eric343
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Well, the NS500V has been burning in for about 60 hours now (the SACD demo disk on infinite repeat), so I figured I'd do a comparison to our aging, entry-level Technics SL-BD22 turntable with stock tonearm and A-T DC20 cart...
I used Miles Davis: Kind of Blue as a recording, since it's on the SACD demo disk and we also have it in vinyl.
SACD is "softer", smoother, a bit warmer. The Technics has perhaps some higher highs, but it's sharper and harsher. Also the Sony has better bass - deeper and bigger. The trumpet sounds more like a knife on the turntable, whereas on SACD it's got a smoother, more liquid quality that I've really only heard before on Baroque horns. (if it's not baroque, don't fix it...
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What struck me is the reversal of roles here... where CD is considered to be harsh and all that, vinyl is considered to be smoother, warmer, "analoguey", more real. Yet here it's the vinyl that sounds harsh, and the SACD that sounds smooth, warm, and analoguey...
Wierd, eh? I guess we need a new turntable
I used Miles Davis: Kind of Blue as a recording, since it's on the SACD demo disk and we also have it in vinyl.
SACD is "softer", smoother, a bit warmer. The Technics has perhaps some higher highs, but it's sharper and harsher. Also the Sony has better bass - deeper and bigger. The trumpet sounds more like a knife on the turntable, whereas on SACD it's got a smoother, more liquid quality that I've really only heard before on Baroque horns. (if it's not baroque, don't fix it...
What struck me is the reversal of roles here... where CD is considered to be harsh and all that, vinyl is considered to be smoother, warmer, "analoguey", more real. Yet here it's the vinyl that sounds harsh, and the SACD that sounds smooth, warm, and analoguey...
Wierd, eh? I guess we need a new turntable