It came suddenly. Perhaps the greatest playback device in human history. NAGRA T Audio. I was a little hesitant to listen to the sound. I was afraid that it would completely destroy my motivation for audio.
The moment the sound came out, I realized I wasn’t overthinking it. An otherworldly sense of freshness. Terrifying value.
Is it really okay for humanity to lose this value? Even in a timeline where economically unsustainable technology disappears, isn’t “terrifying value” a necessary condition for economic viability?
Theoretically, I don’t really understand it. The electronics are a ton of LF353s. The boards are overflowing with technology. Well, it’s only natural that the master recordings before being engraved onto the record would retain their freshness. Wait, what would happen if I played this head output through the NAB curve of the E-2 ver. 2?
It’s also true that this sound is produced by the A-2 ver. 2 and Hailey 3.2. To maintain the divine freshness of NAGRA T Audio, isn’t it true that the A-2 ver. 2 is sufficient for the downstream electronics, and that the correct allocation of resources would be to devote everything else to the playback device?
Freshness is justice. I’m glad to have been reaffirmed this once again. There’s no doubt that we should do everything we can to maintain freshness, and there’s no doubt that the theme for achieving this is time axis purity. But the 2-track 38 is still mankind’s most powerful time axis machine. What on earth was the point of 50 years of audio advancement? Has the advent of digital caused people to stop listening to sound?
My head is spinning like a reel during playback… Well, I’ve managed to exchange it for a broken record cleaner. Good riddance. (My brain still feels a bit broken…) – Hideki Kato — SOULNOTE
