Ayon vs EMT vs CH Phono
I had been fortunate to have chances to try quite a few phonos. My purpose in trying was not to get the definitive best sound from a Phono. I like variety and have many tastes depending on my mood. I was looking to possess three phonos because I will have up to 9 arms when my fourth tt arrives, and I have a bad back that put me to acupuncturist when I have to switch my RCA’s a lot.
A few days ago, Boonyarat gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse so I made my decision to buy my third phono. It is the CH P1+X1. My other phonos are Ayon Spheris and EMT JPA66.
I actually had all these three phonos in my system before..may be for a week. That was about 8 months ago. I tested them, wrote a brief comparison in another forum.
After the test I ordered the EMT. It took EMT almost 6 months to deliver me the phono. The EMT has 3 mc inputs and 1 mm input. Standard MKII has 3 mc inputs with different gains and load adjustment. I had them customized mine to have input 2 and 3 to have equally high gain for very low sensitivity mc carts. I don’t have a mm cart so I also bought an Airtight SUT to play with my mc cart using mm input of the EMT.
After a long wait, the EMT arrived. I was in agony using it the first week. It sounded like sh*t. I was thinking what the f**k! When I had tested before I bought, it sounded pretty darn good I made my decision to buy. I called my dealer to ask if the tubes I heard before were the same type in mine. He told me to keep burning it. I was listening to crap for a month and all the sudden it turned into Cinderella. Phew! Now I think the EMT could be the best all around “tube” phono. I never tried the Lamm LP1 though. Always want to. There is no dealer here. Ddk recommended me the LP1 but I have been getting less crazy stupid than used to be so now I can’t not pull a trigger without hearing in my system.
A few weeks before I bought the CH P1+X1 I also had a chance to play with Allnic DHT5000. I thought if Rockitman and Airbearing are using it, it has to be good. It was actually very good right out the box. Bonzo kept telling me Tang you have to change to rectifiers to KR and it would become a super phono. I happen to own a pair of KR Lampizator 5U4G too. But it would totally be a bad manner to tube roll something totally brand new,not mine, and only lended to me. So I didn’t roll. Bonzo kept insisting me, probably called me pu**y from behind too. I didn’t roll. I get to try all the goodies because dealers trust me.
Why I didn’t buy Allnic? Because I already have two tube phonos. The flavor and taste and presentation of Allnic didn’t differ enough from two tube phonos I have. It also sounded sweeter more beautiful than both Ayon and EMT. Long before this I also tried Soulution 755, Thoress phono Equalizer, Audionet, etc.
I am writing this during my lunch time. Rambling for so long still haven’t said a thing about sound of the three phonos..hehe . Ran out of time. Hope the moderator don’t delete my thread. So...to be continue...
Kind regards,
Tang
I had been fortunate to have chances to try quite a few phonos. My purpose in trying was not to get the definitive best sound from a Phono. I like variety and have many tastes depending on my mood. I was looking to possess three phonos because I will have up to 9 arms when my fourth tt arrives, and I have a bad back that put me to acupuncturist when I have to switch my RCA’s a lot.
A few days ago, Boonyarat gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse so I made my decision to buy my third phono. It is the CH P1+X1. My other phonos are Ayon Spheris and EMT JPA66.
I actually had all these three phonos in my system before..may be for a week. That was about 8 months ago. I tested them, wrote a brief comparison in another forum.
After the test I ordered the EMT. It took EMT almost 6 months to deliver me the phono. The EMT has 3 mc inputs and 1 mm input. Standard MKII has 3 mc inputs with different gains and load adjustment. I had them customized mine to have input 2 and 3 to have equally high gain for very low sensitivity mc carts. I don’t have a mm cart so I also bought an Airtight SUT to play with my mc cart using mm input of the EMT.
After a long wait, the EMT arrived. I was in agony using it the first week. It sounded like sh*t. I was thinking what the f**k! When I had tested before I bought, it sounded pretty darn good I made my decision to buy. I called my dealer to ask if the tubes I heard before were the same type in mine. He told me to keep burning it. I was listening to crap for a month and all the sudden it turned into Cinderella. Phew! Now I think the EMT could be the best all around “tube” phono. I never tried the Lamm LP1 though. Always want to. There is no dealer here. Ddk recommended me the LP1 but I have been getting less crazy stupid than used to be so now I can’t not pull a trigger without hearing in my system.
A few weeks before I bought the CH P1+X1 I also had a chance to play with Allnic DHT5000. I thought if Rockitman and Airbearing are using it, it has to be good. It was actually very good right out the box. Bonzo kept telling me Tang you have to change to rectifiers to KR and it would become a super phono. I happen to own a pair of KR Lampizator 5U4G too. But it would totally be a bad manner to tube roll something totally brand new,not mine, and only lended to me. So I didn’t roll. Bonzo kept insisting me, probably called me pu**y from behind too. I didn’t roll. I get to try all the goodies because dealers trust me.
Why I didn’t buy Allnic? Because I already have two tube phonos. The flavor and taste and presentation of Allnic didn’t differ enough from two tube phonos I have. It also sounded sweeter more beautiful than both Ayon and EMT. Long before this I also tried Soulution 755, Thoress phono Equalizer, Audionet, etc.
I am writing this during my lunch time. Rambling for so long still haven’t said a thing about sound of the three phonos..hehe . Ran out of time. Hope the moderator don’t delete my thread. So...to be continue...
Kind regards,
Tang
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