Not what I would call a 'Classic' CD player - actually it's rather ugly.

Sitting around unused for several years is a CDP that I picked up for 10 euro in a thrift shop - a Denon DCD-520 from around 1989. Nice solid device with a smooth, slow drawer (don't you just love 'em), no remote and only analogue output. This model was at the lower-end of the Denon range with 4x ov...

Preisner 'Requiem for My Friend'

Gorgeous, atmospheric work from famous Polish film-soundtrack composer.
Modern Classical music that is both moving and enchanting.

Zbigniew Preisner - Requiem For My Friend

It was Easter weekend madness here in The Netherlands with both the famous Tulip fields of the Keukenhof and the windmills of Kinderdijk attracting so many tourists that the parking areas were overful and people were stopping on the motorways just to make selfies. Also some visitors are walking into...

slinger wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 3:35 pm Of course, the "other" famous 80s drums were made by Linn.

Isn't that a different Linn? American?

Ringo played Ludwig drums - especially his snare sound was famous

Time to break open the piggy-bank (again....) From the Burning Shed newsletter : https://burningshed.com/image/cache/data/Tangerine%20Dream/tdinsearchofhades-300x300.jpg Tangerine Dream In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 (box set pre-order) A 16CD/2Blu-Ray boxset containing remaster...

Beautiful-looking axe that, Slinger.

Looking around for info of that Hudson bass, it appears to be a copy of the Cort Curbouw - possibly made in the Cort factory.

Yummy - I'm jealous.

One of these ... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/a8/7b/8aa87b5ed365a6c264a6ad667edd054e.jpg Cort B4FL with mahogany body. Cort are a Korean firm who manufacture for several 'big-name' brands, their own designs are top-class. Sorely neglected of late - more a listener than a player these days (too ...