[jonathan c]

Or Victrola...

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Here @baronbeehive , a recording I made of my system around Christmas time, all analog, not the same as real life but gives a flavor

 

[LoryWiv]

Or Victoria...

Victrola?

 

[UntilThen]

Please use the accepted nomenclature... it's called a phonograph.

Phonograph really? Miss the h and add a r and you’re in dangerous music.

 

[mordy]

Yes and record players used to have a handle to wind them up.... !


That's all that's really necessary after all. In my first flat the only furniture I had was a picnic table and a record player, actually it was only a walkman and active speakers!

Reminds me when I arrived in the US in 1967 with a suitcase full of records and not much else. There were Hi Fi stores in Manhattan on 45th St and I bought a KLH 11 portable record player for my dorm room.

 

[baronbeehive]

@baronbeehive I have not heard the term record player for a very long time.

Really! You'll be telling me next you've never heard of the wax cylinder.. I thought they were very promising .

 

[baronbeehive]

Phonograph really? Miss the h and add a r and you’re in dangerous music.

My profile pic above.. now that's p(h)o(r)nographic if I say so myself.

Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch, whenever things were getting a bit out of hand Graham Chapman would come on dressed as a military colonel and say "Now stop that, things are getting silly!"

 

[baronbeehive]

Here @baronbeehive , a recording I made of my system around Christmas time, all analog, not the same as real life but gives a flavor

Thanks, looking forward to checking that out in a minute! I have a digital recording of a 1957 Milt Jackson called "Bags and Flutes" which is excellent in terms of clarity and reproduction, except that they put the drums in the left speaker, vibes on the right etc as they did in those days, other than that superb! Just shows what they could do if they tried, especially with those old jazz recordings, blue note of course too.

What are those great looking speakers?

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Thanks, looking forward to checking that out in a minute! I have a digital recording of a 1957 Milt Jackson called "Bags and Flutes" which is excellent in terms of clarity and reproduction, except that they put the drums in the left speaker, vibes on the right etc as they did in those days, other than that superb! Just shows what they could do if they tried, especially with those old jazz recordings, blue note of course too.

What are those great looking speakers?

Old Blue Note pressings are excellent. Those speakers are Snell J/II from 1992, last year of their manufacture. They are 92dB/W, great for tube amps

Here are some pictures from the restoration: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/l0rdgwyns-diy-audio.921105/post-15737053

 

[jonathan c]

The Snell J are wonderful speakers from a great designer - Kevin Voecks. I can remember when he was at Mirage (in Canada) and was later involved with, but did not initiate, the development and realisation of the M-1, an absolute favourite of mine.

 

[mordy]

The Snell J are wonderful speakers from a great designer - Kevin Voecks. I can remember when he was at Mirage (in Canada) and was later involved with, but did not initiate, the development and realisation of the M-1, an absolute favourite of mine.

Brings back memories - I owned the Mirage M3si for some twenty years - 135lbs each:

 

[L0rdGwyn]

The Snell J are wonderful speakers from a great designer - Kevin Voecks. I can remember when he was at Mirage (in Canada) and was later involved with, but did not initiate, the development and realisation of the M-1, an absolute favourite of mine.

Nice! The M-1's look very cool, those things need some juice at 83dB. The J/II are actually the last of the J line that Snell designed himself before his death in 1984, Voecks worked on the revision leading to the J/III, according to Peter Qvortrup. In either case, I am happy to have them, I love these speakers this pair is from the last year of their manufacture in 1992.

Here is a cool article by Art Dudley (RIP) talking about his experience owning the J/II in the mid 80s.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/listening-115

 

[mordy]

Really! You'll be telling me next you've never heard of the wax cylinder.. I thought they were very promising .

There are people who enjoy the past. Here is a session from two years ago where a 1924 style jazz band band was recorded using a wax cylinder. You can can compare the sound to present day sound. First the session and at 2:40 a snippet of the newly recorded wax cylinder (it's enough to get the idea lol):

 

[Monsterzero]

Keenan, buying LPs is even more addictive than buying tubes. I have these machines for cleaning vinyl even most of my LPs are new but there were a bunch of 2nd hand mint conditioned jazz and classical ones I bought from a friend who has a great collection.

The bottle of liquigas cleans it thoroughly and also makes me cycle faster.

 

[UntilThen]

Wow so many posts here and everywhere to catch up from the 2 days of moving and unpacking. Finally it is set up. My music room is ready. Almost... need some nice framed Monet pictures.

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