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RE: A few Listening Sessions

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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