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Iconic moments in your audio career
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<blockquote data-quote="jlaubza" data-source="post: 979731" data-attributes="member: 21934"><p>It was the early eighties, if I remember correctly. An audio salesman I met, who worked in OK's House and Home section, selling Denon equipment, gave me a Denon DDA sampler LP, the purpose of the LP being to market Denon's digital prowess. I played it on my Garrard TT, through a home built amp and kit speakers.</p><p></p><p>I'll never forget the impact the first notes had on me. Suddenly, I had solid and deep bass that whacked me in my chest, crystal clear cymbals, trumpets that sounded as if they were in the room, complete absence of tape hiss and surface noise - this wasn't a new LP I was playing, this was a whole new sound system, top to bottom. And with that revelation, I realised how rubbish were most of my records - bad recordings, bad technology. And even the best recordings I had sounded constrained and anemic after hearing that Denon LP. Up to that point, I thought my equipment was second rate. After that point, I realised that LPs and recording technology were the weak links and transitioned as an early adopter to CDs. I haven't looked back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jlaubza, post: 979731, member: 21934"] It was the early eighties, if I remember correctly. An audio salesman I met, who worked in OK's House and Home section, selling Denon equipment, gave me a Denon DDA sampler LP, the purpose of the LP being to market Denon's digital prowess. I played it on my Garrard TT, through a home built amp and kit speakers. I'll never forget the impact the first notes had on me. Suddenly, I had solid and deep bass that whacked me in my chest, crystal clear cymbals, trumpets that sounded as if they were in the room, complete absence of tape hiss and surface noise - this wasn't a new LP I was playing, this was a whole new sound system, top to bottom. And with that revelation, I realised how rubbish were most of my records - bad recordings, bad technology. And even the best recordings I had sounded constrained and anemic after hearing that Denon LP. Up to that point, I thought my equipment was second rate. After that point, I realised that LPs and recording technology were the weak links and transitioned as an early adopter to CDs. I haven't looked back. [/QUOTE]
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