Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that's a very nice-looking system and a very nice photograph. i have an SME III which was not nearly such a pretty arm (lots of plastic but a lovely S-shaped titanium tube). but like so much in my life it is locked away in the purgatory of cardboard, not yet ready for the literal ashheap of history, while ineluctably an object of the past. come to think of it, my whole system is locked away somewhere, 680ZX nakamichi tape deck (20-20KHz!), ampzillas, dahlquist speakers-- the fruits of years of high school and college summer jobs. -rei On Dec26 23:29, Philippe Orlent wrote: > Drooling of jealousy... > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > > > Op 23-dec-07, om 05:26 heeft Leonard Taupier het volgende geschreven: > > >It's a very quiet night. Not a soul around. I had just finished > >talking to my daughter in Texas. (I'm in Pa.). I decided to listen > >to some music, on vinyl. My living room was dark. Near the end of > >the record I stood and went to see how soon I would have to lift > >the stylus. As I looked down at the turntable it struck me. What a > >thing of beauty. And made on three different continents. It > >deserves to be photographed. So here it is. > > > ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/MusicMachine.jpg.html> > > > >or > > > >http://tinyurl.com/yu7qgd > > > >Here's the scoop. > > > >The turntable is an Oracle made in Canada. > >The tonearm is a SME IV.Vi made in the UK. > >The cartridge is a Koetsu Urushi made in Japan. > > > >The music is an American classic "Cosmo's Factory" by Creedence > >Clearwater Revival. > > > >For you technicians. > > > >Leica M8 and Noctilux at f1, ISO 1250 handheld at 1/6 sec. at a > >very close distance. The music was playing during the shot. > > > >I wish you all could listen to the record. > > > >Oh, all the electronics are tube (valve) made in Minnesota. The > >speakers are made by Danish craftsmen. Beautiful to see and to > >listen to. > > > >Len > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey