Ikona le-Analog #278: Ingalo ye-Swedish Analog Technology LM-09, i-DS Audio Master1 optical cartridge

Muva nje, lapho uMark Gomez, inhloko ye-Swedish Analog Technologies (SAT, umbhalo waphansi 1), ememezela izibhamu ezimbili ezintsha zokufaka esikhundleni sengalo yakhe yokuqala ye-SAT, abanye abafundi bathukuthela noma bakhohliswa: “Kungani ekwenze kabi? kanye?”
Imikhiqizo iyashintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bese ikhishwa ngesikhathi esibekiwe (izimoto zivame ukuba sekwindla), noma lapho abenzi bomklamo becabanga ukuthi “bakulungele” – izingcaphuno ezesabekayo ngoba abanye abaphuphi abazange bacabange ukuthi bakulungele. emphakathini wabo, noma bakhiphe i-V2 ngenyanga ngemva kwe-V1, bamaka ikhasimende esikhundleni sokuvumela ukuthuthukiswa nokuthuthukiswa kwakheke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, bese bekhipha i-V2 ngonyaka noma emibili.
Ngokuphathelene ne-SAT, i-tonearm engiyibukezile, ngayithanda, futhi ngayithenga ayizange ivele ngokuzumayo ngesimo sayo sokugcina. UGomez wangibonisa inguqulo yokuqala eHigh End eMunich futhi ngonyaka odlule wayesekulungele ukungithumelela isibuyekezo. Ngemva kokuthunyelwa kwamazwana, ku-Issue 1 Julayi 2015, ngamangala ukuthi ngithole isibuyekezo sangaphambilini sango-2013 ku-inthanethi mayelana nengalo ye-SAT eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu eyenziwe ngokuphelele nge-carbon fiber, kufaka phakathi i-bearing bracket. (Eyunithi yami yokubuyekeza, i-bearing bracket yayenziwe ngensimbi engagqwali.) Ngaleso sikhathi, uGomez wenza ama-SAT angokwezifiso kuphela, hhayi lokho engingakubiza ngokuthi umenzi.
Lapho ngibheka isandla se-SAT, sasibiza u-$28,000. Naphezu kwentengo ephezulu, eyaqhubeka nokwenyuka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uGomez wagcina ethengise izikhali ze-SAT ezingaba ngu-70 ngaphambi kokumisa ukukhiqizwa. Ingabe “Ingalo Engcono Kakhulu Emhlabeni?” njengoba isihloko sale kholomu sisho? Uphawu lombuzo lubalulekile: ngazi kanjani ukuthi “ingcono kakhulu”? Angikaze ngizwe ngabanye abancintisana nabo okuhlanganisa i-Vertere Acoustics Reference kanye ne-Acoustical Systems Axiom).
Ngemva kokushicilelwa kokubuyekezwa futhi uthuli seluphelile, ngithole imiyalezo eminingi evela kubafundi ababesanda kuthenga isandla ngokusekelwe kokubuyekezwa kwami. Intshiseko nokwaneliseka kwabo bekulokhu kuqhubeka, okwangikhulula. Akekho umthengi ongithumelele i-imeyili ukukhononda nge-SAT.
UGomez wafunda izifundo ezinzima ngesikhathi ekhiqiza isandla sokuqala, okuhlanganisa neqiniso lokuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wasipakisha ngokucophelela kangakanani, umthumeli wathola izindlela zokusiphula. Wenza izinguquko ezithile zokusebenza ngesikhathi sokukhiqiza, okuhlanganisa nokulungisa uhlelo lwe-counterweight kanye nokupakisha ngokwehlukana i-bearing ephezulu evundlile ukuze ifakwe ensimini ukuze kugwenywe umonakalo wokudlidliza (yize uGomez engitshela ukuthi lokhu kwenzeke kanye kuphela). Lokhu kokugcina kulula ukukusho kunokukwenza: kudinga i-bearing bracket entsha, ehlukaniswe kancane kanye nethuluzi lokulayisha kusengaphambili ama-bearing ensimini ngokunembile.
