Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound?
Get a listen to
Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby or any other of the great titles and you will wean yourself off of vinyl. Here are the better sounding ones. https://www.audionirvana.org/forum/the-audio-vault/all-things-reel-to-reel/104-the-best-of-the-best |
A fellow audiophile wanted a few of us to join him in his R2R quest. He had 2nd and 3rd gen tapews from some noteworthy recordings’ They sounded very nice but I ‘m not sure if they would be more resolving than my analog rig He want us to split the cost of tapes he already owned and duplicate copies down a level and have us pay equal for those I already have stellar copies, I don’t need a new toy, opportunity for it to break and very expensive and limited catalog. If I was a well know professional acoustic musician - compose demo or release quality stuff - I would be all over it |
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Vinyl does not sound like analog tape." that statement is very funny. I would be inclined to think the same with an inexpensive phono stage but not with a decent stage. if you compare the 45 rpm pressings to the 15 ips tape they are much closer than a hi rez down load. I have done several transfers of 15 ips to 24/192. the transfers sound very good, but a quick comparison shows its a copy . |
Without a whole lotta tweaking CDs can’t really compete with much. The three basic necessities are mechanical isolation - isolate the player, isolate everything! - stiffening and damping of the disc Itself and first and foremost: elimination of the scattered background laser light. Then you’d have a fighting chance. As fate would have it I sell the only comprehensive solution to the scattered light problem and have The Mystery Tweak for problem no. 2 but can’t reveal it; otherwise it wouldn’t be a mystery, would it? Even cassettes have a great many variables, it’s never easy! One final thought: there are no absolutes. Everything is relative - A. Einstein |
