I did say it was subjective. I have three main systems. The system I used consisted of
Lenco Reference 75 Deck + Nigels Speed Controller
Alphason HR100s tonearm rewired with IKEDA silver
Modified Shure M55 cartridge with JICO neoSAS/S stylus & Snakewood body
EAR 834P Clone
ATC SCA-2 Preamp
ATC 50 ASM active speakers
Yannis Tome balanced IC's for the speakers
Nordost TYR tonearm cable
Mark Grant HD1000 IC's (THESE ARE THE ONESI REPLACED IN THE REVIEW).
All powered through a PS Audio P10.
It's all stuff I've had for years so I have a good appreciation of the sound. The ATC's are known to be very analytical. It's quite easy to hear changes so I don't have to worry about using software to analyse anything. I trust my ears and prefer to use them and buy my kit that way. I did say it was very subjective. We'll never really know how close we are to an original recording, but we can have fun guessing.
That's quite funny. I think I was listening to the opening track on the first Sabbath LP. Now if that's about as doom based a riff as I could find. Electric Wizard are quite good as well.
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A lot of the cables are made for military purposes and have to put up with a squaddie putting plugs together with partially frozen fingers, so the have to be tough but still need the conductive properties of the silver which would flake off if plated to steel. The copper plating add the right amount of ductility to keep the silver attached ...
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Mark Grant is a great guy and very easy to deal with. However, his interconnects didn’t do a lot for me if I’m honest (they were all the rage on AoS at the time).Mark Grant HD1000 IC's (THESE ARE THE ONESI REPLACED IN THE REVIEW).
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