16-Mar-2017, 19:14
As I am bereft of my D800 for the next 3 weeks for upgrade, I unearthed my old 45W tube ampli to survive this stretch of time. Surprise, surprise, I was extremely pleased with my Lua's sound: Lifelike and emotional in a way that I didn't remember for years... well, that's the memory. There are obviously several processes in involved: The attraction of the new, the bad acoustic memory of how my D800 sounded yesterday that typically misleads audiophiles, etc etc. Anyway it's fine to live now in a new audio world, discovering aspects of my music collection.
Having said that, I also notice that the life-impression that's so attractive with tubes depends a lot on the recording. For example, Fred Frith's Everybody's Somebody's Nobody sounded just superb with so much presence, while the vinyl rip Invisible Means does not, which is a different genre anyway.
All that is a lot of food for thought.
Having said that, I also notice that the life-impression that's so attractive with tubes depends a lot on the recording. For example, Fred Frith's Everybody's Somebody's Nobody sounded just superb with so much presence, while the vinyl rip Invisible Means does not, which is a different genre anyway.
All that is a lot of food for thought.
