Munchen Waxes - "Doc Watson and Son" on Vanguard Stereolab VSD 79170
One of the (shame on me) several vinyl discs I bought, cheap or less cheap, during M.O.C....A minty copy of Doc and Merle Watson on Vanguard, Vanguard Golden Label... I'm not an huge fan of ol' Doc,...
View ArticleMusings - A foot can make the difference
When posing for a group pix, a foot can make the difference...Charlene, Dick, Ann:-)
View Article30.000+ vinyls...
That's - more or less - what's it looks a-like...... from somewhere Downunder... just click on the pix for a better overall view, folks.Thanks to Reinhard for hinting.
View ArticleM.O.C. Files - Vinyl records washing machine frenzy
Yes, first was Keith Monk's...It was a washing machine frenzy, at last Munchen's M.O.C.... everybody was showing variations of old KMAL - a spinning platter, one, two, even three arms with distilled...
View ArticleMunchen Files - Lutz Aeterna
Mr. Volker Lange of Lutz Precision got the bug!... teeth and tapes at MSM - yours truly and mr. Lange with Oscar Peterson's new tapes!Volker LangeHe fell in love with open reel tape recorders many...
View ArticleMunchen Files - Highest End at M.O.C.
Thanking Tim's Eagle Eye and good taste...Perfection... aehm... better: Natural Science:-)Kudos to God... cannot think of anything better.
View ArticleMunchen Files - MSM, MPS, Dirk, Dirk, Christoph or how make a difficult task...
A joke, a terribly serious joke, folks... some words about the title acronyms: MSM, a studio in Theresienstrasse, Munchen, is home of Christoph Stickel, Senior sound & mastering engineer...
View ArticleRicoh GRX with A12 Leica M module
Thanking Frank Schroder and Christian Rintelen for their precious, recent suggestions...Better, sharper pixes, soon and, most of all, will be undusting my Leitz lenses, sadly unused for years,...
View ArticleFrom Switzerland - Acoustic Session with Fanny Leeb
With compliments of Stenheim - Swiss Made Audio Excellence, thanking Serge Schmidlin (of Audio Consulting fame) and Jean-Pascal Panchard (Stenheim's CEO), I am handling and deeply enjoying this superb...
View ArticleSchick 14 idler-wheel turntable, with Schick 12 inches arm and resin bespoke...
Asked Thomas about his superb "Schick 14" idler-wheel turntable and here is his reply... and some hi-rez pixes... WOW!"Price is not clear yet, since I have to get price for idler and bearing, but it...
View ArticleMuddy Waters - Folk Blues - Chess 1483 (1964) - an obsession
... sure I'm NOT alone... the first day at M.O.C., few weeks ago, I met early in the morning Chad Kassem of Analogue Productions' fame, from Salina, KS, USA.He's a blues scholar and with his company...
View ArticleBlue Flamingo!
A new, recently issued 78 RPM disc... a double record-set from The Netherlands.That's cool! Modern 78 RPM are a personal fave of mine... Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suits Serenaders, Leon Redbone, John...
View ArticleJazz photography
Something I really love doing...Larry CorryellGuingaAnthony BraxtonAndy SheppardWilliam ParkerJohn Taylor & John SurmanJohn TaylorLarry CorryellDave BurrellJohn SurmanAnthony BraxtonCarla BleyHamid...
View ArticleA turntable is a turntable is a turntable
Have a look here...What I like more is the camera for SRA/VTA fine-tuning.Like for F1 vs. our cars, something in this very turntable will be useful on conventional turntables.Only found opinable the...
View ArticleBen Dorcy - Roadie for Life
He's a myth... 89 years and still on the road... Ben & Willie Ben and the award. Long live!
View ArticleAudio Note AI rear-weightless tone arm
... oh, oh... 211 mm from bearing spindle to arm pivot... hey, this is, possibly, THE ultimate for Lenco...Truly a seldom seen arm... not cheap, definitely expensive at USD 4.995 (on Ebay, now)... so...
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