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  1. LMR-Miguel

    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    thank you :)
  2. LMR-Miguel

    Natural Sound

    this is quite an old video with lesser components being recorded, It's sole purpose (for me at least) is to help me evaluate my own discovery path. I should probably redo a similar exercise using my current reference systems
  3. LMR-Miguel

    Following the footsteps of past masters - Phono Stage Adventures

    The quest for sonic perfection, a journey I've been on for years, feels like a relentless pursuit of the Holy Grail in audio. Each discovery, each tweak, is like peeling back another layer of the onion, revealing more of the essence of music. Let me share with you one of my recent adventures in...
  4. LMR-Miguel

    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    cart #6, EMT XSD-15:
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    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    cart #5, Ortofon SPU Gold Reference:
  6. LMR-Miguel

    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    cart #4, Fidelity Research FR-7 (with silver coil windings):
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    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    cart #3, Koetsu Black Goldline:
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    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    Now for direct comparison, the same track on different cartridges (output leveled to the best of my abilities manually with the input pots of my Scarlett interface), cart #2, Supex SDX-1000 (with silver coil windings):
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    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    another step within 70s japan: a Supex SD-909Mk2 cartridge, designed and built by Yoshiaki Sugano in his younger years before moving on to create his Koetsu brand.
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    The long quest to educate one-self about past gems

    This is not the beginning, nor the end, but right now I'm having a blast discovering the FR-7 cartridge paired with a FR-64s heavy tonearm If this isn't close to perfection, I don't know what is :) The cartridge itself is a bit of an oddball statement from Ikeda San in his Fidelity...
  11. LMR-Miguel

    Natural Sound

    fair enough...but it did sound cheekily worded :P
  12. LMR-Miguel

    Hello from beautiful Sintra's oceanfront

    Apologies Leif!! I'll be sure not to make the same mistake :)
  13. LMR-Miguel

    Natural Sound

    I'd be cautious about jumping into that conclusion (It's a postulation I also put at test frequently, but I'm constantly amazed by what small upgrades can bring to an analog chain, sometimes resulting in minute wins versus the digital reference chain). It's clear that it's easier (and of course...
  14. LMR-Miguel

    Hello from beautiful Sintra's oceanfront

    :) Hi Christen, The DAC is a ANK DAC 5.1 Signature that has quite a few upgrades in the signal path and the speakers are AvantGarde Duo Omega, TT is a heavily upgraded Thorens TD124Mk2 and the CD transport is a Thorens TCD 2000. here is a video of the system (streaming Tidal if I remember...
  15. LMR-Miguel

    Natural Sound

    Not really incredibly loud, I’d say at probably close to 90dbs peaks at the listening position which is about 4 meters away from the speakers. The house is detached and in a somewhat remote area so the ambient noise floor is naturally low most of the time
  16. LMR-Miguel

    Natural Sound

    Thank you, it’s a Tascam DR-100Mk2, the internal unidirectional microphones are quite decent
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    Natural Sound

    This is something I give quite a bit of my focus and obsession: how to capture the essence of a sound system and share it over the internet in a way that once reproduced through a high quality enough reproducing chain is representative of what my ears sensed while I recorded it. I think that...
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    Hello from beautiful Sintra's oceanfront

    Thank you Peter, I was struck by your beautiful analog system, one can't help but look in awe at all that unusual solid cast mass. And also I've got a soft spot for anything from North Sails (I was into windsurfing about 20 years ago and was also a small boat sailing instructor in my teen years...
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    Natural Sound

    The same vinyl system, playing a bass heavy track and captured directly through the RCA outputs of the phono stage directly into a digital capture card doesn't sound bloated at all :)
  20. LMR-Miguel

    Hello from beautiful Sintra's oceanfront

    thank you :) much appreciated
  21. LMR-Miguel

    Natural Sound

    Thank you for your kind words: Yes, I agree and often wonder how meaningful these phone recordings are (particularly in the bass region where the tiny phone mics are easily overpowered/saturated and how that in turn pollutes the overall recording). Take for instance this recording I just took of...
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    Hello from beautiful Sintra's oceanfront

    Hi, My name is Miguel and I live in the Atlantic shores of Sintra, Portugal. Sintra was named Mons Lunae (the sacred mount of the moon) during roman times, and me...having dug quite a bit of roman relics myself (and being a bit of a local history buff), decided to create the "Lunae Mons...
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    Natural Sound

    Apologies for the abrupt interruption (Hi, I'm Miguel from Sintra, Portugal and I'm a passionate builder/designer who follows audio note japan's ethos) This is spotify (through a highly upgraded ANK DAC5.1 Signature, a Kondo Ongaku inspired amp and a pair of stock AvantGarde Duo Omegas) also...

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