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In Reply to: can someone explain the concept of PRaT and... posted by analog guy on May 9, 2007 at 16:14:11:
Much of today's solid state equipment is completely devoid of Pacing and Rhythm. The equipment is so over-engineered that they soften and slur the natural pace and rhythm of the music just so that they can sound inoffensive on all types of musical recordings or sources.
I have noted this in line stages, phono stages, and CD players. The good news is that there are more and more exceptions to this every year. Apparently the designers are now learing how to build a proper solid state device.I have yet to own a vacuum tube piece of equipment that destroys the music in this regard. However, I understand that there are some of those out there too.
Turntables are also guilty of lack of "making music". There are lots of opinions out there as to what ingredients make a "musical" one vs. one that is smooth-quiet-and-dead. I have found that there are many causes and reasons why certain turntable systems sound musically dead. One thing is for sure, a generalization about thick acrylic platters being the culprit, or some blame low torque motors, or the use of lead in the platter or base, simply isn't correct. The turntable system as one unit can contain any or all of these "flawed" components and still sound absolutely alive and vibrant.
System synergies sometimes mask the flaws of a given component. That makes it a whole lot of fun when you make a change and discover that something isn't quite right.
Have fun on your journey to musical bliss :-)
Cheers,
Me, I'm just a lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk....
-Ray
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Follow Ups
- Amps, preamps, phono stages, turntables.... - Ray-o-Stat 18:22:17 05/09/07 (1)
- interesting stuff, ray - analog guy 18:24:54 05/09/07 (0)
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