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In Reply to: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital posted by Balance on December 4, 2005 at 08:29:26:
many of us decide, for a variety of reasons, that analog is far superior, even on budget systems. THEN, we decide that analog is where our major investment should go."Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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Hey Kava,That's EXACTLY correct. My system is growing more vintage all the time (don't have the big income anymore, but I digress) but in my case, I spent almost exactly the same on my digital and analog front ends, both obtained in the 80's. High quality stuff. Then over time there were an array of cartridges, DACs, cables, etc., etc. and I came to realize that digital simply doesn't move me.
I also think that because virtually all audio shops have used digital front ends for 20+ years, I can easily better the sound of 90% of what I hear in shops with my relatively modest system in my home. For example, when shopping for my Maggie 1.6's, the local dealer's setup couldn't even obtain a stable center voice image. It was pitiful, actually. His shop also carried Martin Logan but again, very poor sound quality obtained when being driven with a digital front end. I KNOW these baby’s can sing, but not in his shop. Digital is great for convenience, but I'm not into this hobby for convenience, you know?
Cheers, Joe
Hi Joe,Yup - I agree - I just find myself leaving the CeeDee player off most of the time. I CAN get into it - it sounds very good but - it ain't analog.
As for selecting gear in a salon - I can't remember the last time I was in one where the sound wasn't raucous. Just terrible.
There is (was?) a local dealer who sold the Maggies and I brought home a pair of the 1.6s sure that I would love 'em. Had original Vandie 2-Cs at the time. Damned if I could get 'em to work in my room. Tried them every which way. In one position everything but the bass was good - in another, ONLY the bass was good.
So - I settled on my current 2-CE Signatures which, believe it or not, share a lot of the planar characteristics. No mistake though, they are just as placement sensitive as the Maggies.
Your system looks great BTW and I am NOT dissing Maggies. I've heard them sound great on many occasions. Just not in my room. Drove the wife nuts moving them around.
Best,
Dave
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Hi Dave,Yeah, I drove myself nuts for a LONG while myself, too. My issue was way too much sound coming from the left channel. I was going nuts trying to figure it out. I think in the end it was problems resulting from my biwiring with the Audioquest Midnights. I remember reading in the Mapleshade catalog that biwiring causes more issues than it solves. That really struck me because of course they manufacture and sell their own wires. I tried it and was very pleased with the results. Goes against the audiophile mantra that biwiring is THE way to go. Mr. Sprey knows his stuff, IMO.
Hey, believe me; I like the Vandy sound, too. I'm using my 2Ci's in my home theatre setup and every once in a while I haul 'em down into the basement just for the fun of it. 16 years later they sound great, and look like the day I brought 'em home. Wow, talk about a great value! Haven't heard the 2Ce Sigs but have no doubt they make beautiful music Richard van der Steen seems to be another one of those with the magic touch.
Cheers, Joe
You have honed in on the high dollar ones, but there are many of us with medium cost analog systems that still consider them to be way better than our medium level digital systems.Dick Schneiders
can blow the doors off much more expensive CDPs. BUT - I DO think I answered his question as to why analog expenditures seem high in the ration. He thought so anyway.
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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My vintage analog setup beats my mid priced digital setup anyday!
If this is truly the case then I stand corrected. I was not trying to piss anybody off but it just sounded weird to me, thats all.CASE CLOSED
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