"max graff" wrote in message
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Keith/Adam et al,

Another question -

I landed up purchasing a couple of LP's to compare them against my
existing CD collection -
1. John McLauglin - Shakti.
2. John McLauglic, Paco DeLucia, Al Di Meola - Mediterranean Summer
3. Dark side of the moon.

I played my CD's on a Rotel RCD-1072 running from my Marantz 7500 OSE
amp with identical TarLab cables. I notice the bass coming from the CD
is a bit more than coming from Proj-ect Turn table.

So coming back to my question is this that will change if I move my
cartridge up the ladder.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.



IIRC, the turntable is a Debut - IME, not the best rig for *bass* per se.
But money won't necessarily get you more bass, in fact some very expensive
MC carts are considered be somwehat bass-light (apparently?) and some very
cheap DJ-type carts (Stantons, for example) have quite a good, thumping
bass. Unfortunately, not only do certain types/models of speaker suit
different types of music best (contrary to what the manufacturers would have
you believe), carts go the same way...!!

(Thankfully, removable headshells look like making a bit of a comeback, so
it won't be too difficult to tailor the needle to the music!)

Personally, I wouldn't worry about matching 'CD Bass' with a vinyl rig -
it's not what it's all about. I'm not saying it can't be done, but on paper,
at least, the CD should marmalise the LP...!! (???) Given a CD and the
corresponding LP, which do you enjoy most when you are listening to them?
That's the main issue in my book, not that there's anything wrong with
enjoying *both*....