Only gears?
I’m in the lengthy process of awakening my gears after an years-long storage…A bit of apprehension and the behemoths - the mighty Studer C37, the MCI JH110B and the Telefunken M15A - were carefully...
View ArticleQ - what’s joy?
A - singin’-along your fave songs ✅A sort-of private karaoke… something - I noticed - I only do when an astral coincidence happens: right mood, decent health, no technical issues whatsoever… and music...
View ArticleJohnny Cash’s Wilkanowski 💫💫💫
Johnny Cash's Wilkanowski & Son's Guitar…. sold at the Johnny Cash estate auction by Sotheby's in 2004.William Wilkanowski (born 1886) was a Polish-American violin-maker.Wilkanowski was born in...
View ArticleThe Garrardzilla is back on duty 💫
Handling this 75 kilos beast isn’t for all… yet, I look forward having it singing, soon 🍀
View ArticleWaiting for new Gotorama 💫
While having the new Gotorama drivers/horns array bespoke-built ready, I’m enjoying the honest, dynamic and smooth sound of Tandberg 114-116-8 (1969 vintage) with its coaxial Alnico loudspeaker.It’s...
View ArticleJust found the most sought-after Ogun’s 🍀
Better: the last disc missing to complete my Ogun label collection!💫
View ArticleGotorama 2.0 💫
First drawings… side view: the drivers holder-tower will be plywood reinforced with aluminum T-bars 💫
View ArticleStare into the void and see through time…
A Sonatron 245 mesh-plate triodeThanks to my pal Nate Grindheim for his absolute eye into a world of naivety and perfection… … sadly long gone ☺️
View ArticleMusic 💫
"Music is not something we invented... Birds that sing, thunder that rumbles, the sea that moves, leaves that vibrate make music.The universe is not silent. The universe sings. The planets, the stars,...
View ArticleJoe Boyd and Nick Drake 💫
Joe Boyd, was a well-known figure in "Swingin' London" in the mid-to-late 1960s, among the founders of the UFO Club in London and later known as a producer of British rock, folk and folk rock artists...
View ArticleGarrardzilla is back 💫
Always the same and different, at same time, after the twelve months in storage-mode: the 13” Peak arm and Analogtechnik DST15 IceAge and TdP’s The Head TX-4 SUT, now not hidden in the back… the 110...
View ArticleTim de Paravicini’s The Head P52 Phono Box 💫
I only read - never saw one in person, almost doubting it really existed - about this extremely elusive piece of gear, when back in the ‘80s, Sandro Ruggeri, one of my early inspirations and an...
View ArticleFinely tuning The Peak 13” 💫
When only the best does 😉The first orgasm… aehm: disc? Gnu High on ECM 💫Early-morning job: tuning my arm VTF, VTA, overhang and… WTF 😏😉😏 it needs to make the DST15 IceAge tracking at its very best……...
View ArticleLouis Moholo-Moholo passed away 💫
Had the huge privilege to attend one of his concerts and chatting with him: an amazing musician, indeed.Fortunately, I own several of his amazing discs… his music will live forever 💎(From OGUN record...
View ArticleTreepeople’s disturbing cover-artwork and music 💫
From a Seattle grunge underground label an Idaho/Washington area group 😵💫
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