Indeed, but I find its most often a case of synergy. I like spus and a shure m35x/n35/s78 on my 301 and denon 103 (in the great lenco l70 tonearm) and the magical ortofon sl15ell on my big lenco. On the td124 I use a pimped 103.
I mainly have experience with garrards, lencos, and td124.
Of those id say that the garrard is the most powerful _and_ refined, the lenco has the best boogaloo and the td 124 has a nice
flow that particularly suits female voice but it is not as metronomic as the two others. The lenco is the...
Actually, I think advances in digital sound technology could come from hearing aid technology and voice recognition.
But theres a very long way to go, for best digital to get close to best analogue.
To my ears best digital is still 16bit cd AAD recordings into a tda 1541 based dac. Abbas for...
Lay people dont have their hearing distorted by what they think other audiophiles think, what it costs, engineering dogmatism, etc.
So it’s often worth listening to what they say.
Conclusion: the ladies have better ears than the audiophiles …
Previously Abbas has made some very impressive looking few watt single ended power amps based on unusual valves.
In recent years hes done headphone amps that can double as pre amps. Ive also seen pictures of a prototype hybrid amp...
Look what the cat brought in …
… two 1:25 step up trafos from Abbas himself.
Im gonna be using one for my ortofon sl15ell and one for spus.
Been listening for 30 mins but truly sounds like it is exactly what the doctor ordered.
@gerihifi :
One thing that you owe yourself, is to try your abbas dac with a good cd transport as source. Will take sound even more towards “authentic”.
Im sure the ladies will appreciate it.
Yes im using one.
I preferred it to an expensive cable that i had on loan. Cant remember the brand. Other than that i havent spent much time comparing.
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