Hi-Rez Highway: "to me dynamic contrast is a particularly important issue and really allows music to come alive... " by Jack Seaton New high resolution SACD releases, players and technology.

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Posted by Jack Seaton (A ) on February 6, 2005 at 10:08:20

In Reply to: Re: results....... posted by mikel on February 6, 2005 at 09:08:44:

Good, we agree on that 100%, and explains why I own the gear that I do.

"it allows the slightest nuance to become musically significant" Yes, micro dynamics is very important.

So, the gear had 300 plus hours on it. You would hope that it would be fairly well broken in or at least give you a good feel by then. I was told that the Esoteric took an exceptionally long break in. (Once again, I'm just going by some one elses first hand experience; a luxury that in this case, neither of us have.)

I've never heard anyone define audio (sound) like you have here, so that is why there was confusion. To be honest I'm still a little confused, but I think that I have got the basics of what you're trying to convey. (Still confusion over your definition of ultra-detail ...) I don't get your use of texture in regards to detail.

I know very well what the Meitner combo sounds like, so your comparisons against it will work for me and others who have had some first hand experience with it.

For the record, I'm not the person who had brought up the interconnect issue, it was another Inmate below. I'm amazed that I had not caught that one. Different cables? "and that the RCA cable issue is typically pretty minor and most definitly not big enough to change anything." Hmmm.

Did you try any other tweaks on either unit? For example, if the Esoteric lacked dynamics, did you try any other feet or isolation platforms to aid this? Have you tried various coupling/decoupling devices on your Meitner? As you have encountered, different pieces of gear will react differently to coupling and decoupling.

Thanks for your time and sharing your thoughts.

Jack

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