Sony TTS-8000 Turntable

[Bigman80]

Imo it's a nonsense term used by audiophiles to try to explain sonic difference. It's in the audiophile index of shite alongside emotion and musicality.

I speak as an owner of a TTS8000. It's the best I've owned and one of the very best I've heard. It would cost a fortune if it was made today becaise it features a very high level engineering. The SP10 is also an excellent deck and with the TTS8000, the L07D and the Denon DP80, seminal decks in the history of Japanese audio excellence

"Imo it's a nonsense term used by audiophiles to try to explain sonic difference. It's in the audiophile index of shite alongside emotion and musicality."

Hmm, I disagree.

If you don't connect emotionally with a recording via your system, you are missing out.

Musicality is another word for "good fun whilst not being entirely accurate" IMO.

[Ian7633]

I'm still not convinced it's a good way to describe what you hear but I do know it's very hard to put into words how you feel about performance and the listening experience. I also suffer from sausage finger syndrome.
I would make the effort to go and listen to Jamie's tt but he's banned me from his place in case I break the sofa with my fat arse.

[oldius]

"Imo it's a nonsense term used by audiophiles to try to explain sonic difference. It's in the audiophile index of shite alongside emotion and musicality."

Hmm, I disagree.

If you don't connect emotionally with a recording via your system, you are missing out.

Musicality is another word for "good fun whilst not being entirely accurate" IMO.

You connect emotionally with the music. A hifi system reproduces the music with accuracy or with added euphony at the discretion of the owner.

[oldius]

I've heard people use musicality in many different ways because it's a nonsense phrase, open to interpretation yet meaning nowt!

[Bigman80]

You connect emotionally with the music. A hifi system reproduces the music with accuracy or with added euphony at the discretion of the owner.

You can't connect emotionally with poorly reproduced audio.

No inanimate object can be emotional. To suggest So is ridiculous.

[Bigman80]

I've heard people use musicality in many different ways because it's a nonsense phrase, open to interpretation yet meaning nowt!

Thats what I get when I read that in a review. "Musicality"

[oldius]

You can't connect emotionally with poorly reproduced audio.

No inanimate object can be emotional. To suggest So is ridiculous.

First point nonsense. That would be to dismiss many old recordings as incapable of stirring emotions. Tell that to Mihaela Jackson.

Second point we agree. A hifi component cannot be emotional. The performance can be and we hope that our system reproduces it well.

[Bigman80]

First point nonsense. That would be to dismiss many old recordings as incapable of stirring emotions. Tell that to Mihaela Jackson.

Second point we agree. A hifi component cannot be emotional. The performance can be and we hope that our system reproduces it well.

I'll tell "Mihaela Jackson" when I see him/her?.



We'll just have to respectfully disagree.

The recording isn't what's in question, you've moved the goal post.

There's an ability by the best gear to drop your jaw with a recording you've heard many times. That's the feeling of shock or euphoria. Emotion. For the Sony to be the best TT you've had, it must have given you a feeling that nothing else had. That's an emotional experience.

To suggest otherwise is ridiculous.

[oldius]

https://youtu.be/hohnr22zTxc

[oldius]

I'll tell "Mihaela Jackson" when I see him/her?.



We'll just have to respectfully disagree.

The recording isn't what's in question, you've moved the goal post.

There's an ability by the best gear to drop your jaw with a recording you've heard many times. That's the feeling of shock or euphoria. Emotion. For the Sony to be the best TT you've had, it must have given you a feeling that nothing else had. That's an emotional experience.

To suggest otherwise is ridiculous.

When you see her, tell her Oldy sent you and he sends his reverential best wishes!