The room does seem small, I would move all those records somewhere, not much of a breathing space for the speakers.
As for the equipment choice, well, he is a reviewer and it is possible that it influenced his decisions of what to keep. He might've had a different or partly different set-up if he was just audiophile.
I definitely approve Continuum turntable with SAT tonearm and Ypsilon phono stage. Not sure about the rest. But I definitely disapprove the absense of a Studer deck. This is not serious for a reviewer of his rank. Still, I would expect all tube or hybrid electronics and much stronger digital front end. |
For that 1%. He also reviews music, including on cds. I was polite regarding his digital. I am sure he could at least get Esoteric player or something like that. |
Well, it's his style. I stopped reading reviews on a regular basis a long time ago, anyway. Besides, there is so much used equipment that I think this will forever be enough for me. Except for cartridges and cables. Cables keep improving significantly. |
I didn't get an impression that he liked his rig very much, but he was definitely attached to his turntable. That's the reason, at least one of possible reasons, of why he didn't explain the choices he'd made.
I would not question anyone's hearing without knowing anything.
In fact, I thought he sounded tired of all this audiophile stuff. Understandable. It's very boring doing it every day, especially considering that there are no breakthroughs. |
Tim, are you familiar with the term "projection" ? |
Maybe I should invite him over here ? Anyone knows his email that he actually checks ? |
It is definitely for near field listening, almost like big headphones. And he certainly wanted his rig to be very sensitive to the smallest changes. He also had to pay for all that, and though he might've been able to afford better equipment he probably just didn't want to spend huge amounts, what he has is already very expensive, even with deep discounts. I remember reading his reviews of the Continuum Caliburn and Ypsilon phono stage and Ypsilon preamp. Unlike in other cases he was flying out of his pants, he was in awe when listening to those pieces. So he got two of them out of three. I would expect him to have all Ypsilon electronics, I don't know why he didn't do it. |
To begin with, he made that video and wanted us to see it, maybe wanted us to discuss it too, so we are discussing it.
But where is Michael himself? Michael, why not all Ypsilon ? And what did you do to your Studer ? $30k for Tara speaker cables ? They can go f...ar away from me. |
Nothing against DartZeel or CH phono that he also has. Sure, it is not our business regarding his money and prices he got. It would've been even less of our business had he not mentioned the money subject from time to time. And he didn't do it in a confident manner.
In any case, I wish he'd explained his equipment choices. Maybe he couldn't so he didn't. Up to him, but his video is very disappointing. Playing with Beatles records was not convincing either. |
"mediocre sound" is almost certainly exaggeration, but he is unlikely to get great sound in that room. |
moderator is not New Yorker, doesn't understand the concept. |
Whatever that was about, it is just a New York way of saying hello and acknowledging the other, as surprising and uncomfortable as this might be. And I am only partly kidding. |
