Dear @13blm: """
what equipment have you found meets your criteria? """
Truer to the recording is a concept. A concept based to reduce and achieve/approach MINIMUM distortions at each single linl in the whole audio system chain.
Everything the same a non-damped tonearm generates higher distortions than a well damped design. It's in the tonearm/ cartridge where we need to damp every kind of distortions/resonances that get dirty the musical recorded information. That " dirty " is something that is not in the recording and just add very very high distortions/colorations.
Due to severe tube electronics technology limitations it happens the same.
But we have to take care about at each single link in the audio system chain, at least if we want to stay nearer to that: truer to the recording.
Btw, @karl_desch when your system is truer to the recording ALWAYS will enjoy the MUSIC as ever before in your audio life. No doubt about.
Regards and enjoy the Music Not Distortions,
R.
Truer to the recording is a concept. A concept based to reduce and achieve/approach MINIMUM distortions at each single linl in the whole audio system chain.
Everything the same a non-damped tonearm generates higher distortions than a well damped design. It's in the tonearm/ cartridge where we need to damp every kind of distortions/resonances that get dirty the musical recorded information. That " dirty " is something that is not in the recording and just add very very high distortions/colorations.
Due to severe tube electronics technology limitations it happens the same.
But we have to take care about at each single link in the audio system chain, at least if we want to stay nearer to that: truer to the recording.
Btw, @karl_desch when your system is truer to the recording ALWAYS will enjoy the MUSIC as ever before in your audio life. No doubt about.
Regards and enjoy the Music Not Distortions,
R.