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Chris Harban's Woodsong Audio from Idaho, USA
Chris' Woodsong Audio plinths... for Garrard 401, 301 and more...Nice.
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Slatedeck from UK - the VERY beginner
Great workmanship on these slate plinths... Elegant, decoupled, easy to handle plinths... they were dealing with slate when we were all playing with Thorens TD 160;-)
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R.I.P. Dept. - Amiri Baraka aka LeRoi Jones passed away at 79
Read his seminal "Blues People" in the '70s he wrote as LeRoi Jones and... WOW... I was into blues music forever.I met him after a concert, in 2007, reading poems with a jazz combo... and, hey, he was...
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Musings - Berlusconi's motorbike helmet...
... but image this worn by some youngsters rioting against (italian) government...;-)
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Baasner turntable
Baasner-turntable It features a tone arm that floats in water, a Rube Goldberg nylon thread drive system and barriers to protect the mechanism from unwanted air movement.I'm speechless...
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A DIY Hiraga Class A with volume...
... the solid-state Ongaku?Just kidding (about the Kondo's original masterpiece...) but I've been VERY, mean V-E-R-Y, impressed by this German-made DIY amp, a 20 W Class A amp which used a kit from...
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Alain Presencer - The Singing Bowls of Tibet
I learned about this elusive disc from Arthur Salvatore, his site and stunning discs list... his taste goes much, MUCH further from the "famous" TAS' Super Discs list of Harry Pearson...The merits of...
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Claudio Bonavolta from Switzerland: the DIY phono from Le Cahier de L'Audiophile
Impressive project...Battery is THE way to go!Clever.
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Pythagoras ipse dixit!
Pythagoras : The Mathematics of harmonyAt Capo Colonna, near Crotone, the Greeks had a temple dedicated to Hera Lacinia - i.e. 48 columns aligned in the direction of the rays of the rising sun. On a...
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Alessio de Benedetto - I Numeri della Musica e la Formula del Cosmo
An enlightening book...... unfortunately never translated to English...
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Vinyl News from ECM
... not only Keith Jarrett, of course...Here is the complete list...
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432 hz
This will be my new A1 frequency of choice... and this the new and only accessory for tuning my acoustic guitars: a Made in Germany 432 hz tuning-fork.Fibonacci's spirit is in me, folks:-)
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Jean Hiraga's pig-leather mat
Jean himself gave it to me as a present during his visit to my place, on last July... he made about 80 of these, very, very thin mats, and stopped having them produced when leather quality consistency,...
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Coen Bros'"Inside Llewyn Davis" - the movie
Coen brothers did it, again!Inspired by the 2002 biography of Dave von Ronk and the pre-His Bobness Greenwich Village scene.Hip!
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R.I.P. Dept. - Pete Seeger passed away yesterday, Jan. 27th 2014
I'll always remember his voice and superb rendition of "Guantanamera" sung accompanied by his mighty 12 strings acoustic guitar, with The Weavers, live at Carnegie Hall, back in 1964.R.I.P. dear...
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