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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Re: Turntable Hype posted by Dan Bonhomme on September 14, 1999 at 09:24:18:
Well, I do not know where you get your figures on preferences for CDs and LPs. A lot of audiophiles think CDs are generally superior, too. As you know, I don't think too much of UHF's general philosophy (they deliberately avoid level matching, for example), nor do their opinions on electronics carry any weight with me.It really does not make much difference to me what your audio club friends prefer. Often enough, when I am listening to an LP, I wish I had a good CD version. That's my experience. But of course, I got the LPs for the music, not because they were audiophile pressings. Even the best pressings will develop ticks and pops sooner or later.
In any case, even some of my cheap Naxos CDs beat most LPs by a long shot. The Royal Philharmonic reissued on CD by the Chesky label are usually extremely good, and I can't say I have ever heard an LP that was better. If I don't like the balance on a recording, the Tilt control on the Quad 44 is often very useful, but I am more likely to use it on an LP than on a CD. When we are talking experiences and preferences, mine are as good as yours.
Yes, the Denon turtable is set up right. It has a very good tone arm and extremely low flutter (I am quite sensitive to flutter, especially once I got a CD player). By the way, from what I have read, trying to match the vertical tracking angle of a record is a tricky business, since this varies somewhat LPs. By your own standards, you should not criticize equipment you have not heard, and the Grace F9E is considered by some to be a classic. My dealer says they can get the stylus replace, when needed, but I use Stylast. How do you know what you have is better?
Again, how do you know my old system was severely lacking in resolution? It sounded very good. Have you ever heard the old Kef 104 speakers? They still sound very good, and were always regarded as a pretty revealing speaker. The Quads are somewhat flatter, and almost any other speaker sounds a bit confused compared to them, which is not to say I don't like other speakers.
Again, the Rotel RCD-965 BX is well built and reliable, and tracks very well. It sounds much the same as other CDPs I have heard, and I have tried out quite a few. No one has shown me a CDP that sounds significantly better (if at all better, for I have not done many level matched tests, let alone a proper DBT).
If you like the sound of an LP better than the CD, it seems to me most likely that there is a frequency response difference, perhaps a dip in the upper midrange and a rise in the extreme highs.
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