rvpiano
Responses from rvpiano
| Old records. Vintage recapped preamp. No remote😩 | |
| Old records. Just a little fiddling with the anti-skating, and now (with increased volume) good records sound at least on a par with digital! Who would have thought such a tiny adjustment to the anti-skating would make such a big difference. | |
| Old records. Coltrane1, I have that exact device. Perhaps I should use it more. | |
| Old records. It seems to be working! ‘Can’t explain why it didn't before. | |
| Old records. Dweller, interesting that you should say that. My dealer said the same thing. it’s just that it gets too loud sometimes. | |
| Old records. One final observation. The inequity between vinyl and digital seems to be more noticeable in classical records. In popular. Jazz, folk, rock, etc. the SQ is at least as sharp as digital. It’s with classical that I notice a less detailed presentati... | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? Sergei Rachmaninoff James Taylor | |
| Old records. I think the consensus here is that records are maddeningly inconsistent. | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition Newbee, if you don’t like it, there’s spectacular performances of Ravel and Stravinsky to listen to. | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition @mahler123 I’m glad you mentioned the Khatia performance. I’m just re-listening to it, and indeed it is special. Just a pensive browse through the exhibition, not a race. | |
| Old records. Interestingly, when I compare Reiner’s RCA .5 mastering LP of the Mousorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition it sonically blows away the Idagio stream of the same performance. But this is a rarity. Normally the Idagio streams sound better in compariso... | |
| Old records. The other thought that occurs to me is that I have an old Conrad-Johnson (recapped by CJ) tube amplifier which matches wonderfully with my super accurate Benchmark equipment. Perhaps the mellowness of the CJ is just not a good match for the analog... | |
| Old records. I’m beginning to think that my problem with analog is that I’m looking for it to have the same qualities as digital in terms of immediacy and accuracy. The two formats are indeed quite different. If I listen to analog for the music and don’t get ... | |
| Old records. @lewm i actually agree with you. Those old records that are not worn often do sound better than new releases. Especially those from the ‘60s and early 70s. | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition A really impressive and intriguing take on the work is by Khatia Buniatishvili. |