Kokonga Analog #278: Ringaoro Hangarau Analog Huitene LM-09; kātere whatu DS Audio Master1

Nō nā tata nei, i te wā i panuitia ai e Marc Gomez, te tumuaki o Swedish Analog Technologies (SAT, footnote 1), ētahi o ngā pūoro hou hei whakakapi i tana pūoro taketake SAT, i riri ētahi o ngā kaipānui, i uru rānei ki tētahi tinihanga: "He aha i kore ai ia i mahi tika i tētahi wā? I te wā?"
Ka whanake haere ngā hua i roto i te wā, kātahi ka tukuna i runga i te wātaka (ngā motuka, i te ngahuru te nuinga) i te wā rānei e whakaaro ana ngā kaihoahoa-kaihanga kua "rite" rātou - he kōrero whakamataku nā te mea kāore ētahi moemoeā i whakaaro kua rite. Kua rite ngā hoahoa, nō reira kaua e tukuna ki te marea, kaua hoki e tukuna te V2 i te marama i muri i te V1, tohua te kiritaki, kaua e tukua kia nui haere ngā whakapainga i roto i te wā, kātahi ka tukuna te V2 i te tau, i ngā tau e rua rānei i muri mai.
Mō te SAT, ko te ringa-tō i arotakehia e au, i arohaina, i hokona hoki e au, kāore i puta ohorere mai i roto i te āhua kua oti te whakaoti. I whakakitea mai e Gomez te putanga tuatahi ki ahau i te High End i Munich, ā, i te tau kua pahure ake nei i rite ia ki te tuku mai i tētahi arotake ki ahau. Whai muri i te whakaputanga o te kōrero, i te putanga 1 o Hōngongoi 2015, i miharo ahau, i kitea e au tētahi kōrero o mua i te tau 2013 i runga ipurangi mō tētahi SAT tino matatau ake i hangaia katoatia ki te muka waro, tae atu ki te whāriki peera. (Ko taku tauira arotake he whāriki peera i hangaia ki te kowiri tira.) I taua wā, kei te hanga noa a Gomez i te SAT kia rite ki te tono, kāore anō kia rite ki taku e kī ai he kaihanga.
I taku tirohanga ki te peka SAT, $28,000 te utu. Ahakoa te nui o te utu — i piki haere tonu i roto i te wā — i hokona e Gomez te 70 o ngā patu SAT i mua i te whakamutu i te hanga. Koinei te "Tonearm Pai rawa atu o te Ao?" e ​​ai ki te taitara o taua pou? He mea nui te tohu pātai: me pēhea taku mōhio ko "te mea pai rawa atu"? Kāore au i rongo mō ētahi atu kaitono, tae atu ki a Vertere Acoustics Reference me Acoustical Systems Axiom).
I muri i te whakaputanga o te arotake, ā, i tau te puehu, he maha ngā karere i tae mai ki ahau mai i ngā kaipānui, ā, i hokona e rātou te ringa i runga i taku arotake. He pumau tonu tō rātou hihiri me te makona – he mea whakamarie ki ahau. Kāore he kaihoko i īmēra mai ki ahau mō te SAT.
I ako a Gomez i ētahi akoranga uaua i te wā e hangaia ana te ringa taketake, tae atu ki te meka ahakoa te āta o tana tākai, i kitea e te kaituku he huarahi hei wawahi. I hanga e ia ētahi huringa whakahaere i te wā e hangaia ana, tae atu ki te whakapai ake i te pūnaha taumaha taurite, me te tākai motuhake i te peera whakapae o runga mō te tāutanga mara hei karo i te kino mai i te wiri (ahakoa e kī mai ana a Gomez ki ahau kotahi noa te wā i tupu ai tēnei). He māmā ake te kī i te mahi i te mea whakamutunga: me whai i tētahi whāriki peera hou, he wāhanga wehe, me tētahi taputapu hei uta tika i ngā peera i te mara.
Engari kei te whakapai tonu ia i ētahi atu mea, nō reira i te mutunga o te tau kua hipa ka mutu te hanga o te ringa SAT taketake, ā, ka whakakapia ki ngā ringa hou e rua, e 9 inihi te roa, e 12 inihi te roa o ia ringa. Ko Gomez, ehara i te tangata pōrangi (tuhipoka 2), he tohu māhita tōna i roto i te hangarau miihini me te pūtaiao rauemi, ā, kāore anō kia whakarērea tana kī, ki te rite tonu ngā mea, ka taea e te ringa tone 9″ te mahi a te pene o te kātereti i roto i te awaawa. He pai ake, he pai ake ngā hua. He pai ake te tangi i ngā ringa 12″ (tuhipoka 3). Heoi, e hiahia ana ētahi kiritaki ki ngā ringa 12″, ā, i ētahi wā (hei tauira, ngā maunga o muri mō ngā papa hurihuri a te Air Force), he pai noa te ringa 12″. He aha? I hokona e tetahi ētahi patu SAT e rua? Ae.
