A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Dgob, You made all the (rowing) people in the other galleon (with the arm pod) very happy.

Dear Nandric,

Thank you. I think!

Just by way of clarification around my listening, there are notes on the recordings that I have suggested above. As I say, they are worth having in their own right:

Review of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet complete ballet, Zuraitis:

http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/February%201990/42/813451/PROKOFI+EV.+Romeo+and+Juliet%E2%80%94ballet,+Op.+64.+Bolshoi+Theatre+Orchestra++Algis+Zuraitis.+Classics+for+Pleasure+0CD+CDCFPD4452+(two+discs,+nas%3A+142+minutes%3A+ADD).+From+EMI+SLS1650933+(883)

Reviews of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Gould:

http://www.npr.org/programs/wesat/features/2002/sept/gould/

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/32884/Glenn-Gould-Bach%3A-Goldberg-Variations/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Goldberg-Variations-BWV-988/dp/B0002ISFRU

Reviews of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, Milstein:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/AUPFJ7DHP16HO/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp

http://www.epinions.com/review/pr-Bach_Sonatas_Partitas_Nathan_Milstein_Music/content_61056388740

Reviews of Surman’s Westering Home:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/westering-home-r148391

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/john_surman/westering_home/

These are all available with a little effort for anyone who does not own them. Maybe the Prokofiev is a little more difficult to obtain but well worth the perseverance I feel.

Anywhos, it would please me if any of this proves helpful.

Happy listening

Bravo Dgob: the most articulate and detailed account of the 'nude' sound that I've seen.

Do you have your power supply on spikes as well? The pic makes it look a bit elevated.

Do you prefer the 1982 GV to the 1955?

Banquo363,

Thanks very much. Yes, I've placed the power supply on the Symposium precision couplers and sat that on the Symposium svelte platform - which sits on the birch shelf. These viscoelastic platforms still work effectively under electronics (such as power supplies and amplifiers - also spectacular between stands and speakers).

On the Gould, I much prefer the 1981 rendition (1982 recording). His introspection and maturity just seem more appealing and engaging. I also think the recording quality is better and his habitual background vocals just seem to add to the 1982 recording in ways that his 1955 cannot.Maybe that's all just a reflection of my own aging perspectives finding accord with his.

Banquo363,

Sorry, just to add on the 1982 preferance, you get much more playing time to enjoy on his later and much slower rendition and I think the fact that I simply adore the music makes this a plus (not to mention that the more time plus better quality really do appeal on the miserly 'value for money' front)!