Hi Don,
Thanks for reviving this thread from the depths of time... well, 2011. You must have tweaked your Scout quite a bit to use a belt like this... impressive.
Like you, we've always used natural instrument recordings to test any system or component. The pre-19th C. instruments one typically gets on labels like Telefunken are the sternest tests of all. Classical and Baroque instruments favored complex harmonic overtones more than their modern counterparts, which emphasize the fundamental in order to fill large, modern concert halls. The timbre of a Baroque oboe is more complex than its modern counterpart and that complexity is difficult to reproduce accurately.
Complex harmonics challenge every aspect of a system but none more so than a TT, which can so easily generate distortions in the time domain. Even if a TT maintains perfect average speed, variations lasting mere thousandths of a second (which fall below the resolution of strobe discs, laser pointers and such) will distort complex harmonics enough to drive sensitive listeners out of the room.
Original instrument recordings sound ghastly in many systems. Some listeners just blame the recording and move on, happily unaware of just how weak their systems actually are. Great job persevering, glad you found a way to enjoy Mr. Haydn.
Thanks for reviving this thread from the depths of time... well, 2011. You must have tweaked your Scout quite a bit to use a belt like this... impressive.
Like you, we've always used natural instrument recordings to test any system or component. The pre-19th C. instruments one typically gets on labels like Telefunken are the sternest tests of all. Classical and Baroque instruments favored complex harmonic overtones more than their modern counterparts, which emphasize the fundamental in order to fill large, modern concert halls. The timbre of a Baroque oboe is more complex than its modern counterpart and that complexity is difficult to reproduce accurately.
Complex harmonics challenge every aspect of a system but none more so than a TT, which can so easily generate distortions in the time domain. Even if a TT maintains perfect average speed, variations lasting mere thousandths of a second (which fall below the resolution of strobe discs, laser pointers and such) will distort complex harmonics enough to drive sensitive listeners out of the room.
Original instrument recordings sound ghastly in many systems. Some listeners just blame the recording and move on, happily unaware of just how weak their systems actually are. Great job persevering, glad you found a way to enjoy Mr. Haydn.