The Absolute Sound
Issue
#144 / October-November 2003
Editors’
Choice Award
WE
PICK THE BEST
音響界的發燒至尊天書TAS
(The Absolute Sound) 於最新一期公佈2003‘主筆群精選’推薦器材,
在唱頭部分共有11顆入主榜單,
Grado就佔其中4項,
新推出的PH-1唱頭放大也入主唱頭放大類榜單中,
對幾乎不在TAS打廣告的Grado是無上的光榮及堅持追求完美的肯定。
CARTRIDGES 唱頭
Under $500
Grado Prestige Gold
$180
Grado’s Prestige Gold cartridge has its flaws－a
lack of inner detail and an audible grain being chief among them－but
its strengths are such that you can easily listen through them. These
include a somewhat too warm yet very pleasant (and yes, euphonious)
balance, sweet if not hugely air treble, and taut if not especially
layered bass, and a remarkably lively presentation.
Prestige Gold唱頭有其缺點－主要是缺乏深處細節和聲音不夠細膩－但其強處是順耳好聽.
這包括稍嫌溫暖但令人非常舒適、悅耳的均衡,
甜美但不是過多空氣感的高頻,
秩序井然但非層次特別分明的低頻,
及十分活潑輕快的聲音描述。
$500－$1,000
Grado Reference Sonata
$500
A wonderful performer, the Sonata may lack the transparency and resolution
of the very best, yet it delivers a naturally sweet treble, refined
tone colors, and very good detail, particularly in the middle band.
神奇的演奏家,
Sonata或許缺乏頂級唱頭的透明感與解悉力,
但傳遞出自然甜美的高頻,
精緻的音色,
及非常優異的細節,
尤其是在中頻段。
$1,000－$2,000
Grado Reference
$1,200
同時獲得
“editors’ best buy 2003”推薦
A beautiful-sounding moving-iron cartridge, not the last word in detail
or transient speed or top-end air, the Reference is nonetheless enormously
musical. A great value.
聲音美妙的動鐵式唱頭,
在細節、暫態速度、高頻空氣感上或許並非絕對完美,
但聲音極其悅耳動聽,
非常物超所值。
$2,000－$3,000
Grado Statement
$2,500
Grado’s Statement combines the virtues of Grado’s moving-iron series－glorious
tone color and rich authoritative midbass－with
much of the detail, transient speed, and top-end extension of moving
coils. Because of its low output, the Statement must be used
with a head amp.
Statement
結合了Grado動鐵式(華麗的音色及豐潤權威性的中低頻)與動圈式(細節、暫態速度及高頻延伸)唱頭的諸多優點,
由於輸出低必須和唱頭放大器搭配使用。
PHONOSTAGES
唱頭放大
$500－$1,000
Grado
PH-1
$500
The wood-bodied PH-1 is a versatile unit that works equally well with
high- and low-output cartridges. Though it is susceptible to environment
noise, the sound is open and easy, with an expansive soundstage, natural
highs, and lower octaves with texture, tonal refinement, and power.
原木機身的PH-1是個多才多藝的機種,
在高與低輸出唱頭上的表現同樣出色,
儘管較易受到外在雜訊的影響,
但開放和輕鬆的聲音,
搭配上開闊的音場,
逼真自然的高頻,
和強而有力、音調精準、層次分明的低音域。
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