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In Reply to: phonograph/vinyl: i just don't get it posted by DrChaos on November 7, 2021 at 23:05:52:
It's not for everyone. We are at a point where there is no reason to fear pops and ticks. There are numerous DSPs that can deal with that.
Record cleaning is a PIA. No two ways about it and I DON'T think of it as some sort of ritual that makes for a better experience.
The gear itself ought not to be fidely or high maintanance. Yeah, initial set up of anything new in the system is also a PIA. But it should be set it and forget it. If a vinyl playback system has any drift something aint right.
But yeah, I thoroughly enjoy listening to many classical vinyl records. In most cases the colorations inherent in vinyl and the colorations unique to my rig enhance the sound. They tend to be more spacious, with a greater sense of hall ambience, more harmonically complex, perceptually more dynamic, richer, livelier and more cohesive. Not by a large margin but still enough to be worth while. Yes, in the quietest parts I hear the noise of vinyl. Not to the point of distraction but to the point that I hear it if I am listening for it. But the truth is the noisiest medium there is would be live concerts. And it mostly works out sonically there.
And yes, there are bad records.Records that have damage to the point of being very distracting and even unlistenable. But there is bad digital too. Bad mastering plagues all formats and IMO this is one of the main reasons to have all formats. It just improves your odds of getting better sound with any given recording.
I am with you on horns. I haven't heard a horn loaded system that didn't have a distinct sonic signature of a horn. With that said I have not heard either the JBL M2s or the Magico flagship speakers.
As for tubes I am now done with them. I still love the sound of tubes but we now have some really sophisticated tube simulation with DSP. And DSP makes it optional. I will be able use it where it works and ditch it where it doesn't.
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