Ron’s New System

[Johan K]

Good job Ron,
Always good to check… recheck, and then check the recheck to get everything right..

Very nice indeed - keep tweeking ? !

All the best

/ Johan

 

[brad225]

Ron, is it possible that Saraswati is messing with you and moving thing around at night?

 

[Ron Resnick]

Ron, is it possible that Saraswati is messing with you and moving thing around at night?

Hmmm. I did not think of that possibility.

It is possible . . .

 

[brad225]

Any changes in your sound after, I'm guessing, you moved your speakers into a position of equal distance from walls?

Have the newest absorbers or diffusors arrived yet?

 

[Ron Resnick]

Any changes in your sound after, I'm guessing, you moved your speakers into a position of equal distance from walls?

I only played a couple of tracks, but I could not discern any subjective difference.

This is a contrary view, but I suspect that panel loudspeakers, with long, or with long and wide, radiating areas are less fussy about millimeter-precise positioning than are, say, box speakers with a single, small tweeter.

Have the newest absorbers or diffusors arrived yet?

No; the production and transit time of those absorption panels is a few weeks. Thank you for asking.

 

[Ron Resnick]

To remedy possible undesirable upper midrange energy/brightness on vinyl playback (which is heard less, or not heard at all, on tape) I increased the loading on the cartridge from 475 ohms to 243 ohms.

 

[Johan K]

Did it work?

/ Jk

 

[PeterA]

To remedy possible undesirable upper midrange energy/brightness on vinyl playback (which is heard less, or not heard at all, on tape) I increased the loading on the cartridge from 475 ohms to 243 ohms.

And what do you hear Ron?

 

[Gregadd]

Decrrssed?

 

[Jim Smith]

To remedy possible undesirable upper midrange energy/brightness on vinyl playback (which is heard less, or not heard at all, on tape) I increased the loading on the cartridge from 475 ohms to 243 ohms.

Ron,

If the tape sounds smooth, as you are probably aware, some alternative but effective TT adjustments could also include slightly reducing the VTA or sllghtly increasing the VTF.

And there are others in other categories.

Just don't want you to get bored...

 

[Ron Resnick]

Ron,

If the tape sounds smooth, as you are probably aware, some alternative but effective TT adjustments could also include slightly reducing the VTA or sllghtly increasing the VTF.

And there are others in other categories.

Just don't want you to get bored...

Thank you, Jim!

 

[XV-1]

To remedy possible undesirable upper midrange energy/brightness on vinyl playback (which is heard less, or not heard at all, on tape) I increased the loading on the cartridge from 475 ohms to 243 ohms.

Ron, when do you get the AS2000?

 

[fyrtom]

Morricab,
A metaphysical audiophile question - if a device processing the signal with the poor sounding , slew-rate limited RC4550 and integrated circuits Dolby processors can make copies nearly indistinguishable from LPs why are we spending so much resources on tubes and expensive/high performance/ rare solid state in preamplfiiers?

Hi, the special, unique, tonal characteristic/signature perhaps ?

 

[Ron Resnick]

Carole King "Natural Woman" tape
Shure MV88

Carole King "Natural Woman" vinyl
Shure MV88

 

[morricab]

Carole King "Natural Woman" tape
Shure MV88

Important question: Does this sound more like what you hear in the room or less like it?

 

[Ron Resnick]

Important question: Does this sound more like what you hear in the room or less like it?

You mean the internal iPhone mic versus the Shure MV88?

 

[morricab]

You mean the internal iPhone mic versus the Shure MV88?

Or that. I wanted to know if the Shure fits your aural memory of the real thing better or nou

 

[Ron Resnick]

I wanted to know if the Shure fits your aural memory of the real thing better or nou

I have never heard Carole King perform live.

 

[bonzo75]

I have never heard Carole King perform live.

he is referring to it Vs out in room feel

 

[Ron Resnick]

he is referring to it Vs out in room feel

The MV88 better captures the resolution and transparency I hear in the room. The internal iPhone mic better captures the (warmer/richer) tonal balance I hear in the room.

I hate to put it this way, but the internal iPhone mic is a bit analogous to a warmer tube sound, and the MV88 is a bit analogous to a more neutral and more resolving solid-state sound.