The analog thread.

[Grahame]

I like how Mikey has recreated the feel of his favorite part of the Novato Costco on the left of the room.

[mikeymad]

Last night's red vinyl test of Jazz,

it worked..

[luvdunhill]

Got some gadgets out



My ottoman clearly needs leveling.

[luvdunhill]

Ok, now the fruits of labor

[swt61]

Marc, firstly I love the latest turntable acquisition. And I know that your goal is to get the kids interested in audio/music. But don't you think that's a bit unnecessary for such a table?

[Pars]

I had envisioned something more adult, like this, but the Mickey one is good too...

[swt61]

Well, you can't see it for Mickey's hand but it has a very nice Zyx R1000 Cosmos. 

[mikeymad]

Billie test - very nice

 

Edited August 4, 2017 by mikeymad

[recstar24]

That's the Billie to have me thinks!

[swt61]

I would have thought you'd prefer this one...

[cetoole]

Buddy wanted to listen to some vinyl, so I figured out a way to get the rig set up in a semi reasonable manner.  Still need to mess with grounding the table and finish casing the pre, but its quiet and sounding good so eh.

Edited August 5, 2017 by cetoole

[wink]

12 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Billie tea - very nice

 

 

Yep, down here in the antipodes Billy Tea ia almost as good as (hush your mouth) coffee.......... 

 

[mikeymad]

Late jazz

[luvdunhill]

[swt61]

I don't have that Nora album. Must look into that.

[luvdunhill]

It contains three remixes of two tracks, which are amusing and conveniently tough for my system to track, until I got things dialed in.

 

Next:

 

 

[MexicanDragon]

Anyone need a good, budget turntable? Turntable Lab (and some others) are doing the Denon DP-300F for 199$, with an upgraded version with cork mat, an Ortofon 2M Red, and a carbon fibre brush for 269$.

[Grahame]

Meanwhile ...

(for all you 78 fans)

 

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=about

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=collection

So much yodeling ...

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Unholy carp!

[mikeymad]

John testing. 

 

 

And 10 different takes of Giant Steps from the heavyweight champion boxed set. 

 

 

 

[ironbut]

21 hours ago, Grahame said:

Meanwhile ...

(for all you 78 fans)

 

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=about

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=collection

So much yodeling ...

 

George Blood is one of the masters in the craft of archiving audio and film.

The guy has "been there and done that" from the early days of recording and has forgotten more than just about anybody else living knows about the development of the recording arts.

Pretty cranky and ornery from what I can tell!

Edited August 14, 2017 by ironbut

[recstar24]

3 hours ago, ironbut said:

George Blood is one of the masters in the craft of archiving audio and film.

The guy has "been there and done that" from the early days of recording and has forgotten more than just about anybody else living knows about the development of the recording arts.

Pretty cranky and ornery from what I can tell!

So basically he's perfect for the job of archiving

[bjarnetv]

22 hours ago, mikeymad said:

John testing. 

And 10 different takes of Giant Steps from the heavyweight champion boxed set. 

 

I recently bought The Atlantic years MONO box, and it sounds really nice compared to the super cheap DOL records i owned previously.
Now i really need to borrow a proper stereo release from someone and compare it.

[mikeymad]

Some additional heavyweight

[mikeymad]

Mo jazz this evening, smooth jazz