Johnny Rotten , Audiophile

[AJSki2fly]

John Lydon with his Tannoys he had Cheviots and Berkeley's in 1980 paired with a Nakamichi 610 Pre and 620 Power Amp , Sansui Cassette Deck , a Turntable possibly Thorens with an SME credit to the lad in one photo the turntable is placed on a stool

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail...photo/84212090

https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/89438742575260311/

That's brought some memories back, I had to visit him for work at his house in Chelsea, I think in 1981. He was a lovely chap, very clever and polite, it was great to meet him.

[Theadmans]

Unsurprisingly Martin Hannett (producer of Joy Division, ACR, Durutti Column etc) had quite the setup:-

Including Revox A77 and B77 tape recorders, Ferrograph tape recorders, 2 pairs of Quad Electrostatic Loudspeakers stacked double height, two pairs of Tannoy Cheviot 12 monitors, several pairs of Tannoy Lancaster cabinets with HPD 12s and Monitor Gold 12s in, Tannoy Little Gold Monitors, Ferrograph S1 monitors and Auratone cube speakers. Power amps included Leak, Amcron DC300As, Quad IIs and Quad 405s and Phase Linear 700s. During the mid-80s he had a Teac four track quarter inch reel to reel and Tascam half-inch eight track recording system at home, with Tascam and Studiomaster mixers plus several custom built mixing desks of various sizes. If he played vinyl at home, he had Garrard 301 and 401 turntables with SME arms and a Thorens turntable.

It seems Hannett started reading Hi-Fi mags as a boy.

Some years later when the actor that played Hannett in "Control" wanted video footage of Martin...

...I sent him my Betamax rip of New Order Play At Home on a DVD-R (recorded by me in 1984 on my Dad's Sanyo Betamax recorder).

[Techno Commander]

I have seen various speakers atrtributed to Martin on ebay. IIRC vintage JBL and Tannoy. so definitely had decent taste.