Maxbertola
pfm Member
Hi all,
I'm having problems with my Rega P2. If I play pop, rock or jazz with fast changing pitches there's nothing seriously wrong, but with sophisticate piano or string music, the slight instability in pitch is making me a little seasick.
My mains are normal and I believe the TT to work within specs; yet, I have a high sensitivity to pitch shifts - I did a test once and ascertained that I can hear a 6 cents difference between different notes, a quantity comparable to roughly 1/17th of a semitone - and I now understand why music has always sounded strange to me when I was a youngster and could only afford low- to medium-priced TTs.
I may be biased because I recently attended an exhaustive listening session of the Naim Solstice, which was a special experience, but now my P2 sounds vaguely uncertain with almost all classical music, namely when strings hold long notes. My totally non-audiophile and professional musician wife hears the same.
Does anyone have the same problem? How much do you think one needs to spend to have real stable pitch and rotation?
Thanks for opinions,
Max
I'm having problems with my Rega P2. If I play pop, rock or jazz with fast changing pitches there's nothing seriously wrong, but with sophisticate piano or string music, the slight instability in pitch is making me a little seasick.
My mains are normal and I believe the TT to work within specs; yet, I have a high sensitivity to pitch shifts - I did a test once and ascertained that I can hear a 6 cents difference between different notes, a quantity comparable to roughly 1/17th of a semitone - and I now understand why music has always sounded strange to me when I was a youngster and could only afford low- to medium-priced TTs.
I may be biased because I recently attended an exhaustive listening session of the Naim Solstice, which was a special experience, but now my P2 sounds vaguely uncertain with almost all classical music, namely when strings hold long notes. My totally non-audiophile and professional musician wife hears the same.
Does anyone have the same problem? How much do you think one needs to spend to have real stable pitch and rotation?
Thanks for opinions,
Max