The "Fillmore" is mint! A clean and it's perfect. Well pleased. Steve Miller is in fantastic fettle too. Heavy Cream, Cream is very good too. Bread is dead. Not tried the rest yet.
The "Fillmore" is mint! A clean and it's perfect. Well pleased. Steve Miller is in fantastic fettle too. Heavy Cream, Cream is very good too. Bread is dead. Not tried the rest yet.
Location: South East Cornwall
Posts: 322
I'm Dominic.
Went to a car boot Friday evening and saw a Sherwood receiver plonked on the grass by the back of a car. Nice external condition but the old nose told me that it had a bonfire in there recently. "Eighty quid mate, works lovely" says the fat bloke behind the wallpaper table. "What as? A door stop? Axle stand?" says I.
CD player = Marantz CD6006
DAC/pre = Rotel RC 1572
Power amp = ADA PF201
Speaks = Quadral Chromium Style 6
I often see sleek-looking '80s period B&O gear at a couple of boot sales around here. But don't get too excited - they're obvious house clearance items, and were once well looked after by their owner, but not anymore: they now sport numerous scuffs, dings and have bits of the wood veneer missing.
Barry
Last year I was asked to "keep an eye on" some house clearance blokes as they did their thing, to make sure they didn't make off with copper or lead or something, truth is I didn't know why I'd been sent there. I managed to rescue an old vinyl records case from their clutches, which contained the first five Beatles albums, all original pressings, mono, all near mint vinyl and near mint covers. Result!
Then I found out why I was there. The toilet didn't work and the old lady had been using the bath instead. And no one else could face cleaning it. The smell coated my nostrils and stayed with me all day. So I think I earned those records.
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: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009
That would explain your penchant for toilet humour.
Barry
Some more vinyl finds:
Beethoven – ‘Piano Concerto No.4 in G’ and ’Six Variations on a Turkish March Op.76
Emil Gilels (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, cond. George Szell.
EMI Angel S-36030
Grieg – ‘Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16’ and Falla – ‘Nights in the Gardens of Spain’
Clifford Curzon (piano) with the London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Anatole Fistoulari (Grieg) and the New Symphony Orchestra of London, cond. Enrique Jorda (Falla)
Decca (Ace of Clubs) ffrr ACL 102 (mono)
Mozart – ‘Piano Concertos: No.20 in D minor K.466; No.21 in C major K.467
Murray Perahia (piano) English Chamber Orchestra, cond Murray Perahia
CBS 74062 (1977)
Richard Strauss – ‘Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.8’ and Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Ulf Hoelscher (violin) and Malcom Frager (piano), Dresden State Orchestra, cond. Rudolf Kempe
EMI ASSD 3399 (1976)
Franz Liszt – ‘Concertos: No.1 in E flat major; No.2 in A major’
Michel Béroff (piano) Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig, cond. Kurt Masur
EMI Pathe Marconi 2 LP set 2C 069-03866
Mozart – Symphony No.29 in A, K.201; Symphony No.35 in D, K.385’
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Istvan Kertesz
Decca SXL 6616 (1973)
Beethoven –‘Piano Sonatas No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1; No.6 in F major, Op.10 No.2; No.7 in D mjor, Op.10 No.3
(similar cover)
John Lill
WEA Enigma K53561(1979)
Saint-Saëns – ‘Organ Symphony No.3 in C major, Le Rouet D’Omphale and Danse Macabre
French National Radio Orchestra, cond. Jean Martinon (organ symphony) and the Orchestre de Paris, cond. Pierre Dervaux (Le Rouet and Danse Macabre)
HMV (EMI) ESD 1731911
Beethoven – ‘Piano Sonatas: No.14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No.2; No.8 in C minor. Op.13; No.23 in F minor, Op.57
Rudof Serkin, piano
CBS 72148 (1963)
Dvořák – ‘Serenade for Strings’ and Grieg – ‘Holberg Suite’
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, cond. Neville Marriner.
(Decca) Argo ZRG 670 9 (1970)
Barry
Further to the records listed above, I came across a 'house clearer' who amongst the usual stuff had three Studiospares 19" rack mounting 16-way XLR 'jack fields' using Neurik connectors. I wasn't so much interested in the chassis mounting connectors, as in the flying leads consisting of either Mogami or Klotz balanced cable terminated with Neutrik XLR plugs.
Clearly the seller didn't know what they were, so bundled in some more cable and stereo 1/4" jack plugs plus some extra XLR connectors. All for £5.
Barry
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
Nice finds Barry
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Only a few LPs this week:
Gerry Rafferty – ‘Night Owl’
United Artists UAL 24078 (1979)
In good condition – not too bad for 75p.
Rod Stewart – ‘The Best of Rod Stewart’
Mercury 6643 030 (1977)
All the Rod Stewart I need, all of his hits. In near perfect condition – I’m very pleased with this one. Double LP for £1
Chuck Berry – ‘The London Chuck Berry Sessions’
Chess (German Bellaphon pressing) BLPS 19198
In excellent condition, but has over 11 minutes of puerile innuendo on Side 2. Not sure if I will play this one much. 75p
Barry