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| The Symphony of the Audiophile: How Do You Define Enjoyment in Sound? @stuartk +1 If you focus on how it sounds, you miss on why it sounds. These two mental attitudes - analytical versus immersive listening - tend to be mutually exclusive. We like to believe we have freedom of thought, so you might think there’s a... | |
| Kiseki Purpleheart Dear nandric, it's ironic that the quality control issues that apparently plague current Kisekis was the reason for Van den Dungen to start the original Kiseki back in the 70's. The story goes that the Koetsus of the day - which he distributed in ... | |
| Step Up Transformer @dover thanks for taking the time to respond. I’m aware there is no ’best’, only better or worse interactions between cartridge, tonearm and amplification device, sometimes with surprising results when you least expect it. In order to draw any val... | |
| Step Up Transformer @lewm thanks for the explanation, I wasn't aware such a device even existed. | |
| Step Up Transformer @lewm yeah, but I was under the impression that most current gain devices have a line level output. I use one such device myself, the Swiss made Blue Systems Aria built by Reto Andreoli. This unit offers an interesting alternative to SUT+MM voltag... | |
| Step Up Transformer @dover given your extensive experience, would you share with us what you consider to be the best trannies you ever heard? Thanks. | |
| Step Up Transformer @rauliruegas I haven’t heard the 1110, but you do know this is a linestage only? So I don’t see the relevance in the context of this discussion. As for the dedicated phono amp in the 1000/1100 series I have it on good authority that the current 11... | |
| Step Up Transformer @rauliruegas it seems what you're telling me is that I would need to purchase one of those $25k+ Swiss devices (not sure what Moon is doing in that lineup) to be able to hear the superiority of active gain devices over a passive SUT. This will nev... | |
| Step Up Transformer @rauliruegas it's true you didn't say that with so many words, so I stand corrected. But you do keep repeating that a SUT only adds distortion, which seems to imply that the active MC gain device it replaces does not add or at least adds LESS dist... | |
| Step Up Transformer @rauliruegas you really know everything don’t you? I know you don’t like FR64S, so no surprise there. But I was very surprised as well as disappointed that Anna even mistracked in the MAX-237 (with J-shape armpipe), because that arm could handle e... | |
| Step Up Transformer @mulveling very apt description of the Ortofon’s sonics through active gain devices. The dry and lean character simply vanishes with a good SUT. Tonearm matching can also make or break them. For example, I had great trouble getting the Anna from m... | |
| Step Up Transformer @pindac I recognize the ’flavour of the day’ argument, which is why I ended up with more cartridges than strictly necessary and various tonearm and amplification options. After reaching saturation point with record collecting and satisfaction poin... | |
| Step Up Transformer @lewm sure, everything is a personal call. And I did say 'in my experience', didn't I? In contrast Raul always presents his opinions as the Gospel, so I figured a contrasting opinion wouldn't hurt. | |
| Step Up Transformer Raul, on paper your argument makes perfect sense. But in practice things might work out differently. In my system I have the possibility to choose between various SUT’s, voltage gain and current gain devices and some cartridges have a clear prefer... | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings There’s been much discussion about his choice of tempi, which was considered too slow even back in the early 60’s when most of these recordings were made. But to my ears he’s more often right than wrong. This includes his St. Matthew Passion, whic... |