Sade - Is It A Crime (vinyl: Ortofon SPU, PTP Solid12 (Lenco), Graham Slee Accession + Elevator EXP)

[@barroda55able]

I never realized how much I liked her music until I started hearing it in high quality.

[@RM-lj8bv]

I forgot how great this song is. I saw Sade In concert in Edinburgh. Very Classy Performer. Love her music.

[@edwardheynes3880]

The percussion is suddenly so clear and involving... I have listened to this track hundreds of times before. Magic!

[@MacXpert74]

Excellent sound. Very clean sounding vinyl.

[@briza2022]

Nice nice! Her voice is like of a delicate flute. Thanks

[@mickymoon5603]

The organ sounds fantastic!!!

[@notaire2]

Ihre durchsichtige Stimme klingt echt eindrucksvoll. Die Klarheit der Töne anderer Insturumente ist auch bemerkenswert. Klasse!

[@charlesmann5516]

Deepest Oceans of love to Sade....

[@irmercado]

Beautiful turntable too

[@foku9000]

Thank you Bob, Im listening on some Atlantic Pattern, speaker/subwoofer combo from 1989. I love the sound of the little cans.

[@andreasleonlandgren3092]

Wow amazing imaging at loss for words Sades voice plus spu both!

[@Yogi-Megan]

Stunning sound from a superb artist. 👌👌👏👏

[@Shasve]

Amazing sound.guess I am gonna burst in tears now😭

[@aleksandrabielecka8158]

Kobieta zatrzymana w CZASIE....❤❤❤....!

[@redalertvq]

Great sound Bob!!

[@MrVinylObsessive]

Ah, one of my favorites from Sade... lovely. She's a diva! 😍 The Ortofon looks like an antique car from the 50s, it's very elegant and sounds elegant too. Oh, and i immediately noticed the unmistakable trademark picture quality of a Dslr lens with its shallow depth of field. Very cinematic!

[@MusicAndVinyl]

Thanks for your comments, Rui! Yes, the SPU is a vintage design, and it works very well in the SME arm with the vintage Lenco drive, too. It was all part of my master plan when deciding what new turntable to get ;o) Also I wondered if anyone would notice the different camera! I've been using a Canon Legria camcorder, but I really wanted more control - especially over aperture - so I bought a Panasonic Lumix GX7 from eBay. It's a mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera, so not a DSLR, but the 14-42 kit lens seems pretty good (that's 28-84 in 35mm terms). I've a 14-140 coming, so I hope that'll give me more options.

[@MrVinylObsessive]

And it's not just about control over aperture, shutter speed, etc. Picture quality is usually superior to what a consumer camcorder can offer: Cleaner less noisier image, creamy tonalities, and better dynamic range, which puts this type of cameras a bit closer to what old cinema film cameras can do. It has the potential to produce "arty" images! The downside is the learning curve necessary to master the technique, if one is not versed in photography. But if a person enjoys what he is doing, it's not really a downside! Your new zoom will get you very blurred backgrounds in its longer focal length, specially in close range focusing. But sometimes it's a PITA to keep focus on moving objects like the cartridge, due to a very shallow depth of field. I often use a 100mm Canon macro lens, and sometimes the focusing area has no more than 3 mm depth.

[@MusicAndVinyl]

You're right about the learning curve, but I had a manual Olympus OM1 (and other OM bodies) many (many) years ago, and a Minolta Dynax system after that, so it's not the photography bit I need to master but the camera controls. The Lumix has a great iPad app that connects to it and allows a lot of control including focusing - tap on the image where you want it focused. Once I'd turned off continuous focusing in movie mode this allowed me to just keep the focus right. The shot just after the track finished was just a tap on the album sleeve in the background on the iPad to refocus it. The wonders of modern technology! I do wish I still had my darkroom going, though - processing your own film and photos was fun, and seeing a print come up in the tray under a safelight was always magical. I sometimes think digital photography has made everything too easy!

[@stevedenon9508]

Just listened on a 58X sennheiser. Absolutely amazing , thanks for the work and the quality.

