Re: Mats
Yes, but by the shortest nose in a photo finish. But that's comparing parts of tracks, repeatedly changing between mats. The difference is that the original is slightly more coherent, things such a cymbols slightly less splashy. These are tiny tiny differences but I imagine over an evening's listening they may add up to more than they do in 30 secs.
It is strange that the obvious diffrence at the phono day is not apparent. Could be due to the IKEA table, or more revealing speakers, better amp etc.
I've done lots of mods recently, all of which lift veils blah blah. The pre-II, phono and KEL84 now seem incredibly revealing. But, the sound is rather fatiguing, on both CD and vinyl - much worse on CD. Neil (acorn) had the same trouble when he upgraded his KEL84 and ended up changing x-o values to soften HF a little. I'm going to try increasing resistor value on the tweeter later in the week.
Adrian
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2nd July 2006, 11:15 PM
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