Gavin, it's one of the harsher and more selfless tasks in life, bedding in a stellar sounding component. Gotta feel for Jack, Lol.
I have to say Marc, i am certainly with you on the cd vs streaming debate. As far as i am concerned, the biggest issue with cd - vinyl is the amount of new music that isn't released on either format, download only. As someone who had had a somewhat....ahem, inconsistent relationship with computers, tablets etc, the idea that when i do finally take a hammer to them i lose my music collection has made digital storeage less appealingJack, natural and organic, w fantastic texture and flow. That's how I'd sum up the Eera sound. With a spooky ability for real timbral accuracy and tonal variety disc to disc. Like the best analog, no two cds sound the same. That suggests plenty of resolution and ability to tease out instrumental flavour and micro inflections better than most.
I'm convinced had streaming not happened and right now in this parallel universe we had still all be buying our music on cd, Eera would be a very prominent name in the best systems, esp those vinylphiles like me who had struggled l/t to find cd playback an issue in even the top machines.
Turbosound.....nice.That is my parallel universe Marc, like Gavin, I have outdoor PA for the poolside parties (Turbosound) and once every couple of years will perform live but only for celebrations of very close friends. When playing it's not just the sound you want to deliver it's about the feel, the groove. It's that flow you mentioned that grabs us by our most primal instincts then takes us out of time and into the now and now only. Yes the EERA is affordable and can be had at thee same tiime as the Esoterics.
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Thank you Jack?The Beats I have heard have idler, DD and Air Force drive and impact. Idlers IME have a rounder leading edge though. Astute choice indeed.
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Turbosound.....nice.
Tbh Marc, i feel that you and me have very different ways of listening to music.Gavin, the Beat is one of the few tts that seem like an overwhelming technical success and SQ resulting from direct engineering choices. I've gone the extra mile in modding my tt/arm/cart, w the possibility of two choices on bespoke tt speed controller and air arm pump.
Can you compare and contrast in a bit more detail how yr AF301 and Beat match up?
There's no lack of PRaT in a well implemented idler, does the DD Beat really get any further here? How is the rest of the sonic picture in comparison? Tone, texture, imaging, microdynamics, small scale resolution.
Yep that's certainly my direction of travel.The beat should do very well with a LT arm, as he gives it with Schroeder LT and Mik likes it with air tangent
Gavin, I meant what cartoon character best represents a wobbly, fuzzy belt drive?Now you've thrown me.
One's an idler, the other direct drive
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