@ Cute
Ah well, maybe tomorrow - in decent hours. Here it is 1:42 AM, and I had to wake a friend at midnight to order them for me, as my credit will show up in real force in 10 hours time - i would have missed them without his help. Appreciate info though, thanks !
@ Dsnuts
Well, I do not see Metallica track as TECHNICALLY beter/tougher to reproduce - but please bear with me this is in reference to Philips SHE3580,
I do connect Stax Lambda Pro to my netbook often, but it is not "go to internet" phone, lol !
I really find it hard to find ANYTHING really good sounding on youtube - there are understandable limits to how much data is still menageable. And there is (also understandable) tendency at YT to diminish the resolution after certain amount of time after the original posting has expired. I mentioned analog LPs, particularly direct to disk, my own masters etc - I rarely listen to CD now, let alone lesser/compressed formats. I wanted to ask you to listen to a certain acoustic bass player to comment on ability of the JVC to diferentiate really fine nuances, but difference from the same track played from vinyl and YT is so great you would have only wondered what the hell you were supposed to hear. Sad, but true.
But do not get me wrong -. I cherish YT as it is an enormous asset and enrichment on the global scale, allowing things that were undreamt of only a while back. Extreme audiphilia nervosa notwithstanding. Please go and check the thread I started today :
http://www.head-fi.org/t/622055/evelyn-glennie-how-to-listen-to-music-with-your-whole-body
Regarding Metallica - when this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dU-AAsHRQg
came out, I was browsing some LPs in shop, the CD was on the speakers and during my half an hour stay in shop I saw at least 10 customers carying it to the cashier's - compared to this tribute, Metallica can sound at times like a gentle baroque quartet - lol ! Please note that I DO appreciate original - IIRC, Metallica did approve this cover by Die Krupps and maybe even played together with them a couple of times. Unfortunately, it really takes very good/expen$$ive equipment to do this recording justice - YT is FYI only.
Best regards,
analogSurviver