Re: Musical Journey
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:08 pm
I grew up listening to all sorts of jazz, pop, rock, whatever the old man was playing. On a linn axis, original musical fidelity a1 that was hot enough to fry eggs on and some castle speakers.
Radio 2 was on if radio was on.
Then in the very early 90s, an lp12, (traded in for the axis in 87) linn pretek/powertek and an Arcam delta 170.3 black box 3. Speakers were index 2.
The lp12 got less and less use by 91 92, and by 96 was not in use and was relegated to being under the bed.
By this time I had been bought a system for Christmas after showing an interest consisting of a technics slps50, Nad 3020 and some jpw minimonitors.
I was given some cds with this, which were doubled up the one's that stuck out were led zep 4, Phil collins serious hits live with the carousel on the cover, and dark side of the moon.
I had started buying my own music, stuff like garbage, placebo, oasis, ocean colour scene, prodigy, blur, super furry animals, and had inherited the indexes. Which proved incapable of doing 'smack my bitch up' any justice.
I dug the lp12 out after nearly 10 years after asking nicely, (the 3020 had a phono stage that was not bad) and discovered stuff in the old mans dormant, dusty, neglected (the cat liked to use the record spines it could reach for sharpening claws) record collection that I still play to this day. Dsotm, Joshua Tree, kind of blue was something of an epiphany along with Dexter Gordon, Wayne shorter acoustic alchemy (blue chip) and meant I was listening to more jazz than ever before. Albums by the police, the beat, human league, xtc, Alice Cooper (I made it a mission to have every record he's do e after listening to billion dollar babies) the dormant collection was like an aladdins cave. Tangerine dream, I remember playing Phaedra for the first time, and the old man came in the room having recognised what was being played, and we just sat and listened in silence. After a conversation about the lp12, not long after, he went out and bought a roksan radius 5 to rediscover the collection.
One of my mates used to come round every other day, we'd go and play snooker then come back and sit listening to random records out of the collection. I was still buying my own cds, Foo fighters were played ALOT.
By then I was working, and bought a musical fidelity xray, a3. 2 amp and inherited some kf q55s.
This all came with me when I moved out.
That was 16 years ago, and that lp12 for its sins set me off with vinyl. Which is the bit I can't seem to lose interest in. I've had 50 plus turntables, built countless ones, but the enthusiasm and excitement for them doesn't seem to dim at all.
I've bought and built numerous amps, and numerous sets of speakers, these have been settled since I got the Nelson pass f5 and the great big fanes, but the decks are still the focus, I can't seem to get enough. I dont buy them any more I just build them. I have an idea, then it seems to end up built shortly after.
It's a bloody good job the Missus is a a music lover too.........
My own collection of LP's is about the same size as the one mi dad had back then, at about 600 lps, and this collection is eclectic. There is something from every genre. I buy lps because I like the cover, no idea who they are. I've ended up with some cracking records doing this.
I may be a mine of useless information on obscure turntables, and a mind numbing bore when it comes to vinyl, but at least I have the enthusiasm still in spades after all these years.
And it stems from that eclectic collection
Radio 2 was on if radio was on.
Then in the very early 90s, an lp12, (traded in for the axis in 87) linn pretek/powertek and an Arcam delta 170.3 black box 3. Speakers were index 2.
The lp12 got less and less use by 91 92, and by 96 was not in use and was relegated to being under the bed.
By this time I had been bought a system for Christmas after showing an interest consisting of a technics slps50, Nad 3020 and some jpw minimonitors.
I was given some cds with this, which were doubled up the one's that stuck out were led zep 4, Phil collins serious hits live with the carousel on the cover, and dark side of the moon.
I had started buying my own music, stuff like garbage, placebo, oasis, ocean colour scene, prodigy, blur, super furry animals, and had inherited the indexes. Which proved incapable of doing 'smack my bitch up' any justice.
I dug the lp12 out after nearly 10 years after asking nicely, (the 3020 had a phono stage that was not bad) and discovered stuff in the old mans dormant, dusty, neglected (the cat liked to use the record spines it could reach for sharpening claws) record collection that I still play to this day. Dsotm, Joshua Tree, kind of blue was something of an epiphany along with Dexter Gordon, Wayne shorter acoustic alchemy (blue chip) and meant I was listening to more jazz than ever before. Albums by the police, the beat, human league, xtc, Alice Cooper (I made it a mission to have every record he's do e after listening to billion dollar babies) the dormant collection was like an aladdins cave. Tangerine dream, I remember playing Phaedra for the first time, and the old man came in the room having recognised what was being played, and we just sat and listened in silence. After a conversation about the lp12, not long after, he went out and bought a roksan radius 5 to rediscover the collection.
One of my mates used to come round every other day, we'd go and play snooker then come back and sit listening to random records out of the collection. I was still buying my own cds, Foo fighters were played ALOT.
By then I was working, and bought a musical fidelity xray, a3. 2 amp and inherited some kf q55s.
This all came with me when I moved out.
That was 16 years ago, and that lp12 for its sins set me off with vinyl. Which is the bit I can't seem to lose interest in. I've had 50 plus turntables, built countless ones, but the enthusiasm and excitement for them doesn't seem to dim at all.
I've bought and built numerous amps, and numerous sets of speakers, these have been settled since I got the Nelson pass f5 and the great big fanes, but the decks are still the focus, I can't seem to get enough. I dont buy them any more I just build them. I have an idea, then it seems to end up built shortly after.
It's a bloody good job the Missus is a a music lover too.........
My own collection of LP's is about the same size as the one mi dad had back then, at about 600 lps, and this collection is eclectic. There is something from every genre. I buy lps because I like the cover, no idea who they are. I've ended up with some cracking records doing this.
I may be a mine of useless information on obscure turntables, and a mind numbing bore when it comes to vinyl, but at least I have the enthusiasm still in spades after all these years.
And it stems from that eclectic collection