James, the Bad Co is good, not great. Not hyped up or over-produced like some "live" albums. The orange vinyl is really quiet and the performances are good and it's well mixed.
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@big_greg Thanks! On my list. |
@tomic601 made me do it! This $3.99 beater sounds surprisingly clean. Dynavector must be steering around the potholes. |
@big_greg You do VPI before US? Ever try the opposite? I would think US would loose up stuff deeply embedded, and a post US rinsing is a good idea. |
@sbank I think maybe I love Balmorhea because I came of age rocking out to music like Foghat, know what I mean? But last night I had it on loud and the corner speakers let the whole house become the speaker and I was 15 again, sharing my music with the world. |
James, You asked about my phono stage..... It’s an interesting piece. I am surprised at how on the warm side of neutral it is. It sounds great but I need to satisfy my curiosity with cartridge loading before I make any profound statements about it’s SQ. Right now, compared to my Trio, which is tubed, the Audia Flight has greater extension in the bass. Midrange is full. I wish there was a little, just a little more sparkle ( as Brian says) on top. My thinking is a different loading resistor will be in order. I think the SS could have more bloom. The music sure does have a beauty to it now. Fremer gave it a glowing review 10 years ago, FWIW. BTW, loved that Osibisa lp jacket! |
LOL @slaw I just checked out 470 vs 1K on the Trumpet again to check. The ‘new’ 12au7 CBS Hytron’s I installed bring some more sparkle by themselves vs the Brimar’s I had in. The Hytron’s makes the 470 setting better than before…..but still prefer 1K. Really, loading is all seasoning to personal taste. There is really no objective right or wrong. |
@slaw If the loading doesn't get ya there, there's also cable rolling(both phono & power) for that final seasoning. Audia is good stuff! My old friend Mark Conti, who's making these now https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2021/09/24/mc-audiotech-forty-10-loudspeakers-review/, used to have Audia in his reference system before he and Vytas started Veloce Audio. |
Steve, I’m basically a rookie learning fast, so….am dangerous in giving advice 😁 But, always being curious, and wanting to learn more, I did look at a manual for your phono pre, unfortunately only found it in French, so trying to make sense of it. You have jumpers to adjust both capacitance and resistance. Per Peter’s specs on both the Sussarro and MIMC, he marks recommended capacitance loading as ‘N/A’ (not applicable). But recommended resistance load setting as equal to or greater than 470. My Hagerman is set at 220 capacitance by default (no additional setting offered). So, that is my starting point for all carts, no matter MM or MC. That bothers some who consider the Hagerman. it’s never been an issue to me…..yet. Thus, I only have resistance load options of: 47, 100, 220, 470, 1k, & 47k. I think I may have been misunderstanding that the loading you stated had more to do with the capacitance options vs resistance. You have a variety of capacitance settings for MM, then various resistance settings for MC. It looks like if no resistance jumper is installed, it provides 47K, typical for hi output MM carts. You do have a 980 resistance jumper setting in MC (which you could utilize for your lo output SS), and that would probably be most attractive to my listening tastes, as it jumps all the way down to a resistance of 100 from 980. But I have no idea what I would set my capacitance to, as SS states that it is ‘not applicable’. So, out of curiosity, what are you setting your capacitance & resistance load at for the Sussarro? Just curious in order to learn more. |
Good, not great. Mine is quiet but mastering isn't super spacious. Songs are great. Tight band w/Charlie Sexton and Kenny Aranoff. It's a solid album, but 3 sides on vinyl always rubs me the wrong way. Couldn't they find a couple of acoustic demos or something unreleased to throw on side D? Same deal on Childish Things. |