[@MusicAndVinyl]

You're most welcome!

[@seeyouinmist3924]

sounds like we're in the studio with her Bob - very impressive. I think this cart really combines the best of everything!

[@MusicAndVinyl]

Indeed it does! I may have found my own particular holy grail here ;o)

[@arenaengineering8070]

What a deep and beautiful voice.Thanks you. I listen on the headphones TDS-5 (orthodynamic) made in the USSR.

[@LeopoldLoewe999]

Fantastic album and superb audio

[@paperback10]

I had tickets to Sades concert in Houston.. in 1990(?); but I missed it due to a waste of time business trip.. and I'm STILL mad at my then boss 😂

[@fionaa6209]

IS IT A CRIME....SADE....I STILL MISS YOU 😔💕💞💋💋😎😔

[@Schlipperschlopper]

great sound! Great table !

[@MusicAndVinyl]

Thank you!

[@maryannestewart2384]

This is the one for me thanks Bob love it! 💚🦹‍♀️🙍‍♀️

[@maryannestewart2384]

I loved it so much I just posted it on Facebook too! 😂✌🦹‍♀️

[@MusicAndVinyl]

I'm pleased you like this! Thanks for your comments . . .

[@nigelmasters8552]

Nice one Bob, Sade is one of my all time faves and the Ortofon SPU a particular want of mine. It has a way of presenting music in an organic way, rather than a forensic examination. Can you find the time for a classical music track from the Ortofon? Regards Nigel

[@MusicAndVinyl]

Thanks ;o) Yes, those are my thoughts on the SPU precisely. It's probably unwise for me to say this - but I think I've bought my last cartridge - the SPU just sounds so "right" with everything I've played so far, and doing the rip for this video was the first time I'd really felt that the rip was missing out on SQ versus hearing it direct. The SPU probably has about 40 hours on it now, so may still improve :o) And yes - there'll be classical, and jazz, tracks coming up . . .

[@nigelmasters8552]

I look forward to your endeavours.I hope to be in a position to look further into the SPU series next year, pennies willing.

[@IliyaKudryashov]

звук песочит, прекрасные аналоговые искажения!

[@seeyouinmist3924]

would love to hear some more carpenters with the SPU!! I think that video of desperado had a lot of views Bob !!

[@MusicAndVinyl]

Yes - Desperado seems to have done relatively well but my YT "trailer" views don't translate into views for the Vimeo posting (It was blocked on YT). I do have a couple of other Carpenters albums, though the pressing/surface quality is such I wouldn't want to inflict it on you, but another track from Horizon is certainly a possibility! I'll add it to my list ;o) Incidentally, the video that's climbing my own "charts" faster than anything else is the one from the latest Orchestra Baobab album.

[@MusicAndVinyl]

Carpenters with the SPU: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5fLcpShp6qbqMU

[@jerryandlisa27]

Do you notice the left channel 2db higher than the left ?

[@babisfloo]

why there is always a nanosecond of sound loss in all the recordings?

[@borak234]

Sounds incredible. Much better than Sade 45 rpm on your Kenwood table.

[@MusicAndVinyl]

This does sound good with the SPU! In the defence of that other record - it was a second-hand 12" that had probably had a hard life!

[@borak234]

I see. It was just my opinion.

[@MusicAndVinyl]

@@borak234 Quite a correct opinion, too ;o)

[@dragui9932]

Great! What speakers please ? Thank you

[@MusicAndVinyl]

In my system here I use a pair of Harbeth Xpression DPM1-Pro active speakers, but what you hear on the videos is the signal taken direct from the phono amp to the analogue to digital converter (a Lexicon I-O 22). This gives a much better quality sound than recording the speakers with the camera microphone.

[@dragui9932]

@@MusicAndVinyl Thank you

[@B_rye8]

Is this.... slightly off-pitch?

[@B_rye8]

A critical comment and not enough credit... GORGEOUS sound. So impressed. Im sorry.

[@marinkorzeniowski4514]

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