in April this year, I took a trip to Japan - solely to listen to the ELP Laser Turntable - before deciding to purchase it.
finally, it arrived. In August!
For the longest time, after many rounds of emails to chiba san, i managed to arm twist him - to provide the procedure - how to turn off the noise blanker function.
once that is deactivated, the ELP sounds so sweet, so satisfying, that the meitner tsdx/dac2x combo is shunted to one side (should anyone be surprised....!?!?)
this function is set to ON, by default.
but with a filter that's set to kick in so early in the middle of the audible freq spectrum, it is bound to affect the music reproduction somewhat.
right now, the frictionless 'table is singing sweetly through the pass lab ono phonostage and i am getting getting more and more captivated every passing day by its lack of perceivable needle-groove interaction.
how do one begin to describe it?
imagine a brand new LP.
play it once, and immediately play it again.
the 2nd time the LP is played again, it sounds "different".
the tightness in the throat, that squeekiness at the intense crescendos, that sharper-than-real life imaging delineation - all those too familiar artitfacts of needle playback - now happily made conspicious by their absence is what this ELP thing sounds like.
my only gripe?
so much music, and so little hours in a day to enjoy them....
finally, it arrived. In August!
For the longest time, after many rounds of emails to chiba san, i managed to arm twist him - to provide the procedure - how to turn off the noise blanker function.
once that is deactivated, the ELP sounds so sweet, so satisfying, that the meitner tsdx/dac2x combo is shunted to one side (should anyone be surprised....!?!?)
this function is set to ON, by default.
but with a filter that's set to kick in so early in the middle of the audible freq spectrum, it is bound to affect the music reproduction somewhat.
right now, the frictionless 'table is singing sweetly through the pass lab ono phonostage and i am getting getting more and more captivated every passing day by its lack of perceivable needle-groove interaction.
how do one begin to describe it?
imagine a brand new LP.
play it once, and immediately play it again.
the 2nd time the LP is played again, it sounds "different".
the tightness in the throat, that squeekiness at the intense crescendos, that sharper-than-real life imaging delineation - all those too familiar artitfacts of needle playback - now happily made conspicious by their absence is what this ELP thing sounds like.
my only gripe?
so much music, and so little hours in a day to enjoy them....