trevorspiro
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That does match my view on these various 'fine line' styi, especially the noise issue. Even on non-CD lp's the performance doesn't come close to a Shibata. After all these years it seems that nothing comes close to the original.After a while with AT-VM540ML doing the CD-4 duties, I got tired of the slight treble lift of the cartridge (despite the inherently low capacitance of the CD-4 playback system), so I switched back to AT-VM95SH. Treble is better balanced here, and there is less surface noise and CD-4 "system" noise (the one that drops down when CD-4 carrier turns off at the end of the side). Maybe the Shibata is the right stylus shape after all. Very good CD-4 playback, equally good as with 540ML, but with less surface noise,
I had a Zero100. I thought that the idea/design was so cool, I just had to have one. The problem that I had with it was that it wouldn't track any record with the slightest warp to it.One of my best Albums is Pick Up The Pieces AWB, playing with AT 14 and 15 carts
on a NOS JVC 4-dd5 in a zero100.
it took years to get good results, but I think I have the best I'm gonna get and it's a pleasure
to hear it as it was intended.
My other Demods work fair to Ok but this combo has been the best
Pick Up The Pieces sounds pretty good even in stereo version when played through SQ decoder. Happens to me a lot, Doobie Brothers quad albums (CD-4) sound almost the same quadrophonic when played through SQ. Maybe there was a pass through SQ encoder during stereo mastering, since it was recorded in 4 channel. A little too much for the accidental out of phase pickup by SQ decoder during playback.One of my best Albums is Pick Up The Pieces AWB, playing with AT 14 and 15 carts
on a NOS JVC 4-dd5 in a zero100.
it took years to get good results, but I think I have the best I'm gonna get and it's a pleasure
to hear it as it was intended.
My other Demods work fair to Ok but this combo has been the best
I must try that! Thanks for pointing this out. Could it be that the rear information is matrixed (is it?)?Pick Up The Pieces sounds pretty good even in stereo version when played through SQ decoder. Happens to me a lot, Doobie Brothers quad albums (CD-4) sound almost the same quadrophonic when played through SQ. Maybe there was a pass through SQ encoder during stereo mastering, since it was recorded in 4 channel. A little too much for the accidental out of phase pickup by SQ decoder during playback.
There would be no SQ information matrixed into a CD-4 record. Still the fact that they sound great via an SQ decoder does not surprise me. I don't know what SQ decoder you are using but the Tate decoders (Audionics and Fosgate) do an amazing job!Could it be that the rear information is matrixed (is it?)?
I was referring to regular stereo non CD-4 version, that might have seen a trip through the SQ encoder as a simpler way of getting decent sounding stereo record than the remixing from 4 channels to two. In case the studio original mix is 4 ch format.I must try that! Thanks for pointing this out. Could it be that the rear information is matrixed (is it?)?
There has been extensive discussion elsewhere about "stealth quad" encoding elsewhere. Nonsense.I was referring to regular stereo non CD-4 version, that might have seen a trip through the SQ encoder as a simpler way of getting decent sounding stereo record than the remixing from 4 channels to two. In case the studio original mix is 4 ch format.
It is the responses like this one that discourage me from participating more on this forum. I rather keep it for myself.There has been extensive discussion elsewhere about "stealth quad" encoding elsewhere. Nonsense.
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