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Calling “a Garrard, an audiophile turntable” is the most laughable thing I’ve ever read in the Times. Yes, it’s a belt drive table (although there may have been

Calling “a Garrard, an audiophile turntable” is the most laughable thing I’ve ever read in the Times. Yes, it’s a belt drive table (although there may have been some with idler wheels) but, audiophile, no. A starter table like a Thorens, or a Rega, might count, but a Linn or any of the true audiophile tables might start to qualify. The difference between an analog record on a great system and a. Digital mp3 on anything would make most people who love music cry at what’s missing in the digital version.

patentatt 7y ago
Except that all modern vinyl pressings are from the same digital masters as any other available medium or format. AFAIK nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. Even so, vinyl isn’t a very good audio storage mechanism, now if you made that argument for reel-to-reel tape, you may have a point. Possibly. But even then, high quality digital audio is still probably better. Especially given the practical implementation of any analog system. Edit: and, lol, they’re using tube amps and horizontally-placed horn speakers that aren’t designed to be horizontal on a shelf in a resonant cavity. Yeah, this is not an audiophile setup at all. An LA hipsters idea of an audiophile setup at best. I’ll bet it’s fun though!
- cr1895 7y ago
  >nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. There are still AAA new releases.
  - patentatt 7y ago
    This is actually news to me! Thanks for prompting a web search for recent AAA releases. Very cool. I would like to read about the recording setups, equipment, and techniques used. I’d think it must be getting difficult to find all-analog studio gear for the entire chain.
- sexyflanders 7y ago
  audiophile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction. please quit your gatekeeping
  - patentatt 7y ago
    Fair enough, no gatekeeping intended. That’s why I ended with a comment that it’s probably fun to listen to! And that’s fine and great! More power to em. Maybe a more accurate wording would be “it’s not an electro-acoustic sound reproduction system built on sound (pun intended) engineering principles in light of the state of the art in electrical engineering”? But that doesn’t have the same ring to it, lol.
  - vict00ms 7y ago
    If someone orients their speakers in an aesthetically-pleasing-but-sub-optimal-for-hearing manner, then it's difficult to argue that they have an "ardent interest" in high-fidelity sound replication.
    - patentatt 7y ago
      And putting them deep in a shelf like that ... I mean, anyone who cared about sound reproduction could hear that hollow resonance sound ...
steveharman 7y ago
The Garrard 301 shown is a direct drive turntable, not belt. I have one.

patentatt 7y ago

Except that all modern vinyl pressings are from the same digital masters as any other available medium or format. AFAIK nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. Even so, vinyl isn’t a very good audio storage mechanism, now if you made that argument for reel-to-reel tape, you may have a point. Possibly. But even then, high quality digital audio is still probably better. Especially given the practical implementation of any analog system. Edit: and, lol, they’re using tube amps and horizontally-placed horn speakers that aren’t designed to be horizontal on a shelf in a resonant cavity. Yeah, this is not an audiophile setup at all. An LA hipsters idea of an audiophile setup at best. I’ll bet it’s fun though!

cr1895 7y ago
>nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. There are still AAA new releases.
- patentatt 7y ago
  This is actually news to me! Thanks for prompting a web search for recent AAA releases. Very cool. I would like to read about the recording setups, equipment, and techniques used. I’d think it must be getting difficult to find all-analog studio gear for the entire chain.
sexyflanders 7y ago
audiophile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction. please quit your gatekeeping
- patentatt 7y ago
  Fair enough, no gatekeeping intended. That’s why I ended with a comment that it’s probably fun to listen to! And that’s fine and great! More power to em. Maybe a more accurate wording would be “it’s not an electro-acoustic sound reproduction system built on sound (pun intended) engineering principles in light of the state of the art in electrical engineering”? But that doesn’t have the same ring to it, lol.
- vict00ms 7y ago
  If someone orients their speakers in an aesthetically-pleasing-but-sub-optimal-for-hearing manner, then it's difficult to argue that they have an "ardent interest" in high-fidelity sound replication.
  - patentatt 7y ago
    And putting them deep in a shelf like that ... I mean, anyone who cared about sound reproduction could hear that hollow resonance sound ...

steveharman 7y ago

The Garrard 301 shown is a direct drive turntable, not belt. I have one.