J.A.W. Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 (edited) JRVG by a country mile. The huge increase in resolution, depth, tonality and sheer musicality leaves the mellow, fuzzy TOCJ's in the dust. I will admit, however, that people with poor digital and/or bright tweeters might prefer the rolled off, soft focus TOCJ's. The music is on the RVG's, that is closest to being in the studio. Couldn't disagree more - on my Mark Levinson-fed electrostatics with subwoofer most (J)RVGs sound as if they were recorded in the bathroom; like I said in my post above they have a narrow soundstage and very aggressive mid and high frequencies. They're sorely lacking in depth, tonality and musicality... Aren't these discussions fun... Edited March 8, 2004 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmirBagachelles Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 I think the avg TOCJ is a great product, consistent and neutral, even dare I say your money's worth at $25 a throw. Harsh JVRGs are not uncommon, especially unfortunate given Rudy's in-your ear/face recording style. Everybody on this board should try some of those VICJ 20-bit discs, they really are nice. I'm not sure if these were in that series, but almost anything sourced from Contemporary, issued in Japan in 20-bit 1997-2000 (jewel case or cardboard), is going to sound really good I believe. Go for the Art Peppers, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Everybody on this board should try some of those VICJ 20-bit discs, they really are nice. I'm not sure if these were in that series, but almost anything sourced from Contemporary, issued in Japan in 20-bit 1997-2000 (jewel case or cardboard), is going to sound really good I believe. Go for the Art Peppers, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins if you can. I've got a lot of Victor VICJs, and I've never heard a bad one, on the contrary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 JRVG by a country mile. The huge increase in resolution, depth, tonality and sheer musicality leaves the mellow, fuzzy TOCJ's in the dust. I say, Old Bean, that's dwedfully unkind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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