- May 30, 2015
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So, I popped up to Edinburgh today, had a couple of things to get sorted on the car and later dropped by Thorn Records in Bruntsfield (one of the city's popular residential areas). Thorn's a fairly recent arrival in the last few years, but picked up a few rave reviews and was listed on the Financial Times as one of the best in the world - not quite sure about that, but it's very good.
I leave with a few albums - Skids 45th anniversary reissue of Days in Europa, Moby's excellent Resound NYC double and The Cocteau Twins compilation The Pink Opaque which has a number of their early-80s tracks including The Spangle Maker and Pearly-Dew Drops. back in the car and drive home looking forward to hearing the new stuff.
I notice that my cartridge stylus (Benz Micro Gold cartridge) looks a little off-centre, so decide to swap it out for a AT-VM540ML that I have with not too many hours on it. In my old flat, it had sounded way too full and bassy. Overpowering really. In my new place, with a different layout, etc, it's fitted in seamlessly and sounds great. The balance is good, it's a weight sound but not excessive and the treble is as good as always, something I've always appreciated in AT cartridges.
I'll give the Waters Lockdown Sessions album a run tomorrow to see if that's more satisfying a listen with the new cartridge in, but for now...time for the Cocteaus!
I leave with a few albums - Skids 45th anniversary reissue of Days in Europa, Moby's excellent Resound NYC double and The Cocteau Twins compilation The Pink Opaque which has a number of their early-80s tracks including The Spangle Maker and Pearly-Dew Drops. back in the car and drive home looking forward to hearing the new stuff.
I notice that my cartridge stylus (Benz Micro Gold cartridge) looks a little off-centre, so decide to swap it out for a AT-VM540ML that I have with not too many hours on it. In my old flat, it had sounded way too full and bassy. Overpowering really. In my new place, with a different layout, etc, it's fitted in seamlessly and sounds great. The balance is good, it's a weight sound but not excessive and the treble is as good as always, something I've always appreciated in AT cartridges.
I'll give the Waters Lockdown Sessions album a run tomorrow to see if that's more satisfying a listen with the new cartridge in, but for now...time for the Cocteaus!
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