It's a very different viewing experience, had one for about 10 years now, can't go back.
I haven't seen a UST in person yet but they are really interesting.
They seem great! I mean, if you have the space, no reason not to do a standard projector instead, and benefit from an easier setup. But USTs are very cool.
This is what I see lol
I have that Insight and Hana SL combo as well. Its killer for the price. Easily endgame for a lot of folks.
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yep. it's fantastic. i know some people had pressing issues with it, but it sounds pretty amazing if you get a clean copy.
Have been thinking about your dissatisfaction, so glad to hear you’ve found the magic!
It’s really relieving man I gotta tell you! I noticed I came to fear the albums in my collection that contained vocals because of how edgy it all came across on my system. Particularly once I got into those inner grooves I’d often just lift the arm and call it a day cause it wasn’t worth hearing such lousy audio quality.
First combo that makes me feel like I got showroom quality audio in my living room, that feels really good.
Loading makes a massive difference. I forgot to change loading when I switched from my Soundsmith back to the MasterTracker and was horrified by how bad it sounded.It’s really relieving man I gotta tell you! I noticed I came to fear the albums in my collection that contained vocals because of how edgy it all came across on my system. Particularly once I got into those inner grooves I’d often just lift the arm and call it a day cause it wasn’t worth hearing such lousy audio quality.
Last night I realized how much information I was literally missing, vocals could really stretch, range, and unfurl themselves with these two components added. And HALLELUJAH NO INNER GROOVE DISTORTION! No more tension in my body waiting for the distortion/peakiness/clipping or whatever tf it was that’s been haunting my listening experience since my 2M Blue on my Fluance.
Some other things that I noticed: the soundstage is so much more focused and immersive. Before, I felt the speakers never much disappeared, there was definitely a soundstage but it felt like everything was left-center-right. Last night there was true depth and placement accuracy, it was deeper, wider, and taller. The clarity is much more glimmery, there’s a real feeling of shape to sonic elements, upright bass notes, piano hammers, guitar plucks, everything has a real physicality to it. I’m happy with my set up
I wonder if that was the issue with my Grado x MF LX-LPS. I don’t think loading was as easily adjustable as it is with the Insight but I saw some reviews on the SL saying how much proper loading would make a difference in regards to peakiness
Wouldn’t be shocked. I have the LX-LPS on my secondary system and a few carts I want to try on it aren’t recommended.
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