Keith Jarrett's Koeln Concert is a record I return to regularly, as Jarrett's improvisations never fail to fascinate me. For convenience sake, I usually listen to the 96kHz digital file played back via my computer & DAC setup. As I had reached a stage in the review, where any further search for individual strengths and weaknesses in the Mystere's sound had become obsolete, I selected the original white double LP version of Keith Jarrett's masterpiece for my last listening session before the Mystere was scheduled to leave my listening room. While I don't want to warm up the old analog-versus-digital discussion here again, there is no denying the fact that never before have I heard this fantastic recording reproduced even close to the emotionally gripping, musically fluid, and dynamically supercharged way in which the Mystere presented it—whatever the digital source, format and cost involved in those other auditions. And I like to add that, of the numerous turntables which I have come to know over my many years of reviewing them, more than 99.9% are unable to reproduce Keith Jarrett's masterpiece with the lifelike intensity it regains via the Mystere. If You listen to the Mystere fitted with a reference class tonearm and cartridge combination for only a short time, you may possibly get away from it "unendangered". If, however, you spent several hours with it, you will—as happened to me—become unsaveably addicted to it.
Listened with
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Turntable | Brinkmann LaGrange with vacuum tube power supply |
Tonearms | AMG Viella 12‟, Thales Simplicity |
Cartridges | Brinkmann EMT ti, Lyra Olympos SL, Einstein The Pickup |
Phonostage | Einstein The Turntable‘s Choice (balanced) |
Preamplifier | Einstein The Preamp |
Amplifiers | Ayon Epsilon, Einstein The Poweramp |
Loudspeaker | LumenWhite DiamondLight Monitors, AudioMachina Maestro GSE |
Cable | Precision Interface Technology, Göbel Lacorde Statement, Audioquest Wild Blue Yonder and Wild Wood, HMS Gran Finale Jubilee, Audioplan Powercord S |
Accessories | PS Audio Power Plant P5, Clearaudio Matrix, Sun Leiste, Audioplan Powerstar, HMS-Walloutlets, Acapella Bases, Acoustic System Feet & Resonators, Finite Elemente Pagode Master Reference Heavy Duty and Cerabase, Harmonix Real Focus, Audio Exklusiv d.C.d Base, Feet and Silentplugs, AHP Fuses |
Manufacturer's Specifications
LumenWhite Mystere
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Speeds | 33⅓, 45 RpM (78 and other on request) |
Finish | Solid ebony, palisander or rosewood (other woods and high-gloss, black piano lacquer on request) |
Dimensions | Turntable: 50 cm wide and 40 cm deep, weight 45 kg. Outboard compressor & controller unit: 54 cm long, 40 cm wide, 40 cm deep, weight 45 kg, Air supply and control cable: 2 meters (up to 10 meters on request) |
Retail | 62500 Euro |
Web | www.lumenwhite.com |
Manufacturer/Distribution
Ayon Audio
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Address | Hart 18 A-8101 Gratkorn |
Phone | +43 3124 24954 |
ayon@ayonaudio.com | |
Web | www.ayonaudio.com |
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