What do you think of this video. And this is not directed to those who think every mobile phone video is trash, thanks. Please listen to the end for the brass and the woodwinds
Anyway, let's keep this to a video thread and not make it a cables debate
I don't know. I still get goose bumps when I think of the sound I heard with the Pac 242 through audionet at his place. But really, it is not competing on tone, nor does it intend to, with originals played into Mayer AER. Yet, the nuance, inflection, dynamic range, grip and change from note to note was far higher than I heard anywhere
Yes was surprised about the lower gain on the recording. Interesting that the gain setting on the Stern was exactly the same, but he was using a balanced input whereas I use single-ended (worth noting Audionet recommend this). I'm using 242 on Lampi which are very high gain. I can try re-recording, but to me this was being played at a realistic in-room volume, and perhaps highlight the limitations of what we're doing here.Hi Heihei,
Thanks for sharing this. This is a more realistic presentation and natural. Tonally it is superior to the other WB system. Looking at the gear, I think Hieukm might well be correct about the CH causing some synthetics in the other vid - here your Lampi seems to have removed the plastic violin.
Perhaps record at higher level / more gain.
Best.
Agreed - I think for both of us this is the first time we have materially preferred Pacific over GG2. Audionet is a saturated sound, so can handle the more detailed / analytical approach of the Pacific without losing tonality, harmonics, and flow we love about Lampi.He should repeat that after he gets the Pac 242 because imo the GG2 was not doing as good a match with the audionet gear.
Ked - what cable is Heihei using? I think the Lampi is helping the tone a lot.
The Kronos is probably the best sounding TT I have heard, whether or not the counter rotating platters has anything to do with it. Basically I have heard it elevate every system I have heard it in.Wonder why the Kronos can do the quiet part so good when there are two platters rotating. Although the designer proposed that they counter cancelling the movement generated by themself, still the more moving parts the more moving variable and more noise to my logic. The Kronos played with the Opus1 spooked me with the quiet thing even more than the AF1P. Most tape like sound tt than others that have been in my system. I think the motor and the speed control could be improve further. The designer gave me his wooden record weight that I never tried.
I would like to point out that I was comparing to the YG, not making absolute statements on the system. In comparison it was better.This system has always lacked tone before the introduction of WB speakers, tube trap hence i advocated it because of the CH DAC. But the analog seems to improve on tones but not up to par with the tube ultimates. So it could be the cables: Ansuz, Nordost, Audioquest or Transparent are what i would call technical cables which prize them selves in similar fasion: dynamics, extreme frequency and noise floor. If he have chosen a different path of what i would call musical cables of brands like Argento, Skogrand, Dalby then maybe the tone would have improved but maybe in expense of other current WOW factors like dynamics.
I am surprised to hear that even someone who presumably has so much exposure to real life violin playing like Brad did not immediaetly realised the tone of violin was lacking. Indeed golden ears are required in audio industry after all.
Scheherazde for everyone
Not sure of the purpose for posting this system when the sound is so hifi, homogenized and flat. The violin sounds like someone is sawing wood, two notes only. Everything is off or
Also, was only commenting on the Tango piece as I hadn’t heard the other two until just now. The Rabin is really not so good but the other recording could bear significant responsibility for that.I would like to point out that I was comparing to the YG, not making absolute statements on the system. In comparison it was better.
Elaborate. I find there is a lack of ambient space in it.His Scheherazade sounds very weird compared to his tango and Michael Rabin
Elaborate. I find there is a lack of ambient space in it.
Lively but like all the ALTECs the tonal coherence is not the best. You can hear a shift in the tonality from high and low registers that is not seamless. These old Rabin recordings are not the best either but you get a good feel for the orchestra In this setup. It has umph.Here's another Michael Rabin pagannini, on digital.
Lively but like all the ALTECs the tonal coherence is not the best. You can hear a shift in the tonality from high and low registers that is not seamless. These old Rabin recordings are not the best either but you get a good feel for the orchestra In this setup. It has umph.
The whole tonality is weird, much more artificial compared to his other videos, given he hasn't changed anything
It sounds weird compared to different recordings on it on different stereos or even Youtube, to me.
Nothing’s different, it’s all the same flaws.The whole tonality is weird, much more artificial compared to his other videos, given he hasn't changed anything
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