Elephantears
Trunkated Aesthete
I've just received 'Dusk Fire' and 'Live'. I'm only half way through side 1 of 'Dusk Fire' but I've already ordered the rest of the set from Juno. Ess Muss Sein.
It is recorded very low, so I can imagine it could sound lacklustre if phono stage and/or preamp gain are even a little bit low. You certainly do need to turn this one up. But it's sounding lovely to me; intimate, organic, with convincing, if relatively restrained, projection on the solos.
I'm not sure it would be wise to do a direct comparison with the Hi-Res (I didn't need to before pushing the button to order the rest), as I've recently changed to a hybrid phono stage, and the sound signature is rather different to my DAC. I'll hold off comparisons until I've got a full handle on that difference.
EDIT. Perhaps speaking and acting rather hastily, since I'm noticing that end of side distortion is rather higher than I'd like on Dusk Fire, but this is partly a symptom of the low levels. It's testing my tonearm a bit.
It is recorded very low, so I can imagine it could sound lacklustre if phono stage and/or preamp gain are even a little bit low. You certainly do need to turn this one up. But it's sounding lovely to me; intimate, organic, with convincing, if relatively restrained, projection on the solos.
I'm not sure it would be wise to do a direct comparison with the Hi-Res (I didn't need to before pushing the button to order the rest), as I've recently changed to a hybrid phono stage, and the sound signature is rather different to my DAC. I'll hold off comparisons until I've got a full handle on that difference.
EDIT. Perhaps speaking and acting rather hastily, since I'm noticing that end of side distortion is rather higher than I'd like on Dusk Fire, but this is partly a symptom of the low levels. It's testing my tonearm a bit.
