pinwa-
one of the things that is driving me to try vinyl is to see if the records are better than the digital versions.
That's from just above.
This is you, pinwa, after hearing my system last September:
the midrange/vocal presence is huge. Listening to them at your
place I thought it might be too much but coming back home and listening
to my 1.7's and one subwoofer I found myself missing that big full round
sound your system has.
I wonder how much of that is
the Melody amp and how much the various tweaks you made. And I think
that sound is also characteristic of vinyl and I have no intention of
adding a turntable no matter how good it sounds. While I was there I
found myself wanting a dryer more clinical presentation but listening to
my system just now there seems to be so much missing that was present
in your system.
I can tell you right now the Melody amp is at most maybe 10% of what you heard. If that. A drier more clinical presentation is what you will get with digital. SS as well, but some of that can be pretty good. Mostly the problem is digital.
I've really been struggling to
figure out how to characterize my experience and I think it is a little
bit like the first time you taste a new flavor of food or wine. I don't
even know how to evaluate its "goodness" because my palette, or in this
case ear, is so uneducated. Your system is so radically different from
anything I've heard before, even the other set of Moabs I heard, that I
feel like I need to educate myself more about what I might have been
hearing.
That's a good analogy. Your palate is accustomed to processed restaurant food. My system is home cooking. The number and variety of spices are far greater, the flavors more varied and complex, and while some of them may be a little overpowering at times keep in mind it may not be so much an acquired taste kind of thing as this is just my style of cooking. The beauty with vinyl is you are not stuck with take out digital, you can learn to cook yourself. You can, to a much greater extent than is possible with digital, be your own chef.
After my Moabs come, and I've had a
chance to fine tune them in my system, I would be really interested to
come back and give your system another listen if that is something you
would be open to.
Always. You've got your Moabs, they are fine tuned. You have even done what you said you had no intention of doing, added a turntable. Not trying to make you look bad or anything but what you said was, "no matter how good it sounds." This is what we call a Freudian Slip. You know it sounds good. You just need a little more guidance and encouragement. Any time.
