Del monaco
Del Monaco
Awoke early today to sit with a good coffee and listen more to the Systemdek and its new stylus. I’m listening to some chamber music. Mozart String quartets with the Juilliard. Firstly, the sound has a larger soundstage and really presents textures well. You can hear the layers. The increased bass has balanced out the treble well. The CBS sound is perhaps a little forward but the TT is trying hard to find space between instruments. The instrumental lines can be followed easily and you can easily trace the musical journeys of each without any being too prominent. Transients are handled particularly well and this appears to be a consistent strength of this turntable. As instruments gather in crescendos, there is no apparent constriction to the sound, maintaining its poise throughout the music. And the instrumental sounds have edge and definition which can make for some exciting passages.