Kodwa ubelokhu enza ezinye izinguquko ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngakho ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule, uGomez wayeka ukukhiqizwa kwengalo yokuqala ye-SAT wabe eseyishintsha ngezingalo ezimbili ezintsha, ngayinye ingu-9″ no-12″ ubude. UGomez, ongeyena umpetha (umbhalo waphansi 2), uneziqu ze-master's kwisayensi yemishini nezinto zokwakha futhi akahoxisi isimangalo sakhe sokuthi, zonke ezinye izinto zilingana, ingalo engu-9intshi ivumela i-stylus ukuthi isebenze kahle emseleni, ikhiqize umsindo ongcono. Imiphumela izwakala ingcono kune-turntables engu-12intshi (umbhalo waphansi 3). Kodwa-ke, amanye amakhasimende adinga ama-turntables angu-12″, futhi kwezinye izimo (njengezikhonkwane zangemuva zama-turntables e-Air Force), i-turntable engu-12″ kuphela eyanele. Yini? thenga izikhali ezimbili ze-SAT? Yebo.
Amamodeli amabili (noma amane) amasha yi-LM-09 (kanye ne-LM-12) kanye ne-CF1-09 (kanye ne-CF1-12) aboniswe lapha. Angithandi ukubiza izikhali ze-tonearm ezingama-$25,400 (LM-09) noma ezingama-$29,000 (LM-12) ngokuthi “zithengeka”, kodwa uma ubheka i-CF1-09 ithengiswa ngama-$48,000, i-CF1-12 ithengiswa ngama-$53,000, futhi ngiyajabula ngayo. Mhlawumbe ucabanga ukuthi, “Ukuqala ukukhiqiza ingalo eyodwa kuya kwezine kuyinguquko enkulu enkampanini yomuntu oyedwa. Mhlawumbe uGomez uyazisa kakhulu i-CF1 kangangokuthi akadingi ukwenza okuningi noma angenzi lutho.”
Ngeke ngithembele kukho. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi noma ubani ongakwazi ukuchitha u-$30,000 emshinini we-tonearm angasebenzisa no-$50,000 uma usebenza kahle kakhulu futhi uba ngcono. (Sicela ungabhali izincwadi ezithi “Ingane Elambile”!)
Izandla ezintsha ze-SAT zifana kakhulu nezama-SAT okuqala ngoba zifana kakhulu: isandla sokuqala ngokwaso sakhiwe kahle futhi senziwa kahle. Eqinisweni, zombili izibambo ezintsha ezingama-9″ zithatha indawo ye-SAT yokuqala.
Ngokuklama uhlelo oluqinile lokuthwala olungenakulimazeka kakhulu ekuthuthweni, uGomez uphinde athuthukise ukusebenza kohlelo ngokwandisa ukuqina okuphelele nokunciphisa ukungqubuzana okungaguquki ku-bearing. Kuzo zombili izibambo ezintsha, ifoloko esekela ama-vertical bearing isibe nkulu.
Izingalo ezintsha zine-carbon fiber eklanywe kabusha kanye ne-aluminium detachable head housings ezihlukile engalweni ngayinye, ezinokuqina okuphezulu kwamalunga kanye nesenzo sokujikeleza esibushelelezi sokulungiswa kwe-azimuth okucolekile. Izingalo nazo zintsha. Ama-polymer bushings amashubhu okuqala ezingalweni awatholakali, futhi i-carbon fiber engaphansi iyabonakala. UGomez akachazanga ukuthi kungani akwenza, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi i-armrest ingashiya amabala amabi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi - noma, cishe, ithuthukisa umsindo. Noma ngabe yikuphi, izonikeza isandla ngasinye ukubukeka okuhlukile.
Ungafunda kabanzi ngesakhiwo esisha sezikhali ku-AnalogPlanet.com. Nakhu uGomez angitshele khona ku-imeyili:
"Izinga lokusebenza kwesikhali esisha akuyona ingozi noma umkhiqizo obangelwe umsebenzi owenziwe ukuthuthukisa ukuthembeka, kodwa umphumela wokuphindaphinda kwentuthuko okuhlosiwe nokudingayo okuhambisana kahle nemigomo yokuqala egxile ekuthembekeni."
