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For whatever reason people expressed a lot of interest to Pacific vs. Lavry A/D and I recently got an relatively a large number of emails, including from the people I do not even know, asking me to compare identical analog tracjs and post the founding.

I could do better than this. Below are two files of the same music converted by Pacific Microsonics A/D and Lavry Gold AD122 MkIII. The files are 88.2/24 around 90Meg each. No processing of any kind was used, no dithers, no noise redaction, no EQ or gain change.  The regular commercial PHIL L5137 4-track tape at 7.5 IPS was played on Stellavox SU-8 and then via Purist Proteus cable was outputted in one AD processor and then to another. The Stella’s heads were cleaned and demagnetized. Stella run from batteries, the AD and DAW right from the wall (Screw you the lazy PurePower APS people, where are you???!!!!)

I picked music that has relatively diverted combination of low lever passages and high level passages, good instrumentation and combination of groups and solo. It is opening thyme of the last movement of Brahms’ Double Concerto recorded in 1972 with Haitink and Royal Concertgebouw. The leads played by two giants: Henryk Szeryng and Janos Starker. Unfortunately the entire performance is not up to the lever that might be expected from those participants – something did not “clicked” in there – I think it was the Bernard Haitink… Still, it is a good pieces of music played by the maters who do know own business.

Peter Foster. If you read it can you processes one of tracks (that you like better  - they do sound differently) with your magic “K-Stereo” machine and send me the file. I will repost it.

Other falks, if you feel to comment on the differences between the Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold then be my guests… To those of you who have well-imaging installations I would be specifically interested to hear your thoughts about the difference in imaging between A/D processors. (I have compromised one channel as now and my view on nowadays are very handicapped)

88.2/24 arond 90Meg each file:

<< File # 1 was here. >>

<< File # 2 was here. >>

Rgs, the Cat

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