My first few years were devoted to CD. Took a good solid 3 years working on every aspect and at last my dream system was done. Until that damn Robert Harley went and said the turntable is the heart of a high end audio system. WTF?
Well my 1976 Technics SL1700 was still in its box in the garage so I dug it out hooked it up and spent the rest of the day flabbergasted how easily this ancient relic clobbered CD. Wife came home and agreed.
First rig was a Basis 2001/Graham/Glider/PH3SE. Had quite a few CDs, tried and tried for years to get them to where I wanted to listen to them as much as records. You want stories of people who dug into it? Got a player so modded you can hardly get the lid back on. Pretty darn good for what it is. Sounds like crap compared to my current Miller Carbon/OL Conqueror/Koetsu/Herron rig.
Couple weeks ago I was over at Mike Lavigne’s place. Talk about digital taken to where you can’t imagine, he actually has done it. Sounds like you said, better than you can imagine. Best background music I ever heard. Because once he fires up his vinyl all bets are off. Any one of them. Doesn’t matter. Records rule.
Many times over the years I’ve had people want to compare. Always use one of my MoFi recordings because those are consistent in terms of source, sound quality, and mastering between the two formats. Never ever have anyone be less than stunned how much better the record sounds.
All except, that is, for audiophiles. Some of them are capable it seems of talking themselves into anything. That at least is the only explanation I can come up with. Not all audiophiles, mind you, but some.
Okay not the story you wanted. But it is true. And it even comes with a happy ending: you just might decide to try a turntable. This is how Harley got me. You can thank us later.
Well my 1976 Technics SL1700 was still in its box in the garage so I dug it out hooked it up and spent the rest of the day flabbergasted how easily this ancient relic clobbered CD. Wife came home and agreed.
First rig was a Basis 2001/Graham/Glider/PH3SE. Had quite a few CDs, tried and tried for years to get them to where I wanted to listen to them as much as records. You want stories of people who dug into it? Got a player so modded you can hardly get the lid back on. Pretty darn good for what it is. Sounds like crap compared to my current Miller Carbon/OL Conqueror/Koetsu/Herron rig.
Couple weeks ago I was over at Mike Lavigne’s place. Talk about digital taken to where you can’t imagine, he actually has done it. Sounds like you said, better than you can imagine. Best background music I ever heard. Because once he fires up his vinyl all bets are off. Any one of them. Doesn’t matter. Records rule.
Many times over the years I’ve had people want to compare. Always use one of my MoFi recordings because those are consistent in terms of source, sound quality, and mastering between the two formats. Never ever have anyone be less than stunned how much better the record sounds.
All except, that is, for audiophiles. Some of them are capable it seems of talking themselves into anything. That at least is the only explanation I can come up with. Not all audiophiles, mind you, but some.
Okay not the story you wanted. But it is true. And it even comes with a happy ending: you just might decide to try a turntable. This is how Harley got me. You can thank us later.