Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
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There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing Aristotle
Yep, groovy baby!![]()
Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
A.o.S. on Facebook - A.o.S. on Spotify - A.o.S. on Twitter
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing Aristotle
Yep, that would go well with your brown watch and some brown leather driving gloves![]()
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
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Compared to modern 'cars' the Allegro is now quite good looking. If we forget about the Vanden Plas model with the absurd Rolls Royce grille.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.
You call it "good looking" - everything about it is drab and uninspiring. Face it, the '70s was the decade fashion took a holiday: flared trousers; 'teardrop' collars; wide lapels; skinny tight fitting shirts, and platform heels! And brown was 'in' as a colour for both interior decoration and for clothes, as well as for cars.
Barry
All the clothing you mention there (as well as two-tone parallel trousers, Ben Sherman button down or 'penny round' shirts, Crombie coats, 'double denim' and 'Budgie' jackets), formed part of my wardrobe (I didn't actually have a wardrobe in my teens, it was a chest of drawers and a chair piled with larger items). The 70s wasn't the decade fashion took a holiday, that WAS the fashion. Maybe it was the decade that taste took a holiday, but really we didn't see it that way at the time. Current fashion (if there is such a thing these days) may well become an embarrassment in years to come.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009
Maybe I should have said that the '70s was the decade when sartorial TASTE took a holiday. I rebelled against much of it, but it was difficult.
Couldn't do much about suits, and the 'kipper' ties of the time, but I refused platform heels and wore sensible brogues instead. Managed to make my straight corduroy jeans more or less last the decade.
However, more to the point, the '70s was a great period for music, not pop but the sort of stuff shown on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Barry
Two tone suits, Dr Martin's, Ben Sherman, Crombie's, Harrington Jacket's, Loafers, I never wore any of it, no self respecting hippie would, however I look back at the era and always thought the Skins were "smartly dressed"
Analogue
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz turntable PSU
Longdog Audio MCJ1 - Prototype Phonostage
Digital
Innuos Zen Mini Mk 3
Topping D50s
Caiman Seg & Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Audiolab 7000cdt
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage
Bel Canto Set 40,
Audiolab M-PWR
Wad Kel84
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100.
I never considered myself a 'hippie', (how could I, with my Harrington or Budgie jacket, but I'd be wearing them along with flared jeans or "Loons", denim waistcoats, Afghan coat, and shoulder-length hairThinking about it, I'm amazed I ever got a girlfriend... Thing is, I just wore what I liked the look of, without any regard for which 'tribe' it was meant for.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009
It was all a bit more "tribal" in my Lancashire Village you were either a skin/ suede, or you were a hippie lol. My music choices dictated the latter as did hair down to my arse, petulia oil etc, etc. Regarding girlfriends yeah you are dead right those came along when my views and appearance mellowed and the "Look" became more Bowie Quiff and less Robert Plant.
Analogue
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz turntable PSU
Longdog Audio MCJ1 - Prototype Phonostage
Digital
Innuos Zen Mini Mk 3
Topping D50s
Caiman Seg & Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Audiolab 7000cdt
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage
Bel Canto Set 40,
Audiolab M-PWR
Wad Kel84
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100.