Ko ngā tauira hou e rua (e whā rānei) ko te LM-09 (me te LM-12) me te CF1-09 (me te CF1-12) kua whakaurua mai ki konei. Kāore au e pai ki te whakaahua i ngā pūoro e hokona ana mō te $25,400 (LM-09) $29,000 rānei (LM-12) he "utu iti", engari i te mea ka hokona te CF1-09 mō te $48,000, ka hokona te CF1-12 mō te $53,000, ā, e koa ana ahau ki tēnā. Tērā pea kei te whakaaro koe, "He panoni nui te neke atu i te hanga i te pūoro kotahi ki te whā mō tētahi kamupene kotahi. Tērā pea kei te tino teitei te utu a Gomez mō te CF1, kāore ia e hiahia ki te hanga i te maha, i tētahi rānei o aua mea."
Kāore au e tino whakapono ki tēnā. E tino mōhio ana ahau ko te hunga e kaha ana ki te whakapau $30,000 ki tētahi ringaringa ringa, ka taea hoki e rātou te whakapau $50,000 mēnā he pai te mahi, ā, ka pai ake anō hoki. (Kaua e tuhi reta "Hungry Baby"!)
He tino ōrite te āhua o ngā ringa hou o te SAT ki te SAT taketake nā te mea he tino ōrite: he pai te hoahoa me te whakahaere o te ringa taketake. Inaa, ko ngā ringa 9 inihi hou e rua he whakakapinga taka-mai mō te SAT taketake.
I a ia e hoahoa ana i tētahi pūnaha whāriki kaha ake, kāore e tino pāngia e te kino i te wā e kawe ana, kua whakapai ake a Gomez i tana mahi mā te whakanui ake i te pakari whānui me te whakaiti i te waku pateko o te whāriki. I ngā ringa hou e rua, kua nui ake te ioka e tautoko ana i ngā whāriki poutū.
Kei roto i ngā ringaringa hou ngā anga muka waro me ngā anga pane konumohe kua hangaia anō, kua tangohia – he rerekē mō ia ringaringa – he pakari ake te hononga me te mahi hurihuri maeneene ake mō te tautuhinga azimuth tika ake. He hou anō hoki ngā ngongo ringaringa. Kua tangohia ngā ringaringa polymer o ngā ngongo ringaringa taketake, ā, e kitea ana te muka waro i raro. Kāore a Gomez i whakamārama he aha i pērā ai ia, engari nā te mea pea ka waiho e te okiokinga ringaringa ngā tohu kino i roto i te wā – he nui ake rānei te tūponotanga, ka pai ake te tangi. Ahakoa pēhea, ka hoatu he āhua ahurei ki ia ringaringa.
Ka taea e koe te pānui atu mō te hanganga patu hou i AnalogPlanet.com. Anei ngā kōrero a Gomez ki ahau i roto i tētahi īmēra:
"Ehara te taumata mahi o te patu hou i te mea tūpono noa, i te hua rānei o te mahi i mahia hei whakapai ake i te pakari, engari he hua o ngā whanaketanga whakaaro nui, uaua hoki e hono pai ana ki ngā whāinga taketake e ahu mai ana i te pakari."
"Anō, e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakamārama kāore au e whakaiti ana i te mahi a tētahi tauira hei painga mō ētahi atu kia uru ai ki te awhe utu/mahi - ehara tēnā i taku momo, ā, mā te mahi pēnā ka whakararuraru ahau. Engari, kei te ngana ahau ki te kimi huarahi hei whakapai ake i te mahi a te tauira matua. I tēnei wā, he mea nui te raupapa CF1 i runga i te mahi, te motuhake me te utu."
He tikanga hanga hou tēnei mō te LM-09, he iti te utu, ā, he konumohe te mea hanga ki tōna ioka me ētahi atu wāhanga whakarewa, kaua ki te maitai kore waikura pērā i te ringa taketake. Nā te taumaha iti, ka pai ake te hototahi o te LM-09 ki ngā tēpu hurihuri iri.
He rite tonu te takai, te āhua me te taunga ki te ringa SAT taketake. He tino ātaahua te mata maeneene o te konumohe.
He torutoru noa ngā meneti i pau ki te whakauru me te whakarongo ki te whakawhiti i ngā ringa i runga i taku papa hurihuri Continuum Caliburn me te tārua i ngā tautuhinga. Heoi, tangohia he horoi tiaki mai i te peera whakapae o raro, i te wā e tukuna ana, wehea te pito o te peera mai i tana kapu hapaira ka whakakapia te kapu peera o runga mariko ki te kapu peera o runga tuturu, whakapirihia ki te pito ka whakatakoto i te utaina mua, ko te mea pai ko te kaihoko. I mahia e au, engari kāore i tino whakamarie.
