All out Assault eller Mike Lavigne's system

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The quest for the ultimate sound reproduction

Som säker många vet finns det fantastiska system i kategorin All out Assault på Audiogon och en av de mest lästa trådarna (1320 inlägg!!!) handlar om hur Mike Lavigne oförtröttligt förbättrar sitt system. Han lämnar inget åt slumpen och i PFO finns det en artikel Building a Reference Grade Listening Room som beskriver ombyggnaden av lyssningsrummet

Systemtråden finns här och den är intressant att läsa från första till sista inlägg men orsaken till denna tråd på Euphonia är att han nyligen seriöst satsar på RTR eller som han själv nyligen skrev i ett inlägg:

i've been messing with reel to reel tape for a little over a year now. and up to this point i have found RTR has very good performance but not better than Lps on my Rockport. i own 4 RTR tape decks; a stock Technics RS-1500, an EAR modified (Tim DeParavincini) Technics RS-1700, a Jeff Gillman reconditioned Ampex ATR-102, and a Studer A-820. those first 3 have been in my room for awhile and the Studer has been being 'gone over' by Fred Thal (the Studer Guru that runs 'The Studer List') in Ukiah, Califonia since January.

'The Tape Project' was what motivated me to get into RTR and my hope was that RTR would offer a step up in performance over the Rockport. to be fair; even though i have spent a good amount of time investigating RTR i have not really had the knowledge or training to get the most out of the RTR decks i've had. so even though i've been a bit underwelmed up till now i figured that there was more performance out there than what i had heard.

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Vi bläddrar fram till ett inlägg som han gjorde igår där han jämför Analogue Productions utgåva på 45rpm av Bill Evans Waltz for Debbie med RTR utgåvan av The Tape Project

TP-008, "Waltz for Debbie", The Bill Evans Trio.....a 15ips 1/4" master tape dub just released by 'The Tape Project' is an unqualified home run!!! i'm guessing no one is surprised about that. a first class 15ips master dub of argueably the most popular live Jazz trio album of all time should be outstanding; and it is.

what struck me first was the level of realism from a 47 year old recording. from the very start i was there seated in a stage center table; with Evans piano just to my right up on the stage and LaFaro's bass to my left.....and Motian a bit back and left of center. every tiny nuance was there and the subtlety of everything was spooky. i had the feeling that this was the complete picture of how it was to be there. i have many Bill Evans recordings. i've never heard the nuance and subtlety of his playing like this. the fingering of the keys was magical. really; the same with LaFaro. it was so intimate feeling i was out of my listening comfort zone and i was trying to get my bearings. it seemed to cross over into really real territory. made the hair stand up and all that. looked over my shoulder a few times.

there was nothing between me and them. no mics or recording chain was evident.

Bild: 15ips master dub of 'Waltz for Debbie' playing on the Studer A-820

...och när han kommer till jämförelsen så blir det egentligen ingen jämförelse

i had intended to write mostly about how this compared to the AP 45rpm Lp reissue.....which was my reference for 'Waltz for Debbie'. i have been eagarly anticipating doing the comparison to see how a 45rpm Lp played on a top level tt compared to 'The Tape Project' 15ips 1/4" version played on a top level RTR deck. but after doing the comparison, it's easy to hear how the tape is better in every way and the 45rpm Lp (as good as it is) is not really close to this level of realism. my focus did change more to just talking about what this tape provides the listener in terms of a game-changing personal musical journey.

Bild: 'Waltz for Debbie' 45rpm Lp playing on the Rockport Technologies System 3 Sirius