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In Reply to: New cart suggestions: Shelter, Lyra? and preamp matching posted by Mr. Black on September 12, 2006 at 09:21:22:
... and I can tell you, it is extremely neutral, it does not seem to have much inherent warmness at all. If the recording is warm, it glows with warmness... if the recording is neutral, it is totally neutral. If your system sounds warm already, it should be a good match.The stylus is extremely revealing, BTW. I was using a Blue Point No. 2 before and with the Dorian I hear dirt in the grooves I did not hear with the BP No.2. Time to clean my records again...
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The surface noise seemed to reduce over the break-in period as well.
You will probably find also that the Dorian will also loosen up more with time, might well sound good now but later on.... My Argo took quite a few albums and man hours.... It was hell I can tell you, listening to all that good music.
But as it broke in there was a lot less surface noise. Mine now is near silent on most pressings.Have fun,
What preamp are you using it with?
The Dorian/Vanguard does seem to lack a little warmth overall compared to the BP No. 2/Sumiko Phono Box II I was using for. The Dorian/Vanguard definitely sounds cleaner, more refined, more accurate, but overall it is a bit less emotionally involving, at least to me. I know the new gear is in a whole different league in terms of quality, but this is just what I am finding.For example- with the Blue Point No.2/Phono Box II pretty much everything sounded warm and nice. Adding the Vanguard to the BP2 made it sound even better. The Vanguard/Dorian is SO accurate I may prefer something less accurate! For example... I played "It was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra. The recording is a bit warm and I have to tell you, the Dorian/Vanguard simply blew me away with the sound AND emotional involvement. Then I played some Bryan Adams from "Cuts Like a Knife". Sounds great but my foot didn't get tapping.
One of my favorite Sinatra songs, and one of my favorite songs ever.
Just switched from 47k to 100k and it seems to sound better. What effect does that have, and how does it work?
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