Nice sound Henry. I love Mono and know these two carts very well.
did you book a coaching day at Hollywood Studios to become a director? 😂
best E.
did you book a coaching day at Hollywood Studios to become a director? 😂
best E.
Hear my Cartridges....🎶
Hahaha...... Coming from you Eckart, that is high praise 😇 I know how much you love mono, and I also know how much you love jazz 🎹🥁🎷🎺 You should get this Ray Charles boxset from Discogs. It contains 5 discs (10 sides) of his wonderful music mostly recorded before he hit the big time of international success. I may have more MM cartridges than you my friend......but you have the greatest collection of vintage and modern LOMCs that I know of. Some of them never seen nor heard by the majority of true analogue-lovers. You should make some Youtube videos of them for posterity....🎼 Incidentally......which cartridge do you prefer in mono? Regards |
Thanks, Halcro. I think you may have missed the point I tried to make re the live concert you posted. I have to assume that you have attended live music performances in a first rate concert hall and not just in awful spaces like the one you posted. THAT is what is HP and many have referred to as “the absolute sound”; and the sound in a venue like that is unmatched by any audio system. Unless, of course: **** I want ’theatre’ ⚡️💥🎉 **** That makes it all clear. https://youtu.be/VRkZYdWCe7w ☺️ |
AT-33/LDR: Wonderful Ray Charles; thanks. You keep reinforcing for for me why I need to buy a LDR. It’s really no contest between the two. I don’t know what spatial or sound staging drama one can hear “in situ”, but from the first one or two piano notes it is obvious that the AT sounds two covered in the highs. The piano (and all instruments) sound with diminished upper most harmonics in their sounds; a little dull. Less “leading edge” to the attack of notes. This contributes to an overall rhythmically polite and slightly “lazy”, (and not in a good musical way) rhythmic feel in the music. Specifically: With the Decca one hears more appropriate sound of metal in the high hat cymbal beginning at :40. And, when the drummer begins to play the repeated triplets on brushes (ONE,2,3 ONE,2,3 ONE,2,3, etc.) at 2:20 the propulsive feeling that this is intended to create is almost lost with the AT; with the Decca it is obvious and signals the beginning of a new chorus in the music. Overall, across the board more realistic instrumental timbres with the LDR with more realistic rhythmic impetus to the music; particularly important in music at a slow tempo such as this. In spite of Decca’s not being known for their tracking ability, it sounds superior to the AT in that regard which sounds as if just on the verge of breakup on sharply struck piano notes or chords. Btw, somewhat of a rarity, Ray himself is the alto saxophone player on this. Pretty good saxophone player for a great piano player/singer. Thanks, as always. |
I have three well-sorted Deccas and enjoy them. Recently, I bought an Audio Technica 750 with Shibata tip as it was highly recommended and I needed something for a second table. It does have seemingly better depth and sometimes more air. However, it is not as fast on transients as the Deccas. Consequently, when I do play a record with it, I feel as if something is fundamentally wrong with the presentation of the idea of the music. And, no matter what, I cannot use it for critical listening. I was going to send it back but...we collect things, and there's always background music! |