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In Reply to: A couple of questions. posted by Frank P on August 14, 2005 at 09:37:38:
Hifi is about faithfulness, for me that means faithfulness to the recording as you buy it (record, CD, SACD or other). Mechanical playback generates several percent of distortion, which is not recorded. The ELP, by principle, does include any of the known sources for distortion in vinyl playback. From a purely academic point of view the ELP is more faithful to the recording than any traditional vinyl rig out there, regardless of price.The ELP may have other drawbacks, like extreme sensibility to dust and dirt in the groove, there might be issues with the electro-mechanical systems moving the different lasers across groove and record.
No, I did not audition an ELP, given that there is no dealer network worth that name. Since it's principally superior, meaning more faithful, I would give a listen should a dealer network ever see the light, and if the two issues mentioned in the preceding paragraph were of no harm, I probably would get one. But buying without auditioning at home, the next repair shop being in Japan, no way.
Klaus
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Follow Ups
- It's not a question of preference - KlausR. 08/14/0510:58:01 08/14/05 (6)
- Re: It's not a question of preference - T-Rex 05:04:40 08/15/05 (5)
- What are those unintentional distortions, please explain - KlausR. 06:25:43 08/15/05 (4)
- Re: What are those unintentional distortions, please explain - T-Rex 08:22:48 08/15/05 (3)
- Faithful to the master - KlausR. 06:37:38 08/16/05 (2)
- Re: Faithful to the master - jcarr 16:02:20 08/16/05 (1)
- Re: Faithful to the master - John Elison 12:22:30 08/17/05 (0)
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