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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People

Post Subject: To talk or compare turntables....Posted by Romy the Cat on: 11/9/2012

Stitch, I am not too familiar with the sound of contemporary TT and I am not necessary would discard them juts because they are contemporary. I still have that fantasy about some kind of flimsy, paper-made TT that for whatever reason do sound very good. I do not think that it never be done.

The problem that I see with turntable is not the turntables themselves but people and systems. In many instances the superficiality and lightweightness of the people who use the TT, not to mention the people audio reference points, is major obstacle to get proper sound from a given TT. How many people would claim he they get the most from their turntable? I know my TT quite well and I consider myself not a Moron in audio but I would not claim that my TT performs in my installation at its max capacity. The playbacks are another matter. The best TT might be evaluated in term of their max performance only within a context of very ambition playback. For instance if you want to know what the most ultimate bass a given TT has then it might be done ONLY in context of playback the has very seriously done lower octaves. Is it possible that a TT with better bass would sound worse just because it over-perform the capacity of the given system and just highlights it’s weakness? Who could observe, evaluate and factor in all that complexity and make any more or less rational judgment about the definitive sound of our turntables? I spoke with a friend of mine who very confidently explained to me the bass difference between Micro 8000 and EMT 927. He was very much not a fool in my estimation but his playback did not work less than 50Hz. How shall I interpret his comments?

The point that I make is that subject of TT is VERY complicated and I do not think that there is any civilized framework how audio people could talk or compare turntables.

The Cat

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