Natural Sound

[PeterA]

I am waiting for Ian to get big horns. I think for classical guys with enough space it is just waiting to happen once they hear.

The AS will come back. I think you probably decided to buy it when you heard it at David's or even Christian's rest is courtship drama and fighting with sense of the budget.

Well, I squeezed a pair of horns into my very small living room. Corner ones were the solution. As ddk told me, they have a big bass cabinet with wall reinforcement for extension. I would love a larger space, but here we are. I agree with you that for me it happened once I heard it. Others may not be as nimble or certain, or they simply like something else more. All of that is good.

As with the horns, as soon as I heard it, I wanted an AS 2000. There were two major issues: the limited run was sold out, and they were expensive. Describing it as courtship drama is pretty funny. I think finding the right one, knowing immediately, and then committing for life with all its consequences, well, there are those similarities.

 

[PeterA]

@PeterA. He gets uneasy when he has a hypothesis, wants to know but cannot. He just wants to compare with your older videos. You can bug him by not doing.

Tango, Do you think @bonzo75 will be bothered if I send you an unlisted YouTube video of the Franscescatti LP he wants me to record for him on the American Sound TT? I'm uploading it to YouTube now and will send you a private link. It gets pretty exciting at the 8:00 mark. He can then negotiate with you.

Of course, you have it recorded on your AS2000 if I recall.

 

[PeterA]

I just noticed it was done with XPP,, not the GC.

I was planning to stagger my requests

Here you go Bonzo:

 

[tima]

I wonder if this is like living with a pushy virtual assistant? Speaking through the box In that flat female voice:

"Peter - Alexa says play the Overture to Wagner's Tannhäuser with the VPO and Knappertsbusch on the AS turntable with the Grand Cru. I have high expectations for you Peter."

 

[bonzo75]

Here you go Bonzo:

Thanks Peter.

Not sure your setting is right for this. Given difference between st james infirmary I was expecting similar and wanted to see how much source can make a change in a regular living room size corner horn system.

But here I prefer the MS. It seems more balanced and the gentle parts flow well. The AS is sounding a bit tipped up, aggressive. Maybe it is the cart difference or something else like VTA.

For the short time you have had it did you adjust the setting on violin LPs?

 

[PeterA]

I wonder if this is like living with a pushy virtual assistant? Speaking through the box In that flat female voice:

"Peter - Alexa says play the Overture to Wagner's Tannhäuser with the VPO and Knappertsbusch on the AS turntable with the Grand Cru. I have high expectations for you Peter."

That is pretty funny Tim. I don’t mind the requests and it’s fun teasing Bonzo every now and then. He has a much quicker wit than I thou and a better palette.

 

[PeterA]

Thanks Peter.

Not sure your setting is right for this. Given difference between st james infirmary I was expecting similar and wanted to see how much source can make a change in a regular living room size corner horn system.

But here I prefer the MS. It seems more balanced and the gentle parts flow well. The AS is sounding a bit tipped up, aggressive. Maybe it is the cart difference or something else like VTA.

For the short time you have had it did you adjust the setting on violin LPs?

You are welcome Kadar. I’ve had one or two visitors prefer the XPP cartridge to the newer Colibris. It is very good.

I have not listened to much violin yet, so I have not fine-tuned the cartridge with that specific instrument in mind. Perhaps I will revisit it and look at tracking force. It might be slightly low. I made this recording twice, once at a higher volume setting and the result was a slightly more aggressive sound. Someone else and I preferred this rendition.

 

[tima]

That is pretty funny Tim. I don’t mind the requests and it’s fun teasing Bonzo every now and then. He has a much quicker wit than I thou and a better palette.

Peter -- Alexa is unsure about your setting. Raise the AS 3012 arm by point two degrees, then record the Wagner again.

He did this to David and would have you doing it all night if he was there.

 

[PeterA]

Peter -- Alexa is unsure about your setting. Raise the AS 3012 arm by point two degrees, then record the Wagner again.

He did this to David and would have you doing it all night if he was there.

Virtual comparisons over YouTube is what Bonzo is going to get for now.

I am listening to an early pressing of Heifetz playing Beethoven’s Kreutzer sonata right now. Not thinking about cartridge adjustment.

 

[bonzo75]

Virtual comparisons over YouTube is what Bonzo is going to get for now.

I am listening to an early pressing of Heifetz playing Beethoven’s Kreutzer sonata right now. Not thinking about cartridge adjustment.

It's the original RCA, not the classic records or Cisco reissue?

 

[PeterA]

It's the original RCA, not the classic records or Cisco reissue?

Yes, but this time I’m going to follow Tang‘s advice and not make another recording for comparison to the reissues.

 

[bonzo75]

Yes, but this time I’m going to follow Tang‘s advice and not make another recording for comparison to the reissues.

I did the compare. The Cisco reissue was good. Not as good as original, but good..

Here is kruetzer, last month at wigmore hall

 

[morricab]

Peter -- Alexa is unsure about your setting. Raise the AS 3012 arm by point two degrees, then record the Wagner again.

He did this to David and would have you doing it all night if he was there.

This all getting very Orwellian…I must obey…

 

[bonzo75]

I think while the AS is here you could make videos of the Kreutzer, Schwanegasang, and the sceheharazade. If and when it goes back, you could move the cart to the micro seiki and repeat?

 

[morricab]

Thanks Peter.

Not sure your setting is right for this. Given difference between st james infirmary I was expecting similar and wanted to see how much source can make a change in a regular living room size corner horn system.

But here I prefer the MS. It seems more balanced and the gentle parts flow well. The AS is sounding a bit tipped up, aggressive. Maybe it is the cart difference or something else like VTA.

For the short time you have had it did you adjust the setting on violin LPs?

I find the MS with XPP to be more "old fashioned" sounding and too muted in the upper harmonics of the violin.

 

[bonzo75]

I find the MS with XPP to be more "old fashioned" sounding and too muted in the upper harmonics of the violin.

The AS has more highs but I find some are like jumping up...hence I thought it was a cartridge or setting thing. also will make sense to check across another violin LP like the Kreutzer.

 

[XV-1]

The AS has more highs but I find some are like jumping up...hence I thought it was a cartridge or setting thing. also will make sense to check across another violin LP like the Kreutzer.

Ked, you make it sound like it's unatural

 

[bonzo75]

Ked, you make it sound like it's unatural

If I had to have a thread name it will be living on the edge. Many good components live on the edge, i.e a setting here or there can make them sound awful and it can go to glorious with some shifts. Vdh, red sparrow, TAD type beryllium drivers, 242 valves in Lampi, single driver speakers, I am sure many turntables... Will fall under that category.

 

[XV-1]

If I had to have a thread name it will be living on the edge. Many good components live on the edge, i.e a setting here or there can make them sound awful and it can go to glorious with some shifts. Vdh, red sparrow, TAD type beryllium drivers, 242 valves in Lampi, single driver speakers, I am sure many turntables... Will fall under that category.

Lyra cartridges

 

[awsmone]

If I had to have a thread name it will be living on the edge. Many good components live on the edge, i.e a setting here or there can make them sound awful and it can go to glorious with some shifts. Vdh, red sparrow, TAD type beryllium drivers, 242 valves in Lampi, single driver speakers, I am sure many turntables... Will fall under that category.

I think it’s important point with violin the balance between the upper mids and highs versus the body, I find it hard to get the magic without backing off into dullness , there are two important upper frequency regions with violin reproduction that I find hard to get the balance on, this is easier in solo or sonata form for violin but harder with viOlin and orchestra such as concertos unless close miking of the violin more common with contemporary recording