Steven Wilson (Of Porcupine Tree and NoMan) and his stereo
Posted by: Stephen Bennett on 11 July 2002
I asked Steven what he used for listening to - here's the reply
'I have a Musical Fidelity XA200R amplifier, Monitor Audio speakers, an Arcam Alpha 7Se CD player and a Project Debut turntable. It sounds pretty good !'
In my experience with musicians, he's right. Most of them have some really ropey stuff, so this is a pretty good system!
I've asked him about his monitoring too. More info when I have it.
Regards
Stephen
'I have a Musical Fidelity XA200R amplifier, Monitor Audio speakers, an Arcam Alpha 7Se CD player and a Project Debut turntable. It sounds pretty good !'
In my experience with musicians, he's right. Most of them have some really ropey stuff, so this is a pretty good system!
I've asked him about his monitoring too. More info when I have it.
Regards
Stephen
Khoi
I've asked him about his monitoring - but he's in America touring at the moment. When he's next in Norwich I'll insist he comes out to my friends Naim dealership and listen to some hi-fi.
On a more general note, I haven't noticed the PT sound is more harsh than some other stuff recently recorded - at least on my Naim and Naim/PMC systems. I do agree though that modern recordings are much brighter than of old (the Elbow album, for example), but that's what is expected now - bright and very loud to sound good on cheap stereos.
Regards
Stephen
I've asked him about his monitoring - but he's in America touring at the moment. When he's next in Norwich I'll insist he comes out to my friends Naim dealership and listen to some hi-fi.
On a more general note, I haven't noticed the PT sound is more harsh than some other stuff recently recorded - at least on my Naim and Naim/PMC systems. I do agree though that modern recordings are much brighter than of old (the Elbow album, for example), but that's what is expected now - bright and very loud to sound good on cheap stereos.
Regards
Stephen