[paul2qute]

Had my interview with Guinness, felt like I smashed it but doubts start setting in now, lost my appeal with Unilever so fingers crossed I get the job at Guinness, I just wanna work hard and relax with music of a night

 

[ray-dude]

Was there some sort of seachange in 1968, that resulted in your statement above? Just for knowledge.

I can't say for certain, but my speculation is the advent of Dolby noise reduction. Recordings from the late 50s and early 60s are stunningly lifelike with mScaler

 

[Rob Watts]

Yes Dolby B was released in 1968... And that's when Decca was using Dolby too.

 

[Doody]

Ray meant well......

D

 

[GreenBow]

You can see why, even for short flights, why I have to have the M scaler now... And it is that ability to connect to the musical performance that is almost spooky - particularly with older pre 1968 recordings. And the other aspect that I still find exciting is the raw power of individual instruments; sometimes, even now, the sense of tangibility catches one by surprise.

I would like to shake you by the hand. You rock.

 

[miksu8]

Sorry a bit offtopic but any recommendations of 60s recordings on CD that are not ruined by remastering?

 

[ray-dude]

Sorry a bit offtopic but any recommendations of 60s recordings on CD that are not ruined by remastering?

I highly recommend all the Nat "King" Cole remasters from Analogue Productions (Muddy Waters "Folk Singer" as well). The "Living Stereo" remasters are also out of this world.

http://store.acousticsounds.com/s/448/Analogue_Productions
https://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=results&saleid=448&LabelID=4868

 

[musickid]

7 new pictures of hugo 2 and the mscaler just posted on the hugo 2 thread. cheers mk

 

[Doody]

7 new pictures of hugo 2 and the mscaler just posted on the hugo 2 thread. cheers mk

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/cho...official-thread.831345/page-956#post-14503178

Doody

 

[Mediahound]

Update from the USA distributor:

Based on our information at this time, we estimate M Scaler may be available late-October and Hugo TT2 roughly 30 days later so mid-to-late-November. All products are available in black or silver finish. There will be a special authorization for dealers on these products and the products will be sold only through specially authorized dealers. We expect to begin authorizing dealers first week of October. We are not accepting any pre-orders at this time.

https://www.bluebirdmusic.com/news/hugo-tt-2-etude-and-m-scaler-announced-by-chord.html

 

[Mediahound]

I hope they don't make this 'unobtainium'. The part about it only being sold through 'special' authorized dealers gives me pause. Is the USA distributor going to make it really difficult to make a purchase?

@OK-Guy @Mojo ideas ?

 

[dawktah2]

Update from the USA distributor:

https://www.bluebirdmusic.com/news/hugo-tt-2-etude-and-m-scaler-announced-by-chord.html

Based on exchange and duty that price is too high! Dealer profit is built into list price UK. I'm rethinking and may be buying in UK if I can. Ridiculous...

 

[rayl]

I hope they don't make this 'unobtainium'. The part about it only being sold through 'special' authorized dealers gives me pause. Is the USA distributor going to make it really difficult to make a purchase?

@OK-Guy @Mojo ideas ?

Will be interesting to hear!

DAVE was definitely that way for me. No dealer in New England could sell me one. I was quite upset at the policy, which- let’s not kid anyone- amounts to distributor imposing minimum inventory requirements to carry signature products under the guise of ensuring the dealer has demo model, etc.

But it all worked out for ok in the end as I eventually found a great guy and picked up both DAVE and Blu2, but if not for that turn of luck, I would’ve given up the chord search after a few more weeks. Many dealers were also too cute with not giving me a price over the phone. If I need to invest more than 5 minutes of small talk when I have already decided to buy, well, I hang up.

 

[ray-dude]

I hope they don't make this 'unobtainium'. The part about it only being sold through 'special' authorized dealers gives me pause. Is the USA distributor going to make it really difficult to make a purchase?

@OK-Guy @Mojo ideas ?

I strongly suspect this is a Bluebird problem, not a Chord problem. The cynical part of me thinks the “special” means willing to hold the line on the high pricing with no discount.

Time to organize group trips to London CanJam to do some shopping!

 

[Mediahound]

Will be interesting to hear!

DAVE was definitely that way for me. No dealer in New England could sell me one. I was quite upset at the policy, which- let’s not kid anyone- amounts to distributor imposing minimum inventory requirements to carry signature products under the guise of ensuring the dealer has demo model, etc.

But it all worked out for ok in the end as I eventually found a great guy and picked up both DAVE and Blu2, but if not for that turn of luck, I would’ve given up the chord search after a few more weeks. Many dealers were also too cute with not giving me a price over the phone. If I need to invest more than 5 minutes of small talk when I have already decided to buy, well, I hang up.

I strongly suspect this is a Bluebird problem, not a Chord problem. The cynical part of me thinks the “special” means willing to hold the line on the high pricing with no discount.

Time to organize group trips to London CanJam to do some shopping!

Yeah, I still think the Chord distribution in the USA is really bad and needs a serious re-working.