"Futhi, ngifuna ukucaca ukuthi anginciphisi ngamabomu ukusebenza kwemodeli eyodwa esikhundleni senye ukuze ivumelane nenani/ukusebenza – lesi akusona isitayela sami futhi singangenza ngizizwe ngingakhululekile. Kunalokho, ngizama ukuthola indlela yokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwemodeli ephezulu. Kulokhu, uchungechunge lwe-CF1 lunebhalansi ephezulu yokusebenza, ukuhluka kanye nethegi yentengo."
I-LM-09 ikhiqizwa kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe obusha obuthuthukisiwe, obungabizi kakhulu lapho i-joke nezinye izingxenye zensimbi zenziwe nge-aluminium esikhundleni sensimbi engagqwali njenge-lever yokuqala. Isisindo esincishisiwe kufanele senze i-LM-09 ihambisane kakhulu nama-turntable angaphandle.
Ukupakishwa, ukubukeka kanye nokulingana kufana nengalo yokuqala ye-SAT. Ubuso obubushelelezi be-aluminium buyakhanga kakhulu.
Kuthathe imizuzu embalwa nje kuphela ukuyivula nokulalela ukuthi ungayishintshanisa kanjani izandla ku-Continuum Caliburn turntable yami bese uphinda wenze kabusha izilungiselelo. Kodwa-ke, susa isivikelo kubhereyi engezansi evundlile, ngesikhathi sokuthutha, hlukanisa i-bearing tip endebeni yesafire, bese ushintsha i-virtual upper bearing cup nge-upper bearing cup yangempela, uyilungise esicongweni bese usetha i-preload, okungcono kakhulu kumthengisi. Ngikwenzile lokhu, kodwa bekungelula kakhulu.
Ngisebenzise i-Ortofon MC Century Moving Coil Cartridge engayifaka ukuze ibuyekezwe kumagazini kaSepthemba 2018 futhi ngangiyazi kahle i-cartridge ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa ngaphambi kwalokho, ngalalela ingoma kaDavy Spillane ethi “Atlantic Bridge” (LP, Tara 3019) futhi ngayiqopha ku-24bit/96kHz. Ifaka uSpillane kuma-bagpipes kanye ne-Willean bass, uBela Fleck ku-acoustic guitar kanye ne-banjo, uJerry Douglas kuDobro, u-Eoghan O'Neill ku-fretless electric bass guitar, uBodran Mustache Christy Moore, njll. Iqoshwe futhi ixutshwe kahle eLansdowne Studios Studios eDublin, i-albhamu inama-bass amangalisayo, ajulile, ahlabayo, ama-transients adwetshwe kahle ezintanjeni - ama-banjo adluliswa kahle - kanye nokunye ukucutshungulwa komsindo, konke kusatshalaliswa esiteji esikhulu. Othile kufanele aphinde akuthumele lokhu!
Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-SAT yokuqala kanye ne-Ortofon MC Century kungenye yezindlela ezinhle kakhulu zokuqoshwa kwe-1987 engake ngakuzwa, ikakhulukazi maqondana namandla e-bass kanye nokulawula. Ngifake i-SAT LM-09 entsha ngadlala futhi ngaqopha ithrekhi futhi.
Ngiyaqonda ukuthi usho ukuthini. Ngamanye amazwi: “ama-LP suppressor amaningi amadala azwakala kangcono kunama-LP amasha amaningi”, ngiyavumelana nawe ngokuphelele.
Yebo, izindlebe zami ezingcolile zingitshela ukuthi imishini eminingi yokucindezela amapuleti amadala izwakala kahle uma iqhathaniswa nemisha.
Ngicabanga ukuthi inkinga imayelana nokuqopha okuyinhloko hhayi ingcindezi ngokwayo. Esikhathini esidlule, amashubhu e-vacuum ayewukuphela kwezinto zikagesi ezitholakalayo, futhi manje kunenqwaba yobuchwepheshe bedijithali/bokuqina obusetshenziswa ekuqopheni i-mic/mixer/master.
