@Les Strat , @gljus
Come on guys, you're just dragging a piece of hard rock over a piece of soft plastic with + 20 dB and - 20 dB corrections and monofied bass to be able to keep the needle in the record groove. What do you expect to get?
Records start wearing the first time you put them on the TT. Don't even start about second hand records where the history is unknown.
Yes, there are masters that are better done for LP than the ones for CD, but vise versa is just as often the case.
And at that point you don't have source material yet (unless you have a well preserved private records collection).
I find it totally ridiculous that people are willing to pay such insane prices for the "vintage" so called "top" material. All vintage audio material is advertised as "High End" nowadays.
EMT was designed for 24/7 abusive use in studios. Sounds OK, but nothing fancy. Durability great, HiFi just so so. The Sol arm, due to it's unique unrestrained unipivot design, is way way better sounding.
Technics TT specs are just as great as Sol's, but not an inch better. Only if you need the fast start/stop (again for DJ and studio) it has advantages.
All the rest is smoke and mirrors. Too many people listen with their eyes, wallet and with specs in hand instead of just using their ears.
Record prices is even more derailed. I recently looked at Patricia Barber's Blue café album.
Double album $ 250,00 + shipping for a sealed set.
CD $ 25,00 + shipping
What do you think, the LP has 10 times better sound quality? Buy 7 of these records and you've spend the price of the Urd, go figure.
PS. I prefer the un-mastered 24/192 version of this album.
Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue raincoat, not as high priced, but same differences. And the list goes on and on. Sigh ..............
Exactly the reasons why I’m perfectly happy with my Yggy!
Hell, at the moment, while working from the mountains, I’m perfectly happy with my MacBook’s headphone out