Hopefully I'll get a chance to at some point ... Hopefully the pandemic will subside and maybe RMAF will resume this fall ... Maybe there will be some tape setups there if there is a show ...
George
Best/Favorite Analog Front End You've Ever Heard?
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George
I have a few tapes that are great.
I have a few records that are great.
I even have some digital that is great.
Records and digital are so easy to use and pick specific songs.
Tape is a commitment. You should rewind the whole album to keep the tension even and play it all the way through without stopping. No playlist there unless they are pre-recorded. But then you need 2 decks.
Tape hiss is akin to tube noise. I love tubes. Yet people will physically attack you if you say tubes sound crystal clear and dynamic. I will say tapes sound crystal clear and dynamic. And oozing with rich, lush, body, rhythm and drive. A good tape is hard to beat. A good record can be hard to find. There are a lot of stinkers out there. Cloaked as Audio Grade but mostly maaaaa,
Really, its all becoming a blur. So much is great out there. But even the greats can be set in a poor room, speaker/amp you don't like etc etc. It becomes hard to separate the individual from the whole.
I have a few records that are great.
I even have some digital that is great.
Records and digital are so easy to use and pick specific songs.
Tape is a commitment. You should rewind the whole album to keep the tension even and play it all the way through without stopping. No playlist there unless they are pre-recorded. But then you need 2 decks.
Tape hiss is akin to tube noise. I love tubes. Yet people will physically attack you if you say tubes sound crystal clear and dynamic. I will say tapes sound crystal clear and dynamic. And oozing with rich, lush, body, rhythm and drive. A good tape is hard to beat. A good record can be hard to find. There are a lot of stinkers out there. Cloaked as Audio Grade but mostly maaaaa,
Really, its all becoming a blur. So much is great out there. But even the greats can be set in a poor room, speaker/amp you don't like etc etc. It becomes hard to separate the individual from the whole.
Best gobsmacker was the Clearaudio Statement with their top linear/parallel tracking arm and Goldfinger cartridge.Coupled with all Gryphon amplification and Martin Logan CLX speakers,a symphonic Lp produced a holographic soundstage that had an orchestra spread out in a wide “picture “ with at least 7 metres of depth and a height of 3 -4 metres.The individual instruments were pinpoint and tiered in height.
Quite extraordinary .
Quite extraordinary .
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