As interesting as this is, chaps, I think we're forgetting about the word "local" in the thread title!
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As interesting as this is, chaps, I think we're forgetting about the word "local" in the thread title!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.
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I'm ChrisB.
It's always going to be local to someone!
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I'm Steven.
If not yet mentioned,
Alan's Records
218 High Rd, East Finchley, London N2 9AY
Run by .... Alan ... for about 35 years, on his own. Loads of rock, soul, jazz, blues, dance, techno, the lot. Mostly vinyl, also CDs, virtually all second hand.
http://www.alansrecords.com/
Restocks for a few hours every morning, so opens at 11:30.
Stuff piled up everywhere. Great for a rummage.
Always good quality discs, no quibble returns, rarities, good prices and discounts, and turns over a lot of stock, so always something new.
Alan knows just about everything about every disc ever issued, has an infallible stock system planted between his ears and takes orders.
Not sure if he owns a computer (if he does it will be old and dusty), so no online store and I doubt he posts anything. Just lots of local regulars.
Last two purchases, NM copies of Pablo Honey and the Yes album.
YES, MARCO, 5 MINUTES FROM MY HOME
Retrobloke.com used to have a shop 5 minutes the other direction, at least 30 years, closed last August. Overpriced in my book, now online only and deals more in rarities.
Off topic, get most new discs from Tim at What Records, much cheaper than Rough Trade etc, and has lots of specials.
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Indeed, however the title of the thread is "Name YOUR fav LOCAL independent record shops", i.e. ones that are local to YOU (where you live)....Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
I don't believe that you've moved to Poland anymore than John has flitted to Brooklyn!!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.
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Well, it's a bloody sight less drifty than some of the thread drift around these parts - the rectal/cartridge interface thread being a case in point!
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Hehehehe... Well, that's traditional around these parts
Anyway, Steven has chipped in with something rather more on-topic (and somewhere us UK residents might actually have a chance of visiting)! Nice one, Steven
Yup - Tim's a good bloke and very customer-focused. I often use his website.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.
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Indeed.
"I'm just popping round the record shop, I may be a while."
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Cambridge Audio 840c CD. Squeezebox Touch. Synology NAS.
Teac A-3440.
Beresford Bushmaster.
Quad II monoblocks....Quad 44/405.....Croft Micro.....Cambridge Audio 840.
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Arf... I'm saying nowt!!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.
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I'm Steven.
Unusual for London, you can park outside - some free and some meters. Otherwise 5 minute walk from East Finchley tube.Hehehehe... Well, that's traditional around these parts
Anyway, Steven has chipped in with something rather more on-topic (and somewhere us UK residents might have a chance of visiting)! Nice one, Steven
Marco.
For Camden Town, a popular vinyl haunt, try:
Out On The Floor Records
http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/out-on-the-floor
10 Inverness Street, not far up from Camden tube.
This is second hand records for posh people. Everything immaculate, as new, and discs kept behind the counter. Lots of great posters.
Otherwise, Camden is full of bootlegs.
While I'm at it, found a site listing best second hand vinyl spots in London.
http://londonist.com/2012/04/top-ten-record-shops.php
Alan is 2nd on the list as "Cratedigger's Paradise". No. 1 is Flashback Records.
https://twitter.com/flashbacklondon
Alan does mostly UK pressings whilst Alan tells me Flashback does a lot of imports. Flashback is near Angel tube and Sadler's Wells (my second home - so passes Marco's test), but I haven't been in for ages. Ideal for those in town for a day and loads of fantastic and reasonable restaurants nearby.
...and when I'm abroad, it MAY be local to me for a period of time.
Damn, why didn't that exist when I was in Camden Town? Inverness Street was a one minute walk from where I used to live.
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