I whakamahia e au te MC Century Moving Coil Cartridge a Ortofon, i tāutahia e au hei arotake i te putanga o Hepetema 2018, ā, i mōhio pai ahau ki te kātere i taua wā. Engari i mua i tērā, i whakarongo ahau ki te waiata taitara o te Atlantic Bridge a Davy Spillane (LP, Tara 3019) ā, i hanga he rekoata 24-bit/96kHz. Kei roto ko Spillane i runga i te paipa uilleann me te pēhi, ko Béla Fleck i runga i te kitā acoustic me te banjo, ko Jerry Douglas i runga i te Dobro, ko Eoghan O'Neill i runga i te pēhi hiko kore-fretless, me bodhran Use Christy Moore, me ētahi atu. I tuhia me te whakaranu pai ki Lansdowne Studios i Dublin, he mea whakamiharo te pēhi hohonu, kaha, he pai te tuhi i ngā whakawhiti i runga i ngā aho - he tino pai te hopu i ngā banjo - ā, he nui ake te pai o te tangi, e horahia ana i runga i te atamira nui. Me tuku anō tēnei e tetahi!
Ko te whakakotahitanga o te SAT taketake me te Ortofon MC Century tētahi o ngā tāruatanga pai rawa atu o te rekoata o te tau 1987 kua rongohia e au, inā koa mō tōna kaha pāoro me tōna mana whakahaere. I tāuta e au tētahi SAT LM-09 hou, ā, i purei anō, i hopukina anō hoki te ara.
E mārama ana ahau ki tāu e kī nei. Ki te kī koe i tētahi atu huarahi: "he pai tonu te tangi o ngā pehitanga LP tawhito i ngā mea hou", kāti ka tino whakaae ahau ki a koe.
Ae, e whakaatu mai ana ōku taringa kua pirau he pai tonu te tangi o ngā mīhini perehi LP tawhito ki ngā mea hou.
Ki taku whakaaro he raruraru kei te hopu oro matua, ehara i te pēhanga tonu. I mua, ko ngā ngongo korehau anake ngā mea hiko e wātea ana, ā, ināianei he maha ngā hangarau matihiko/āhua-totoka e whakamahia ana puta noa i te hopuoro/whakaranu/hopu oro matua.
I runga i te oro, ki taku whakaaro he pai ake te tangi o aua LP puoro tawhito stereo/mono tawhito e whiwhi ana ahau (tata ki te 1,000+) i ngā mea tawhito (1960) i runga i te TUWHERA, te māhorahora, me te tūturutanga. Kāore tetahi o aku rekoata mamati 30+ i tino pai te tangi, me te mea kei roto i te pouaka, ahakoa he mārama, he ma, he pakari, ā, he "tika" te tangi mamati.
E ai ki taku i tuku ake nei ki te Huinga Kōrero Phono i konei, i taku wā tuatahi ki te whakatangi i te Vienna State Opera Orchestra i raro i te mana o Pierre Dervaux, i whakatangihia e au tētahi waiata tawhito a te kapa Colombian Masters i waiatatia e Richard Tucker: he waiata opera aria Wīwī, i tino miharo ahau. (Ngā tau 1960?) I kitea ahau e noho ana i waenganui o ngā rarangi tuatahi e toru o te whare oera (ko taku nohoanga tino pai: rarangi 10-13 i waenganui). He tino ora, he tuwhera, he kaha, he whakahihiri te tangi o te whakaari. Āe! Pērā i a Turner (he tangata whenua nō Brooklyn, NY) e waiata ana i runga ake i ahau i runga i te atamira. Kāore anō kia pērā te pai o taku whakaari ora ki te kāinga i mua.
Kāore anō kia hokona e au he rekoata winīri mō ngā tekau tau, engari me kī tonu ahau kāore i pērā te pai o te mīhini tā tawhito. (He rerekētanga anō hoki, koia pea te take i whakawhāitihia ai e te HP tawhito a Vintage Living Presence).
Te āhua nei kua hokona e Mr. Kasim te mīhini tā e wātea ana, ā, kei te hanga anō ia i ngā mea katoa e taea ana. Ka hokona e ia āna rekoata vinyl hou mō te $30 ki te $100 ia rekoata.
He tino utu nui te winiru ināianei! (Kāore i iti te utu o taku Koetsus o ngā tau 1980, i te tīmatanga i hokona mō te $1,000).
Kua whakamahia e au ōku taringa me tōku mahunga ki te pārekareka ki te vinyl me te kore e pakaru taku putea!
Koinei pea te hononga e tumanakohia ana: “https://swedishat.com/SAT%209%22%20vs%2012%22%20paper.pdf”


Wā tuku: Akuhata-04-2022