Pink Floyd on Hi-Fi

[The Outcast]

What is the best system or amp that you have heard Pink Floyd played through?:D

[dantheman91]

What is the best system or amp that you have heard Pink Floyd played through?:D


For me it's Quad 33 / 303 rumor has it they used them on tours and in the studio

:D

[RichB]

My tribute band playing through 16k mackie and yamaha PA system with 4k of monitoring on stage....

Other than that I enjoyed giving echoes a spin on my mates modified techie last year in my main system.... We both sat for the whole 20 mins in awe. Still one of the best songs to play live I think.

[istari_knight]

My own system of 6-7 years ago: Copland CDA-288, Technics SU-A3000/SE-A3000, IMF TLS50mk2.

Most of their recordings are of a quality that they sound good on pretty much anything IME.

[Oldpinkman]

My stock answer is my favourite system for everything - PT Anni, Helius Orion, Technics U205, Pip 2, Quad 405-2 ESL63's

However, I got into Hifi listening to Dark Side of the Moon in a shop in Bromley on Lowther speakers (Horns). The rest of the system, I think, was Quad 33/303 Garrard, SME3009 Shure V15 3. Not my "imaging" ESL 63 experience, but the room filling lowthers made a great psychedelic sound.

Since others mentioned PA's - their own at Wembley, and I forget now where I saw the original Wall concerts.

[Kvaal]

Carlsson OA 52 loudspeakers, Nad 3020 amp, Lenco L 75. Ortoacoustic speakers makes the most out of Pink Floyd music.

[Gordon Steadman]

My stock answer is my favourite system for everything - PT Anni, Helius Orion, Technics U205, Pip 2, Quad 405-2 ESL63's

However, I got into Hifi listening to Dark Side of the Moon in a shop in Bromley on Lowther speakers (Horns). The rest of the system, I think, was Quad 33/303 Garrard, SME3009 Shure V15 3. Not my "imaging" ESL 63 experience, but the room filling lowthers made a great psychedelic sound.

Since others mentioned PA's - their own at Wembley, and I forget now where I saw the original Wall concerts.

Good grief, he even comes from Bromley!!! My old happy hunting ground, just has the Quad numbers wrong!!

I listen very happily to Pink Floyd on the Firebottle/Quad57's, either on CD through the Pioneer PS-S901 or on vinyl on the Origin Live based home build. Up on decent stands, the 57s reproduce the bass accurately, tunefully and, dare I say it, musically.

I do however admit that, just occasionally, I do sneak upstairs to the wife's Pioneer with JBLs that shake the floor, the windows and the roof, not to mention the neighbours. By no means accurate but great fun.

[Beobloke]

Mine was 'The Wall' on a Meridian 808 CD player, 861 Controller and through DSP8000 speakers. I grinned my way through the entire demo and may have even dribbled slightly.

[Reffc]

As with Adam, mine was "The Wall", especially side 4, with my current set up, Gyro/SME/Shelter into EAR amplification feeding the Reference Fidelios...windows were made to rattle!

[loo]

My stock answer is my favourite system for everything - PT Anni, Helius Orion, Technics U205, Pip 2, Quad 405-2 ESL63's.
+1 except I don't use a 405 has to be a Graaf otl for me :)

[Audioman]

I believe all the members of PF were once rumoured to own EAR amplification. On that basis would have to be the correct choice.

[Reffc]

I believe all the members of PF were once rumoured to own EAR amplification. On that basis would have to be the correct choice.

Don't know what they use as personal amps Paul but it's true that they certainly used some of Tim-dP's recording kit, Reel to Reels and mics etc for mastering purposes. The Exchange in London (reputedly one of the world's finest mastering studios) I know was equipped in one or two of their studios with back to back EAR kit for recording and mastering.

