it was.

Doesn’t bother me a bit though - adds character.

I agree @macg19 it does have a unique vibe and character. But man in a couple of places the talking is so loud. And there’s a group of people laughing towards the end of one track. If I was in the audience listening to Bill, Scott and Paul performing live I wouldn’t even breathe :)

@audphile1 @macg19 

I've heard the background noise (and the record plays quiet on my system) and I'm with @macg19 , it gives the record character. I can imagine being there in the club, and once the music gets going that's all I hear.

It’s a slice of history guys. Beautifully captured but never to be repeated. 
 

No doubt a great album. It does distract me a bit though. Especially on side 1. 
I have the Craft Kevin Gray mastered “Sunday At The Village Vanguard” which is the 1st of the two releases. I’ll play that next over the weekend. It’s phenomenal. I highly recommend it if you don’t own it yet. 
 

As a side note…I started with 100ohm load on the phono stage, which is how it was shipped to me from Whest. As it was breaking in, gradually it was becoming warmer in its presentation compared to when I first got it. By now it became a bit too warm sounding and even a bit shut in. Switched it to 220ohm and bam - everything just opened up. I’ll run it at 220 for a few then try the next load up. But so far the 220 sounds excellent. Cartridge is Hana Umami Blue which calls for 80ohm minimum load. The Hana is also relatively new with around 60hrs at most.