Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot?

Psychicanimal: I think that you don't know many things about CD technology and you speak like the sales people that when the CD born: " perfect sound for ever", like you that people really did not know anything about the CD limits: first than all: frecuency response for this 16 bits technology: 22khz, this restriction in the high frecuency response of the CD is one of the parameters that's why the CD sounds hard at the top and with a less air than the LP, this is why the CD sound is an unnaturally sound, it is not the " natural music sound " like the LP sound. Anyone that hear ( blind ) a CD knows it is hearing a digital sound ( your trainy brain don't do a mistake ), maybe your brain it is already accustom to the CD sound but this is very far from: " perfect sound for ever ". There are other parameters inside the CD technology that prevent that " perfect sound ..", like jitter, filters at the extreme frecuencies, etc....
BTW, you speaks of Black Gate caps in your CD transport, this means that the signal pass inside those caps ( a bad design ), dear friend the best cap is NO CAP.
You speak too of the soundstage improvement in your audio sound reproduction: I want to ask you: when you go to some place to hear/dance salsa ( live ), how can you perceive that " soundstage "? where do you have to seat ( stay ) for perceive it ? in which manner do you hear it?, BTW: how many hours of live music do you hear every week?
The CD medium is a " mass medium " a " business/comercial medium " and today a part of this CD medium it is at its top of its technology by high-end standards at a very high price ( 10K to 40K ), but even at this level can't compete with a similar analog rig.
Now, if you want to talk about 24bits digital technology then that is another issue, here this technology it is , at least, at the same level of the analog and in some circunstances can surpass the analog sound reproduction.
Now, about your KAB: till today ( including KAB ) the only direct drive turntables that stay at the top end of the belt drive technology are: Technics SP10MK3 and Denon DP 100, period.
Regards and always enjoy the music.
Raul.

Psychicanimal: I forgot: the Rockport Sirius, too ( direct drive TT ).
Raul.

Raul, I don't care what you think--no offense (perdona sa'e).

Psychicanimal: Sure you don't care. But if you want to improve your life you have to learn to learn, if not stay where you are: nowhere.
Tks and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Raoul, just because *you* do not understand what I'm stating does not mean that it doesn't make sense. You don't even know where Dan Wright placed the Black Gate capacitors in my transport and you spin off with a stupid comment that only makes you look like an ignorant smart ass.

Your 'contribution' has no place in this thread. If you had a little common sense you would stop at the comment that someone with a $10K Nottingham Anna Log TT has kept it in the box because his digital rig is sounding soo good. That's the same person who told me I needed to get into belt drive transports and sent me the link of the classified that advertised the unit I currently own. Knowing this person has owned expensive TTs (both belt & DD) I followed his advice.

I suggest you follow your own 'advice' on "learning to learn" and find out how these people with higher belt drive transports get great music ( that's how I learned ). I'll tell you that my modded transport is plugged to a Clear Image T4 filter via an AudioPrism Super Natural 9.5 power cord. The T4's construction quality makes the BPT filters look like toys. The T4 shares the outlet with an Audio Power parallel filter. The T4 is fed via a 220V/110V ONEAC CB 2338 isolation transformer/filter (30 amp, 220V dedicated line, BTW). The T4 is supported by a set of Goldmund Cones which pierce a board of non resonant, Caribbean Moca wood, with an 18" x 18" rubber/cork/rubber slab under on an IKEA Lack table. Oh, my transport is also supported by Goldmund Cones with Moca wood and an 18" x 18" rubber/cork/rubber slab. The digital cable is a 1.5 m VenHaus Pulsar that Sean cooked for a full 30 days on two different cable cookers (one a modded Mobie, one mimicking a digital signal) @ 1 week alternate cycles. My modded 1200 sits on a similar layout, but with a Dennensen Air Suspension and a massive granite slab over the air pistons. This is WAY out of your league, Raoul.

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