[Rare Bird]

For me it's Quad 33 / 303 rumor has it they used them on tours and in the studio

:D

Just off topic for a mo..If you look very carefully at the booklet inside Yes 'Fragile' LP you will notice Chris Squire has a Quad '33' aswell as a Revox 'A77'. Can't fault him.. :eyebrows:

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/Squire.jpg (http://s1075.photobucket.com/user/ELPFAN1968/media/Squire.jpg.html)

[MikeMusic]

What is the best system or amp that you have heard Pink Floyd played through?:D
Wembley Empire Pool around 1972
:)

[Oldpinkman]

+1 except I don't use a 405 has to be a Graaf otl for me :)

That's interesting. The 405-2 is the questionable link. It's been PT "breathed on" a bit. It was a system that was good enough, but - oh dammit I want Owen to build me a "pip" power amp. He's coming round to the idea - only taken 30 years, but he's coming round :) Give it another 30 years...

[loo]

A pip power amp now that would be something worth having :eek:

[The Outcast]

I remember listening to The wall on a pair of B&W 801's via a Quad44/405 and being in awe.

[dantheman91]

Just off topic for a mo..If you look very carefully at the booklet inside Yes 'Fragile' LP you will notice Chris Squire has a Quad '33' aswell as a Revox 'A77'. Can't fault him.. :eyebrows:

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/Squire.jpg (http://s1075.photobucket.com/user/ELPFAN1968/media/Squire.jpg.html)


Excellent the man has taste...:D

[icehockeyboy]

I remember when DSOTM came out, my friend played it me on his Rabco straight line arm TT, Shure V15/3 fed into a Crown IC 150 pre, into a Crown DC 300, which fed a pair of Bose 901's.

It shook the room and neighbours 20 doors down his road said they enjoyed it! :)

[DSJR]

I can top that - it was a Dolby A master copy od DSOTM via specially tweaked Revox A77 (to allow more headroom on peaks as it clipped otherwise), same Crown amp(s) and IMF Pro Monitors of various generations.

That, and The Wall live at Earls Court back in 1980 or 81, can't remember the exact date.. :)

[Barry]

For me it's Quad 33 / 303 rumor has it they used them on tours and in the studio

:D

This 'rumor' has some substance. John Peel is said to have chosen Quad 303s for his own use as "the BBC and the Pink Floyd used hundreds of them". Well certainly the BBC used many and the Pink Floyd did use a couple of 303K as amplifiers for "fold-back" in their concerts, though they did not use any Quad amplification for general sound amplification.

[Reffc]

This 'rumor' has some substance. John Peel is said to have chosen Quad 303s for his own use as "the BBC and the Pink Floyd used hundreds of them". Well certainly the BBC used many and the Pink Floyd did use a couple of 303K as amplifiers for "fold-back" in their concerts, though they did not use any Quad amplification for general sound amplification.

For the more critical studio mastering, EAR amplification was chosen by Floyd.

[Magna Audio]

I played 'Another brick in the wall, at Scalford. Sounded good to me.

[Macca]

I played 'Another brick in the wall, at Scalford. Sounded good to me.

Indeed it did. Although you had turned the mid-bass down a touch too much ;)

[DSJR]

PF also used ATC actives, at least for a while as they were named as clients. Richard Wright had what looked like a SCM50 in the far background to some of the later interviews I watched (guess the monitors :))

[pjdowns]

My own system of 6-7 years ago: Copland CDA-288, Technics SU-A3000/SE-A3000, IMF TLS50mk2.

Most of their recordings are of a quality that they sound good on pretty much anything IME.

Mine would be the first proper Hifi I heard Pink Floyd on and it was their album Dark Side
Of The Moon, played on Vinyl though;

Yamaha CR600 Receiver, Dual 601 Turntable with stok arm and cartridge and finally a IMF ALS40's

I don't know what it was about that system that worked but I've been searching for it ever since :)

[southall-1998]

I wonder what hifi Mr Blobby uses :D

[MikeMusic]

That, and The Wall live at Earls Court back in 1980 or 81, can't remember the exact date.. :)

Dark Side at Wembley Empire Pool, think it was the premiere
We thought we had crap seats as so far back, right in the middle
Turned out we wereright in the middle - so all 4 of the quadraphonic channels at equal volume
Imagine money being shovelled over your head.....
Also imagine how we felt when the plane flew over us from nowhere (behind) to explode on stage.
We thought they had cocked that up and were dead
Stunning night out

[Rare Bird]

^
The furst UK live performance of it was Brighton Dome Jan '72