Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, Rei, Douglas and Philippe, As we're into hi-fi porn now, I thought I might show my TT too. It's a Platine Verdier (French) with a Schroeder Model 2 arm (German) and an Allaerts MC1B cartridge Belgian). I agree with Len. Rei, you should get you Nakamichi cassette deck out. With a good tape, it will out-perform most CD players. Why lock up all your kit; that's nearly as bad as putting your Leicas in a display cabinet! http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/topoxforddoc/Platine +Verdier-8740164.jpg.html Best wishes, Charlie PS , sorry about the quality. The image is a bit noisy. Platine Verdier Schroeder 2 Allaerts MC1B TRON Meteor tube preamp (www.tron-electric.com) QUAD IIs rebuilt by GT Audio (www.gtaudio-com) Avantgarde Duo speakers Nakamichi dragon cassette deck Leak Troughline tuner GT Audio rebuilt Revox G36 open reel tape deck On 30 Dec 2007, at 18:09, Leonard Taupier wrote: > Rei, > > All your equipment pieces are classics today and will still sound > very good. The first good tonearm I had was a SME S shaped 3009, I > think. Had it mounted on a Thorens deck, 35 years ago. I had a pair > of dahlquist monitors for a long time. They were the large box > speakers and not the flat looking arrays that made dahlquist > famous. They were great. And get out that nakamichi. The king of > tape decks. > > Thanks for looking and your comments. > Len > > > On Dec 30, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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