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    A thread for Basschatters who have an interest in HIFI

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    18 hours ago, BassTractor said:

    the differences were minimal

    And so it is with the law of diminishing returns!

    Back in about 2002 when I decided to upgrade my old Linn Axis I did some extensive testing - I even took my Ditton 66 speakers and EAR 834deluxe phonostage to various hifi shops... 

    We tried everything from the Kuzma Stabi S (this was the cheapest, and excellent though lacking that final bit of detail) through Wilson Benesch (darker, not much excitement), Michell Orbe (similar), SME 30 (expensive, bit clinical, still not enough musicality), Clearaudio Revolution (excellent) and Petite Verdier (very best of all, though expensive and my Mrs didn't like the looks of it).

    While by no means a scientific test as all were in different rooms with different amplification (though we chose something everytime with similar capabilities to my then-current Lumley 120W valve monoblocks),  we found differences between all in terms of sheer enjoyment - basically how musical they felt, and the Verdier with Moerch arm and Dynavector cart was the best I'd ever heard, closely followed by the Clearaudio. And while we could have got 95% of the performance of the Clearaudio from say, a Project at a lot less than 1/2 the money, we decided we had to look at it too...

     

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    What do we make of Danny Sapko?

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    1 hour ago, Misdee said:

    For my taste, this music is very hard to listen to.

    I'd class that as easy listening proggyjazzrock, with a relatively straightahead rock groove!

    Here's a bass player who's just as good as La Dey but doesn't do dodgy ads for toxic slushies, and goes off-piste a bit more! One of my fave albums, btw...

     

    And in slightly less easy-listening news here's another bass player who despite often venturing quite well off-piste still manages to groove. And no influencer nonsense, though he had the "pleasure" of producing (arguably) John Lydon's best work... Waddya reckon, Sapko? 😁

     

     

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