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In Reply to: crying like a little girl posted by T&T on April 21, 2007 at 14:01:59:
It must be synergy but can't really tell because the rest of your system is not registered.So is the sound smoother, more quiet? Did you clean those records before playing them? Any classical in that box?
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I'm willing to give you one more chance though. Just be a nice ass. There is nothing I like more than a nice ass.Audio Note Meishu Integrated amplifier (with MM phonostage) SET 300B's Eight glorious watts per channel.
Audio Note E spe speakers.
Audio Note SL2 Step up
Audionote Silver bi wire speaker cables
Audio note silver interconnects.The system is made for corner placement of the speakers. My pictures dont show the way the room really is, but this is a system built by a long time audiophile that has made many mistakes in the past. This system matches my room and needs very nicely.
So what's the big difference? Sound difference, I mean. What does the new system do that the old one doesn't. Seriously.Is vinyl better now? Better than the digital? If so then maybe we are both asses, no? ;-) You previous, me ongoing ... ;-)
You were so convinced that the vinyl heads had those heads up their ass. What about now? And WHY?
Show some ass.
It always amazes me that people ask " Well how does it sound"??Too many jump on these boards after a day or less with a new component shouting " WOw, incredible, bright, dark, imaging magic, stunning,detailed, blah blah blah.
Well "how does it sound"?
The eternal audiophile question.
The answer is not easy, and takes much time, thought, and most importantly human connection to the soul of the music.
I've had a few single malts tonight and may regret this post in the morning but I feel as though I am sitting as a sage on the great audiophile mountain.
Grasshopper, these questions cannot be rushed. Would a true long time audiophile say anything other?
Shall we bend the knee?So there is a difference but you do not know what that difference is. Maybe it was the 2k that brought on the appreciation?
"Would a true long time audiophile say anything other?" You bet! They are a wordy bunch.
You are 100% correct ! No, I do not know what my new table sounds like yet.It's only been two days. (Many people new to this hobby, won't understand this)First impressions are FOOL impressions.
For now, I am enjoying quite a bit of music. There are some problems, and there is magic as well. I'm working it all out now.
I will say that my new system makes my Rega 2000 CDP sound like a pilow has been placed on the speaker--It's night and day. With so many terrible recordings out there, I'm not sure if this is a plus or a minus.
honestly, I hope you enjoy your new table.Many people new to this hobby, won't understand this that's a nice trick and I will let it go at that. I am happily in bliss knowing what I like.
Your first impression of us vinyl heads is that we were fooles...ooops I guess you're a foole now too. And you're first impression was foolish. But you need not apologize for it.
Umm...Yes, some of the music has moved me. Is this what you are referring to? This doesnt mean I'm anywhere close to knowing what my system sounds like.
***I actually cried, tears pouring out like a little girl.The music is HITTING ME VERY HARD.***
Do you run to your local dealer, listen to a component, then run back here posting your results?I really think it takes quite a bit of time to really know what a system sounds like. Sometimes it takes MONTHS OR YEARS until you realize the true sound. For me to for a solid opinion after 2 days would be silly...
Lets both stop being asses here. I'm still listening now and haven't had that much time to form an opinion. If this annoys people here..I'll just pop back off this forum. (I come and go for years at a time) The negativity here really makes this forum suck.
"I'm still listening now and haven't had that much time to form an opinion. If this annoys people here..I'll just pop back off this forum. (I come and go for years at a time) The negativity here really makes this forum suck."C'mon. Don't be so delicate. Well, If you don't know what your system sounds like and don't expect to know for some years to come, so be it. I can accept that. Easily.
From one foole to another, Enjoy the music.
...Than what ever it replaced.In a few hours, days or weeks however the faults begin to nag.
I am still enamored with my three week old Cornet2, but, I hooked the SP-6A's phono section back up yesterday and found myself able to identify and rectify 90% of the performance disparity.
It seems my SP-6A had a failing cap in the RIAA network of the right channel and one of the B+ power supply electrolytic cans was not 100%.
Yes, the Cornet2 does some things better but initially it totally embarrassed the classic ARC. I did not realize my SP-6A was ailing.
I used the time that I had Henry's Clarinet line stage in my system to give the ARC a good going over on the bench (complete with testing frequency response with my signal generator and o'scope).
Now that the ARC is fully back up to spec the differences are not so vast.
I always need a month or two with a new piece of gear. The "new" has to wear off and I have to become less enamored with the piece before I can make an objective assessment. Good, well designed gear affords the luxury of being capable (most of the time) of fine reproduction and it is *MY* ears and preferences that need verification/adjustment.
The recent flurry of DIY has let me listen and enjoy different sonic perspectives that I had not explored and that is always a good thing (as long as I am comfortable with my own preferences and taste)! I think that comfort level with my own taste is what keeps me from suffering full blown upgraditis and audiophile-nervosa on a crippling level.
And now I think I will play a Cramps 7" and revel in the LoFi of it all.
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Al G
Born To Tinker!
I just recently got a 7" RCA that was released in the 50's and it is not so LoFi. It has me thinking that those 45s are better than the re-re-released Lps that came later.An improvement on an already recognizable sound is easier for me to aquire than a totally new sound. Going from MM to MC, or going from the DL-160 to the DL-103. Those kinds of changes put me back on my heels. It takes a re-adjusting.
A small improvement like a new ball bearing, mat change makes for a change that is more understandable from a shorter orientation.
Vast changes are vast. But I still kind of know what the differences are and can identify them. The difference cannot be vast and subtle at the same time, given that subtle changes can deliver vast appreciation. The difference should be identifiable first, then appreciated second ... or all at once ...
For instance the difference between the Cornet and your old phone pre was manifest. A change to old pre made the change less so. All identifiable I am sure. ;-)
Upgraditis: It's agood thing I'm lazy. It lets me appreciate what I have because I am so slow to move on. [partially true]
My guess : stereo-test-records, 1812 overture, railroad sound-effects, & Madonna .
There are a few good albusm in here and a few that my wife will enjoy. I'm not a big fan of madonna, but I'll take the Sarah Mclachlin.Notice the test album in the back. You must have psychic powers.
....I've met a few of them in my day. Loves great audiophile "sounds", but cares little for real music.
My reward is sticking thumbs-in-ears, eastward across the majestic continental divide, at Doubtful O'Malley , asylum curmudge.
What a gas.
No Billy Joel, though. Damn!
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