I have the UHQR pressing of Sunday At The Village Vanguard. It' is a great record.
Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?
I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.
My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?
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I have both albums and like them both a lot. They did a super job of recording and pressing, despite the background noise. "Waltz for Debbie" was recorded with "Sunday At the Village Vanguard." They had too much material for one record and so made two. There are one or two cuts of pieces also on "Kind of Blue." They were written by Bill Evans. He was a brilliant composer. Can you play around with capacitance? I have that adjustment on my Pass phono stage. I have read that with a moving coil cartridges capacitance should be set to 100 and left alone. I have found it makes a difference, however. I eventually set mine at 200 when my VPI Shyla broke in. The cartriidge was a tad too bright and it settled down at the 200 setting. |
@audio-b-dog I didn’t know Bill composed tracks on Kind of Blue - I’ll check out the liner notes - thx. |
@audio-b-dog I think you’re referring to impedance. I have my phono stage set to 220ohms now. Capacitance has no impact with moving coil cartridges. |
I am absolutely talking about capacitance. All my previous phono stages (mostly ARC) set the capacitance and the user cannot change it. On the Pass Labs XP-25 there is a capacitance knob as well as impedance. Mine is set at 160. I have also heard that capacitance does not affect a moving coil cartridge. But I have a moving coil cartridge and it does affect it. I finally set it at 160. While the cartridge was breaking in, I set it at a higher level. But if you don't have a way of changing it, then it doesn't matter. |
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