Ngokwezwi, ngithola lawo ma-LP amadala omculo we-stereo/mono classical engiwatholile (cishe ayi-1,000+), amadala ezwakala kangcono (esikhathini sika-1960), uma kubhekwa ukuVuleka, umoya kanye nokuphila. Ngokwezwi, ngithola lawo ma-LP amadala omculo we-stereo/mono classical engiwatholile (cishe ayi-1,000+), amadala ezwakala kangcono (esikhathini sika-1960), uma kubhekwa ukuVuleka, umoya kanye nokuphila.Ngokuphathelene nomsindo, ngithola amarekhodi amadala e-stereo/mono omculo we-classical enginawo (cishe ayi-1000+) amadala ezwakala kangcono (ngenkathi yawo-1960) ngokuphathelene NOKUVULEKA, ukuzwakala komoya kanye nokuba ngokoqobo.Ngokuphathelene nomsindo, ngithola ukuthi amarekhodi omculo we-stereo/mono classical enginawo (cishe ayi-1000+) azwakala kangcono kunalawo amadala (ango-1960) ngokuphathelene nokuvuleka, umoya kanye nokuba ngokoqobo. Akukho neyodwa kuma-LP ami angaphezu kuka-30 ahlakaniphile edijithali azwakala kahle, njengokuvalelwa ebhokisini yize wonke ezwakala ecacile, ehlanzekile, ehlabayo futhi 'elungile' ngokwedijithali. Akukho neyodwa kuma-LP ami angaphezu kuka-30 ahlakaniphile edijithali azwakala kahle, njengokuvalelwa ebhokisini yize wonke ezwakala ecacile, ehlanzekile, ehlabayo futhi 'elungile' ngokwedijithali.Akukho neyodwa kuma-albhamu ami angaphezu kuka-30 ahlelwe kahle ngokwedijithali ezwakala kahle njengokungathi abekwe ebhokisini, naphezu kokuthi wonke azwakala ecacile ngokwedijithali, ehlanzekile, ehlabayo futhi “elungile”.Akukho nokukodwa kokuqoshwa kwami ​​okungaphezu kuka-30 okuhlelwe kahle ngokwedijithali okuzwakala kahle njengokungathi ngisebhokisini, yize konke kuzwakala kucacile, kuhlanzekile, kuhlaba umxhwele futhi “kulungile ngokwedijithali”.
Njengoba ngisanda kubhala lapha kwiPhono Forum, lapho ngiqala ukudlala irekhodi lobuciko obudala bukaRichard Tucker eColumbia University neVienna State Opera Orchestra ngaphansi kukaPierre Deveaux, ngamangala kakhulu. (Ngawo-1960?) Empeleni ngahlala phakathi kwemigqa emithathu yokuqala yendlu yesikhathi (isihlalo engisithandayo: imigqa engu-10-13 phakathi nendawo). Ukusebenza kuzwakala kubukhoma, kuvulekile, kunamandla futhi kuyaheha. Ukusebenza kuzwakala kubukhoma, kuvulekile, kunamandla futhi kuyaheha.Lo mdlalo uzwakala uphila, uvulekile, unamandla futhi ujabulisa.Ukudlala kuzwakala kumnandi kakhulu, kuvulekile, kunamandla futhi kuyajabulisa. Wow! Isibonelo, uTurner (owazalelwa eBrooklyn, eNew York) uhlabelela ngaphezu kwami ​​​​esiteji. Angikaze ngikujabulele ukudlala bukhoma ekhaya kanje ngaphambili.
Angikaze ngithenge amarekhodi e-vinyl amashumi eminyaka, kodwa kufanele ngisho ukuthi umshini wakudala awukaze ube muhle kangako. (Kukhona, vele, okuhlukile, okungenzeka ukuthi yingakho ama-HP amadala ayenqunyelwe ku-Vintage Living Presence).
Kubonakala sengathi uMnu. Qasim uthenge umshini wokunyathelisa okhona futhi uwuvuselela ngangokunokwenzeka. Uthengisa amarekhodi akhe amasha e-vinyl ngo-$30 kuya ku-$100 lilinye.
I-vinyl isiyinto yokuzilibazisa ebiza kakhulu manje! (I-Koetsus yami yama-1980 yayingashibhile, ekuqaleni yayithengiswa ngo-$1,000).
Ngisebenzise izindlebe zami nekhanda lami ukujabulela i-vinyl ngaphandle kokonakalisa i-akhawunti yami yasebhange!
Mhlawumbe lesi yisixhumanisi esilindelekile: “https://swedishat.com/SAT%209%22%20vs%2012%22%20paper.pdf”.


Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-09-2022