Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, The Rega turntables are probably the best value in audio equipment. My secondary turntable is the Rega Planar 25 fitted with the older Clearaudio Goldmund cartridge. The sound is quite different then the Koetsu. Equate it to the character of two different lenses only more so. Except both are highly detailed. I also listen to CD's but when I really want to listen to the music only vinyl will do. Listen to the inner detail. It's amazing. Thanks for the comments. Enjoy the music. Best, Len On Dec 30, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > A very nicely shot piece of engineering and esthetics - I'm more > of a minimalist myself, (Rega Planar 3, Marantz amp and smallish BW > speakers) but I just love showing CD freaks what vinyl has in > store for them. > Strangely enough, synthesizer music comes over better from vinyl > too - Thompson Twins, Thomas Dolby, Vangelis, Tonto's Expanding > Headband, Beaver and Krause just don't make it on CD. For classical > guitar and piano music the ambience reproduction of vinyl is > superior by far when compared with the clinical dissection of music > heard on many CDs. I think it's the sampling that does it - a > digital frequency spectrum can never be totally smooth - just like > pixels. > Cheers > Douglas > > > > >> It's a very quiet night. Not a soul around. I had just finished >> talking to >> my daughter in Texas. (I'm in Pa.). I decided to listen to some >> music, on >> vinyl. My living room was dark. Near the end of the record I stood >> and went >> to see how soon I would have to lift the stylus. As I looked down >> at the >> turntable it struck me. What a thing of beauty. And made on three >> different >> continents. It deserves to be photographed. So here it is. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/MusicMachine.jpg.html> >> >> or >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yu7qgd >> >> Here's the scoop. >> >> The turntable is an Oracle made in Canada. >> The tonearm is a SME IV.Vi made in the UK. >> The cartridge is a Koetsu Urushi made in Japan. >> >> The music is an American classic "Cosmo's Factory" by Creedence >> Clearwater >> Revival. >> >> For you technicians. >> >> Leica M8 and Noctilux at f1, ISO 1250 handheld at 1/6 sec. at a >> very close >> distance. The music was playing during the shot. >> >> I wish you all could listen to the record. >> >> Oh, all the electronics are tube (valve) made in Minnesota. The >> speakers are >> made by Danish craftsmen. Beautiful to see and to listen to. >> >> Len >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information