That is true. Source was a very good vinyl rig. Don’t want to take that for granted.
System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live
My current stereo system consists of Oracle turntable with SME IV tonearm, Dynavector XV cartridge feeding Manley Steelhead and two Snappers monoblocks running 15" Tannoy Super Gold Monitors. Half of vinyl records are 45 RMP and were purchased new from Blue Note, AP, MoFI, IMPEX and some others. While some records play better than others none of them make my system sound as good as a live band I happened to see yesterday right on a street. The musicians played at the front of outdoor restaurant. There was a bass guitar, a drummer, a keyboard and a singer. The electric bass guitar was connected to some portable floor speaker and drums were not amplified. The sound of this live music, the sharpness and punch of it, the sound of real drums, the cymbals, the deepness, thunder-like sound of bass guitar coming from probably $500 dollars speaker was simply mind blowing. There is a lot of audiophile gear out there. Some sound better than others. Have you ever listened to a stereo system that produced a sound that would make you believe it was a real live music or live band performance at front of you?
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Dear @mijostyn : " from a cost/performance ratio I will take the JC1+ any day. Is Meitner any better than John Curl? " Well, Parasound builded at a specific market price and the build parts they used are good but not good enough. Example: Parasound used Nichicon elctrolytic filter caps instead say Vishay or Cornell Dubelier that are 50%+ higher in price but even with better quality performance levels. For the JC1+ price tag can’t be outperformed, agree with you. Btw, the 130/84 K monoblocks neither use Vishay/Cornell or even Kemet and looks more like Epcos/TDK or maybe Nichicon ! ? ! ? ?.
Meitner or JC ? I think both designers are different more than better one over the other, however and maybe because I own the legendary JC design in my system and already listened the Parasound mated with Sound Labs and big Dynaudio I could incline for JC but with no specific technical foundation.
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In the DIY community, Nichicon electrolytics are very highly regarded. Not a compromise at all compared to Vishay or CD. I use them and if I thought there was a better brand for a particular application I’d use that brand over Nichicon. The cost differential among different brands of electrolytic caps is trivial, now that Black Gate and Cerafine are defunct. |
@rauliruegas, I suppose that makes both of us (without technical foundation). I am moving my JC 1s to subwoofer duty and had a choice between the JC 1+ and the Atma-Sphere MA 2s. Both amps have a reputation for excellent performance on SL speakers. I opted for the MA 2s. They are class A all the way and have a very fast slew rate. Their output impedance is on the high side but I am not using them to make low bass so, that is not important. I also like hand made in America. Atma-Sphere does a beautiful job wiring it's amplifiers. |
The Sound Lab has its highest impedances in the bass region. That is why solid state amps struggle to drive them- they can't make the power. For the MA-2 though its a walk in the park- they play bass very well on that speaker! |
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