Thank you for your thought provoking post. I need to think about what you have written.
Also, what is a TA?
What is turntable “liveliness”.
I have listened to turntables for sixty years. I bought my first high end TT about thirty years… it was revelatory. I do not swap tables often. I do a huge amount of research and then stay with one for fifteen years or so. My most recent upgrade was from a VPI Aries (heavy mass) to a Linn LP12 (light weight, sprung)…very nearly the very top level. Could we please not turn this into a religious thing about Linn… mine is an outstanding TT which compares favorably with any other $45K analog leg (TT, cartridge, and Phonostage)
The term lively comes up in descriptions. One of the differences in character I noticed between the VPI and Linn… which I thought might be considered liveliness was to me a bit of what I perceived as the images very slightly jumping around… the kind of thing you would think of when you see films of “The Flash” maybe vibrating in place. While I found this gave me the feeling of the notes wanting to jump out at me, I found it a bit disconcerting. I attributed it to a relatively light weight rig, that is really good at rejecting low frequency vibrations (it is a sprung table… known to be lively sounding) up to a relatively high frequency… but beyond that not. Something a really heavy rig would not be effected by.
To test my theory, I had a Silent Running Ohio Class vibration platform constructed for my turntable. The image smear, as I called it disappeared. There is no smear and it has great solidity.
Is this attribute “liveliness”?
- ...
- 63 posts total
@ghdprentice Many years ago, I was caught in the entrapment of HiFi and was an individual with an obsession. Such a mindset in my life, is no fun, and the joy is not to found in listening to music on audio equipment. That person is long gone, and good riddance to such a waste of energy. I severed my usual participation in HiFi and found a way to build on a social structure around the hobby, I have been working with this attitude for over 20 years now. I have never looked back and regularly spend time in the company of others who are quite capable to create thought provoking demo's, as a result of where their interests take them. I have been quite instrumental in encouraging investigations as well, where the end experience has been much more tan the sum of the parts.. I am pleased the passed on experience has been a info, that you feel is worthwhile learning more about. TA is a abbreviation I use for Tonearm. |
I believe Rega tables also get tagged with the "Lively" description. Having listened extensively to a Rega P10 with a Lyra Atlas (recently updated to lambda), this means dynamics to me. A jump factor particularly in the midrange and upper frequencies as opposed to low end groove or bass line foundation. But like many audio terms, it is easier to hear than to describe. Also, I have not listened to a LP12 in too long so I could be totally off base here. |
- 63 posts total