Had a very pleasant afternoon with Del, in Wrexham library listening to a superb (free - as in it cost nothing) performance of a violin and piano duo, playing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No32, K.454, and Franck’s Sonata in A Major, with Elizabeth Lamberton (on violin) and Ron Abramski (on piano), who are both very talented young musicians.
The music venue was small and intimate, with great acoustics, which allowed you to easily become immersed in the music and appreciate the real (and vibrant) sound of the instruments played - a great benchmark for judging just how musically accurate/lifelike sounding one’s system is, when reproducing recordings of similar instruments
We’re going to the next event on 9th May, which features a cello vs. brass clarinet duo, with performances from Iris ter Schiphorst (‘Hi Bill’), Zoltan Kodaly and JS Bach. Can’t wait!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
Robin Trower supported by Joanne Shaw Taylor at Salford Lowry Theatre last night.
JST was a fine warm up act, but Robin Trower was just awesome. One of my very favourite guitarists, I love his style. So economic, not a wasted note, just perfect.
Not bad for 70!
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I like everything really. From the britpop bands like UB40 right back to classic rock, like Wings. They're only the band the Beatles could have been.
Visited Austin for SXSW this year, watched about 40 bands and artists.
Stand out was this guy Leon Bridges, now backed by two of the guys from White Denim.
Visited Austin for SXSW this year, watched about 40 bands and artists.
Stand out was this guy Leon Bridges, now backed by two of the guys from White Denim.
Pretty special in my opinion.
John
Cor, sxsw has been on my to do list for the last few years. The singer from my band was out there doing some solo stuff and she loved it.
You'll have to give the all the gen over a pint sometime soon John ;-)
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
Camper van for me this year if I can get a pass on Weds morning.
Cheers
John
Good man, we'll be in the cv fields from tues afternoon. Aim to get a cv ticket in east rather than west as it's closer to gate c and the tnc side. I'll be buying ours when I do the balance payment this week. Funny how the fields fill up, we were pretty close to gate c last year and the infamous hill, Ali didn't arrive til the Thursday and was in the opposite field 2 mins from us.
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
Not music, but going out tonight to see Kevin Bridges perform at Wrexham uni. Should be a giggle - especially if I can shout: 'Awrite, ma man?', and make him feel at home amongst all the Taffies
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
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