N.A.S.A. 💫

 

A quite strange 12AX7 (the black tube-base) suggest an AI fake… but, the box is so cool.

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Fidelity Research CS-2 frenzy 🫣

 

Someone has more, out there?

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A total of four Fidelity Research’s gizmos are on-duty: three CS-2 (full analog, full digital and consumer tape-machines) for a total of nine inputs handling and a Master CS-2 straight into the venerable Quad 22 (or Audio Consulting Silver Rock, also “plagued” by a single input).

These humble aluminum-boxes are so well made and transparent sounding, with no perceived veiling or sonic footprint.

A couple of well-spent hours choosing and routing cables and throughout cleaning contacts.

Everything sounds zest and pristine.

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An Hans Reichel’s compendium 💫

 

One of my most beloved (unsung) heroes, a genius and a master of inventive and improvisation.

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Sacrum facere 💫

 

I never talk about sacrifices.

I understand how we interpret the word sacrifice these days, where sacrifice implies renunciation. And so it has a slightly negative connotation, one of exclusion.

Instead, the word sacrifice comes from the Latin "Sacrum Facere," meaning to do with sacredness what you choose to do.

And the moment you choose something, you know beforehand that you will exclude everything else.

And so you can focus on the beauty of what you have chosen with utmost full-time dedication and (almost) unlimited resources.

So in my life, I feel like I have never given up anything because I chose something else.

Read carefully twice and act accordingly every day with care and attention. 

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Track-cycling 💫

 

Last minute flea-market find 🤟

 

While a seller was packing his records at the end of the day.

Amazing recording 🏆

Life is weird…

 

… and cool at the same time: you’ll always find someone crazier than you.

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Japanese flea-market gem 💫🍀💫

 

A nice vintage copy missing the OBI (so cheaply priced accordingly) but - as a plus - in mint conditions and sounding simply A W E S O M E 💫

Flea-market (digital) gems 💫

 

An  A M A Z I N G  recording!!!

Flea-market gems 💫

 

Giant Voice

 

Disk of the month - Björn Meyer - Convergence (ECM 2026)

 

Whaaaaat? 

A 6 strings bass-guitar solo disk?!? 

Booooring!

Nothing more wrong, folks! This record is truly unbelievably good, various, intriguing and suggestive.

The recording is so beautifully serving the music and low end makes this disk a winner and a sonic blaster for any audio system.

Played on my Quad ESL it is simply majestic.

Buy it and enjoy 💫

Little Fwend High 💫

 

Ewybody should own one… no more hurrying up at arm-lift 🙏💫🙏

The Little Fwend is an accessory that can be easily mounted on almost any turntable and allows the activation of a lifting mechanism for the tonearm and stylus at the end of record playback. 

Completely mechanical, it does not alter the audio signal in any way, ensuring an intact listening experience until the very last fragment of music. 

The system lifts the tonearm extremely slowly and gently, contacting it only in the final millimeters near the center of the record, so the last seconds of each track are never interrupted. 

Crafted with artisanal care and high-quality materials, including selected steels, the Little Fwend combines durability and precision in a design built to last.

High Model Specifications:

• Base material: nickel-plated brass
• Top material: nickel-plated brass; stainless steel
• Rubber material: neoprene 70 Shore
• Magnet: neodymium N35
• Set screw: hex steel M2 x 3 mm
• Damping gel: fluorocarbon
• Height range: 48–81 mm
• Weight: 67 g
• Base diameter: 19 mm
• Included kit: Eklind 0.9 mm hex key; magnetic mounting discs; non-adhesive 3M mounting pads

Now, The Peak 13” arm and Analogtechnik’s DST IceAge have a new… Little Fwend 

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A more crowded arm-tower…  😉

… but not that bad.

Aesthetics meets functionality.

The user’s manual says the gizmo will work with VTF up to 5 grams: please let me politely dissent as I use 6,25 grams VTF and The Peak 13” arm is an high-mass design. 

Just perfectly working.

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Spinning now - Capt. Beefheart and the Magic Band - Ice Cream for Crow 💫

 

This superb disc taught to me (as a musician and a guitar player) more than a Conservatory of Music year-long class.

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