It just evenly and honestly delivered the recording’s sonic message. Despite the sharp, percussive nature of the recording the ML never became abrasive or edgy. The sound of the recording is immediate and somewhat bright and compressed, but still enjoyable and the picture three-dimensional. This, like many MPS recordings and especially those of his friend Oscar Peterson, was recorded in MPS founder Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer’s living room studio. “Laying out the lines, not walking them” is was what I was thinking (sorry). The energy on this album of standards and the pacing at which they deliver these tunes is insane. The first was Walking the Line (MPS 0210989MSW) an Oscar Peterson Trio release from 1970 featuring Jiri Mraz on bass and Ray Price on drums. Then I pulled out some records I’ve never played so I can further review the cartridge and sneak in some record reviews! A few years ago I got four German AAA MPS reissues that I finally dug out.
Oscar peterson trio reverb lp full#
The cartridge retained the warmth, producing rich, full bodied, three dimensional vocals left/center/right from the trio yet with sufficient guitar strum “snap” to bring rhythmic focus to the tracks. I played the ORG double 45rpm edition of Peter Paul and Mary’s In the Wind (ORG 071/WB 1507), which has always been a warm-sounding reissue cut by Bernie Grundman. The sound was “fast” but not at all bright or hard. Monk’s piano though, hung together well on the biggest bangs and avoided hardness on the dynamic peaks and softness in the valleys. I played the just reviewed Monk’s Dream Mo-Fi One-Step and honestly, it may have made for a more exciting listen than it was through my far more costly reference, though it wasn’t as nuanced or delicate-sounding. It made the speakers “pop”, producing a taut, stable sonic bubble of a big soundstage. Seriously, I was not expecting the energy release this cartridge manages.
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