Ron’s New System

[Ron Resnick]

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Yes

Yes, original digital vinyl often sound much better run through modern digital processes and remasters. The bar is set so low to begin with.

Yes, this is an anomaly for me. Generally (a rebuttal presumption) I prefer digital recordings to be played back over digital.

 

[sbo6]

Fair enough!

Impex are amazing. Although it's been played to death, the Getz/Gilberto One Step remaster is simply breathtaking. Talk about being in the room.

 

[sbo6]

Rock reissues are seldom as good as originals

IME that's changing, finally there are some VG remasters coming out and available.

REM, Boston, Blood Sweat & Tears, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Jackson, Joe Walsh, Fleetwood Mac (and many others) remasters are much better than the originals. I'd be happy to provide details, I have a ROON list for digital that's better than bits and of the one's I've researched and bought (mostly jazz and rock); I'd say I have about an 85% success rate. ;-)

 

[PeterA]

Thank you. Things are very different now than they were in that video.

I posted a bunch of video stuff on Vimeo when I was trying to be open-minded about video recordings of audio systems.

Ron, do you want to share what you are doing these days with your system? Any changes or additions? It might get this system thread back on track.

 

[PeterA]

IME that's changing, finally there are some VG remasters coming out and available.

REM, Boston, Blood Sweat & Tears, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Jackson, Joe Walsh, Fleetwood Mac (and many others) remasters are much better than the originals. I'd be happy to provide details, I have a ROON list for digital that's better than bits and of the one's I've researched and bought (mostly jazz and rock); I'd say I have about an 85% success rate. ;-)

I would say the real test is to listen to the various versions played on a specific system, and analog versus digital. Some systems lend themselves to how remasters generally sound, others do not. I find it hard to generalize without including the system context. In my system, I almost always prefer original vinyl. The new 180 g thick vinyl used for most remasters seems overdamped and dull, so remastering enhances the sound and they just sound different. Some people may prefer them on some systems or all systems.

 

[Another Johnson]

I’ve listened to a range of Diana Krall albums this afternoon.

The voice, however limited, is very easy on the ears AND in nearly every track, she is with me in the room. I’d rather have her here than, say, Patricia Barber.

 

[bonzo75]

Interesting! See Kedar, I actually do have ears attached to my head, and they work.

Why did you use MJ as a reference in the first place to judge your ears?

It is never the ability to hear. It is what recordings/type of music and recordings are used to judge.

Using pop from non vinyl era, for example, will not help you in setting up a good analog system, in which case it won’t sound like a good system.

 

[Audiohertz2]

Its great when setup wisdom and experience speak ....!

 

[bonzo75]

Its great when setup wisdom and experience speak ....!

99% of the systems I heard were set up by people like you, who though US classical concerts were amplified.