the KLA cleaned pressings simply give you another level of vividness and openness....a deeper view into the music. it is more than subtle, but not quite profound. it's something that makes my listening better. .
'Just the sort of info I was seeking. As above, thanks!
Can anyone give a similar answer for UltrasonicRecords V-8 vs. the Klaudio machine wrt sound quality from cleaned LPs (as opposed to ease of use, etc.)?
A little background. The CableCo kindly cleaned a few of my LPs on the Audio Desk Systeme (ADS). The result was above my expectations in the 6 "dimensions" listed below. (They are not a normal-ortho set, but experientially distinct.)
*In each case I would like to know the relative comparisons of the ADS, Klaudio and V-8.*
1) Years ago, a friend who was a recording engineered demo'ed for me a "fine white mesh" that lays over virtually all LPs in comparison to high-quality tape. I had come to think of this as detail on the LP, but now know it was spurious "noise". The noise is quite "white": not particular confined to any audio band. The level of this noise seems to me to correlate with the general modulation level on LP. The ADS substantially reduced this whitish noise.
2) ADS'ed LPs (like Calvin, I do occasionally verb words) exhibit clearer room acoustics. I *think* this is because my ear/brain can more easily distinguish the direct sound front the reverb, and so hears the latter as itself.
3) ADS'ed LPs exhibit better "thereness": even, as it were, listening through my Stax 009s as if they were a window into the venue, instruments and vocalists sound more "spookily" there.
4) ADS'ed LPs allow better discernment of individual instruments in choirs: e.g., a "violin section" becomes a "group of violins".
5) ADS'ed LPs better reveal the "action" of instruments, i.e., how they are actually producing the sound. E.g., you better hear the different flows of air associated with trombones and flutes, or again, the interaction of a vocalist's cords, cavities, tongue, etc. In the latter case, diction is more easily understood.
6) ADS'ed LPs make metallic percussion sound more metallic. This is really a subset of 5), I suppose, but it's so important to me I am artificially separating it out.
I realize that complete answers are not possible, as there are so many variables involved in the operation of these cleaners, but guidance you can offer would be appreciated.