In Reply to: RE: A few Listening Sessions posted by ironbut on April 26, 2009 at 10:48:48:
I was just at stellavox's place last week for a second session of comparisons of various decks and playback electronics. First off, I am an unabashed tube 'freak'. I was biased towards the tube deck from the start. I was shocked at the final results. The Cello did smoke all other decks and preamps during the test session. I am not sure about the cable/head interaction was ideal for the Bottlehead tape repro electronics, as I have heard them sound absolutely STELLAR at Doc's place with the Nagra head on his T-Audio deck. Remember, the tape repro was tested on the same Nortronics head as the Cello tape preamp with the same cables.
There is more than one way to 'skin a cat' in the tape playback/vinyl playback departments. One of the best I ever heard was a Paul Weitzel modded Scully LJ-14 with basic nortronics play head and re-worked scully 280 Germanium preamps. It destroyed a re-worked ATR from Mike Spitz. The owner was a ultra high end manufacturer of speakers and his system was one of the best I've ever heard.
Needless to say, I am even more of a fan of Cello now than I ever was. I am even thinking of setting up a small shrine in my studio to Tom Colangelo and Mark Levinson :-)
The remote Palette equalizer was also a revelation. A must IMO for music lovers, as opposed to audiophiles.
Rich in Portland
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- RE: A few Listening Sessions - u47 04/26/0911:20:55 04/26/09 (10)
- I know that Scully. I've heard it myself a time or two. - Jack Seaton 05:44:30 05/2/09 (1)
- RE: I know that Scully. I've heard it myself a time or two. - u47 16:44:06 05/2/09 (0)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions - Doc B. 12:43:41 04/26/09 (7)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions - Myles Astor 06:24:24 04/27/09 (6)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions - Doc B. 08:05:41 04/27/09 (2)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions - Myles Astor 14:22:10 04/27/09 (0)
- cables - impedance followup - stellavox 08:22:19 04/27/09 (0)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions-follow up report - u47 06:37:53 04/27/09 (2)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions-follow up report - stellavox 08:33:03 04/27/09 (1)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions-follow up report - ironbut 15:44:40 04/27/09 (0)
- RE: A few Listening Sessions-follow up report - Useridchallenged 15:55:36 12/23/09 (0)