What are you listening to ?
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Blainethemono
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Abbey Road, 180 Gram, remastered vinyl
Absolutely SUBLIME, as is Magical Mystery Tour & Black Sabbath vol 5... Im slowly rebuilding my vinyl collection that I wore out in my younger years. Its all being pumped thru a Technics mag drive SL-1200 Mk2 Turntable, connected to a Nakamichi CA-5 Preamp, tied to a Nakamichi PA 7 Mk ll Stasis firing out of a pair of Polk Audio Lsi-15s towers...
Im finally in Heaven
Absolutely SUBLIME, as is Magical Mystery Tour & Black Sabbath vol 5... Im slowly rebuilding my vinyl collection that I wore out in my younger years. Its all being pumped thru a Technics mag drive SL-1200 Mk2 Turntable, connected to a Nakamichi CA-5 Preamp, tied to a Nakamichi PA 7 Mk ll Stasis firing out of a pair of Polk Audio Lsi-15s towers...
Im finally in Heaven
Q: Was it remastered all in analog? I'm finding that a lot of "remasters" sneak in digital processes... For a fact, the old MFSL Beatles Box Set was all analog.
MFSL is still doing stuff now, but it's not pure analog...
Blainethemono
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Its remastered from their 4 Track reel to reel tapes.....but Im sure they all have a bit of digital in there somewhere. cant get away from it
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The newer ones for sure!
The Beatles-The Beatles Stereo Box Set-180 Gram Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds
Did you know that the Abby Road LP as the first Beatles recording to use solid state?
Earlier stuff was all tube equipment.
The Beatles-The Beatles Stereo Box Set-180 Gram Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds
Did you know that the Abby Road LP as the first Beatles recording to use solid state?
Earlier stuff was all tube equipment.
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
You guys ever hear this?
It's studio recording sessions with very early Beatles.
I have 23 of them.
www.letsgocomputers.com/music/Track3.wma
It's studio recording sessions with very early Beatles.
I have 23 of them.
www.letsgocomputers.com/music/Track3.wma
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
You guys ever hear this?
It's studio recording sessions with very early Beatles.
I have 23 of them.
www.letsgocomputers.com/music/Track3.wma
This one is good too.
Glad they prettied it up later.
www.letsgocomputers.com/music/Track19.wma
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I've found all the remastered stuff is brighter and louder then the older stuff...almost everything on Tidal I find harsh to listen to.
I have a tube front end and it does nothing for that remastered stuff...it's just too bright for me.
I have a tube front end and it does nothing for that remastered stuff...it's just too bright for me.
Blainethemono
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Maybe a preamp with a better phono section? Thats why I went all Nakamichi. The old Yamaha stuff is pretty good as well.. I also had an old Yamaha T-1 Tuner. NEVER should have sold it.... My Buddy, who I purchased my Nak gear from, runs all ModWright...... Amazing stuff, but waaaaaay out of my Budget....
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Blainethemono
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Don't get me wrong, that amp is very cool, but I cannot hear the difference between inexpensive amplifiers and audiophile gear. If an analog signal is amplified and reproduced correctly, meaning identical waveform and nearly no distortion or noise, then it's the same no matter how much the gear costs or if you use tubes or semiconductors. Warmth, coloring, tube-like sound is really a form of distortion.
Blainethemono
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Ya know, I used to think that..... Then 1 day while we were sitting in his living room drinking some Oban Single Malt, listening to Thin Lizzy he says.... lets have some fun... So, he grabs Allan Parsons, i Robot, I think, the one with the Tubular Bells at the beginning of the song. 1st he plays the Remastered Album version intro of the song, then he switches over to FLAC thru his iPod, next a Full Metal Tape on his Nak Dragon... then the CD.... all running thru Soliloquy 6.2 speakers... Each song sounded FANTASTIC...... and guess what, I could notice a difference in each version.... To me, the Album and tape sounded the warmest & cleanest. With the ringing of each Bell you could tell, just like hearing fingers slide across a guitar fret, the singer pulling in a breath, or a cymbal resonating to silence.... Drums were tight, not muddy or hollow. There IS a difference, but a lot of it can be subjective.... not all ears are alike. The proverbial Tin Ear does exist.... I loved my Yamaha M1 & M2, but the Nak sounds better. My Nak is fantastic....but, IMHO, the ModWright is just on another level, and not just by price... Now, dont get me wrong either
Im not some kind of audiophile snob, but after 6 years in car/home stereo and having an audiophile Friend like I do for the last 30 years, Ive been exposed to a better quality of sound and hardware...
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