An interesting comparison with the Logic. 40 years ago the Logic was highly regarded, but not as good as the LP12. That was the time when anything which was not belt driven had to be avoided like the plague. If I knew then what I know now I don't think I would have embraced CD so soon. The plus side is that I bought lots of discs before the loudness wars. I am reaping the benefits now as ripped to WAV they sound so much better than compressed streamed remasters.
I concur about the importance of music during difficult times.
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Well, I've been otherwise occupied for a while and all things Hifi had been pushed aside. However life now starts to settle down (slightly) and this afternoon I did something that I have been intending to do for a while; bring the TEAC DD deck downstairs and fire it up to compare against the venerable Logic DM101.
My expectations were that the elegance and openness of the Logic/Syrinx/Grado combination would soundly trounce the TD-4D-SE & Sumiko Pearl.
Wrong !
Again the TEAC turntable displays an awesome solidity and stability - more so than the belt-driven DM101 that has a tendency to run slightly fast. And then there is the Sumiko Pearl; sweet-sounding with a well-defined soundstage and an 'organic' integrity.
Swings and roundabouts. I think I miss some airiness and delicacy but the downstairs rig isn't arranged for ultimate fidelity and this deck sounds just terrific here.
It is such a pleasing turntable in every respect, I'll be keeping it down here for now and next is to try the Logic in the more analytical Upstairs system. Could be interesting.
And there's a new album from The Cure on the way!
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I have seen very similar results between my dds and belt drives.
The oracle and the roksan seem a bit more open, although sticking my sme 309 on the jbe has altered that balance somewhat. I have the same cart on the oracle and the my technics so its a fairly fair comparison. The jbe has all the good bits on it, the sme 309 and dynavector mc
I also gave the technics sl150 a bit of a going over, recapped and all the switches disassembled and cleaned, plus a bearing service. it has a tabriz arm on it now. That one is a bit of an enigma as it is very very good in the headphone system. Every other technics ive had has been a bit rubbish..
The two jvcs are actually very well balanced.
I have the oracle, the jvc y5 and the jbe set up downstairs and use them alternately when i actually get time to listen which is alarmingly rarely now, and the technics in the headphone system as mentioned, which gets more use than the main system does. The roksan and the jvc y3 are surplus at the moment.
No lencos any more, just the one left that isnt a runner right now.
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Fretless (Sat Oct 26, 2024 11:07 pm) • Grumpytim (Sun Oct 27, 2024 5:28 pm) • CycleCoach (Tue Oct 29, 2024 11:20 pm)
Analogue: Oracle Delphi, JBE series 3 SME 309 DV20x2l, Roksan Xerxes, JVC QL-y5f , Technics SL150, Tabriz, Rigb bodied AT440
That was the time when anything which was not belt driven had to be avoided like the plague. 
