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Ash 
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 Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 9:26pm |
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The D7000 has a bass hump (it's far from flat) so it will be quite prominent even at lower volumes. The bass is very clear IIRC but is certainly elevated so loud volume would exacerbate this. Nightclub roomshaking bass in the ear 'ole.
These days, I often judge the evenness of frequency response of a headphone or speaker by how much information I can hear from it at very low volume. If the device conveys an even emphasis of the frequencies, very low volume is enough to be extremely resolving of nuances. Crank it up a bit for extra immersion and the balance/nuances should remain unchanged. If certain aspects of the mix are much more difficult to pick out when listening at lower volume, it may be that the relative difference in level is masking over particular nuances.
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Lucabeer
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 9:38pm |
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Question to Graham... Is it possible that the UL design reduces surface noise on vinyl? Because now I am playing Madonna "Ray of light", which has never been the cleanest of pressings. And it is showing NO surface noise at all. I remember you saying that the "wide bandwidth" approach of the Reflex M helps in reducing tics and tocs, so I was wondering if having now the same approach on the Solo could play a part in it. |
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Lucabeer
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 9:39pm |
That's why I like it. No headphone can ever reproduce the "fist in your chest" that speakers can easily do. The Denon comes close.
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Fatmangolf
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 10:11pm |
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I enjoyed 'Icky Thump' earlier this evening through my Proprius amps and GX300 speakers. Arguably not a hifi recording but definitely great music. IMO
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Lucabeer
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 10:25pm |
Well, it's raw and dirty, but visceral. It's meant to be that way. Mastering and cutting IS hifi, though, meaning that it perfectly puts on vinyl the sound it was meant to have. Steve Hoffman knows his stuff: another work of him that I love is Red Hot Chili Peppers 4LP "Stadium Arcadium". Blows the double CD away. |
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Graham Slee
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 11:47pm |
An amplifier having little in the way of phase and gain margin, or one suffering from parasitics, will ring, or accentuate, sharp/high frequency transients, which might sound "richer" but also makes record surface noise more prominent. This is something which stands out when auditioning design work with vinyl as the source, and as many of my customers started with one of my phono stages, I know I need to make my designs, which will most likely be used to listen to vinyl, as "quiet" as possible. This requires a considerable amount of work in dealing with parasitics, phase and gain margins, and is one of the reasons I'm not that prolific in introducing new products - it takes such a long time.
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That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps
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The ultimate test for any music system... A great album, but an album with a congested and veiled mix. Definitely not as clean as "Selling England by the Pound". How will it fare?  Edited by Lucabeer - 07 Mar 2019 at 5:24pm |
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