Simon York on Analogique
Hello Mr. Schlipper, here are finally a few words about the sound impressions of the base:
I actually haven't been too meticulous when it comes to setting up my components; in fact, I've been a bit shirt-sleeved recently. According to the motto: “I actually just want to listen to good music and most rack designs look scary anyway.” Okay, my beloved Simon Yorke drive recently ended up from a sturdy wooden table - our wooden plank floor required it - onto a wall rack covered with a sandstone plate. It is a massive construction made of burnished U-profile with old oak wood and is therefore somewhat acoustically dampened. The stone plate is placed on a 4 cm thick, inlaid birch multiplex board. I thought it sounded really good, which it actually did. Until I happened to become aware of the bases of Subbase audio and, if you will, had tasted blood.
Soon after, a base came to rehearsal and what can I say: Now listening to music is fun, and that's what it's all about: fun through a certain cleanliness in the sound without appearing sterile or boring. Transparency where it had previously been like a kind of veil of dirt. The bass now feels like it goes down an octave without the rhythm and drive suffering as a result. On the contrary, you want to dance (if the music is there) and then play the next record.
My conclusion: By reducing annoying artifacts in the sound image, you simply listen more relaxed - or into the music, you can simply follow sound sequences better. So, the source is followed by the base. In my case, the analogique. Hit the jackpot!
Best regards from Händelstadt Halle,
J.H.