Which would you keep?

[Barry]

Hi André,

Thanks for your reply - I understand now. With all the time and effort you have put into restoring 'vintage' gear, especially Ferrographs, I can now understand the vested interest and attachment the gear has for you.

What vintage deck will be going for? Something of the '70s to '80s?

Regards

[Rare Bird]

Thanks Barry

It would be 60's as Id like my old Transcriptor 'Hyd Ref/10'' Fluid arm/ADC i used to own but the prices are mad on second had market. Again the turntable i fell in love with on first encounter. Being a massive Clockwork Orange fan it be only right

[Barry]

Thanks Barry

It would be 60's as I'd like my old Transcriptor 'Hyd Ref/10'' Fluid arm/ADC I used to own but the prices are mad on second had market. Again the turntable I fell in love with on first encounter. Being a massive Clockwork Orange fan it be only right

I know what you mean!

I have a soft spot for ADC cartridges, especially the 10E Mk. IV and the 25 and 26. I think the Transcriptors Fluid arm has a low enough mass to allow the 25/26 cartridges to run in it. I'm sure Dave (DSJR) will be able to advise.

Regards

PS I like your new 'moniker': what else could it be?

[Rare Bird]

Was the 10E..

[jandl100]

My conviction hasn’t changed, but I would like to thank Jerry for “thinking the unthinkable”, or for “thinking outside the box” – I certainly made me think!

Well, thanks for that. It's often what Marco sets out to do, so Marco and I perhaps have even more in common than we thought.

Although I might be about to diverge a bit from him here ....

I've been giving some thought to 'emotional attachment to music'. And I've come to the conclusion that I don't have any.
I play music because I enjoy it, or find it interesting for one reason or another.
I don't keep a recording or an album cos my dear ol' mum (maysherestinpeace) bequeathed it to me on her deathbed, or because it was playing when I had my first shag, or ... well, you get the idea.

I am free of any such emotional attachments - I can't think of a single example that applies to me.

I just enjoy music for its own sake, and tbh I don't think there is anything wrong with that at all. But perhaps it makes it more understandable why I came to the conclusion that I did about the original question posed here.

[Marco]

Hi Barry,

I still remain convinced that if it were a clear choice between my music collection and my system, it would be the music collection every time. That doesn’t mean I would set out to replace my system with the same items that I had – I would most likely buy ‘new’, modern and well-regarded items of gear.

Why? Shouldn't the defining criteria be whatever equipment performs best, sonically, to your ears, regardless of its age?

I would no sooner use all vintage gear, if it sounded pants, compared to the best modern kit, than I would do vice versa!

I'm therefore completely agnostic, in terms of the age of the equipment I would choose to use. For me, sonic performance must always come first, ahead of any romantic feelings of nostalgia, or the desire to own the 'latest toy'.

Marco.

[Marco]

Hi Jerry,

I've been giving some thought to 'emotional attachment to music'. And I've come to the conclusion that I don't have any.
I play music because I enjoy it, or find it interesting for one reason or another.

I don't keep a recording or an album cos my dear ol' mum (maysherestinpeace) bequeathed it to me on her deathbed, or because it was playing when I had my first shag, or ... well, you get the idea.

Interesting... Don't you own any records which you grew up with listening to as a child, and so for you they have developed a special significance? What music did you grow up with? What music did your parents play at home?

What music did you listen to in your bedroom with your friends, as a teenager? What music did you swap with friends at school?

What music did you choose at your wedding when your wife and you had your first dance? What music would you request be played at your funeral, and why? What would be your chosen 'desert island discs', and why?

Surely any (or all) of what you list, from the above, qualify as being music that you have an emotional attachment to?

As Poirot says, that should get 'the leetle grey cells' going!

Marco.

[jandl100]

Hi Jerry,

Interesting... Don't you own any records which you grew up with listening to as a child, and so for you they have developed a special significance? No. What music did you grow up with? I have none now that I do not currently enjoy. It has no significance for me beyond that. What music did your parents play at home? Not a lot. My mother liked a bit of romantic opera, I can't stand the stuff.

What music did you listen to in your bedroom with your friends, as a teenager? I have none now that I do not currently enjoy. It has no significance for me beyond that. What music did you swap with friends at school? Ditto.

What music did you choose at your wedding when your wife and you had your first dance? We didn't choose much of anything, nor did we dance! What music would you request be played at your funeral, and why? I've told my wife that she can arrange whatever she sees fit for my funeral. I couldn't give a damn. What would be your chosen 'desert island discs', and why? Choices would be for enjoyment not emotional attachment.

Surely any (or all) of what you list, from the above, qualify as being music that you have an emotional attachment to?

Well they would if I had answered any in the affirmative! ... you really cannot catch me out, you know! As I said before, I really have given this some thought.
As Poirot says, that should get 'the leetle grey cells' going!

Marco.

[Marco]

Sure. But no offence, mate, I can't help but feel some of the answers are a little sad, and also somewhat inconclusive...

Marco.

[jandl100]

Sure, I'd expect that - we are very different people. I don't feel sad at all ... I have other things that I am emotionally attached to. We're just different, is all.

Inconclusive?