I love Norman Blake dearly 💫

 

For his playing, the 60+ years long dedication to good music and his adamant good taste for stellar quality vintage instruments.

A good man.

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Partridge TH-7834 Mk II SUT 💫

 

The Gotower 🤭

 

A back view, while assembling Gotorama 2.0, a couple months ago.

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Do architects hate audio?

 

A legit question as, after decades reading architecture and design magazines and visiting several premium furniture shops, I made myself convinced that - really - most of architects don’t give a fuck to an audiophile needs and agenda.

The above feelings supported by the total absence of any “real” audio gears and ancillaries among the expensive furnitures in hideously expensive villas built in awesome places around the globe.

Maybe they just don’t know nothing about audio priorities, gears placement and audio, per se… so, the topic is simply not touched: these days I’m supporting a friend who had a very expensive bespoken made console which makes his audiophile passion like a nightmare as also simplest connection with amp, preamp and CD or turntable are almost impossible to properly be made as the “designer”… didn’t designed 🥳 the wires layout holes for cables routing.

Just an example…

Implementation of an home audio system is - most of times - a DIY matter, with mixed results, from average to disastrous to sublime… and everything depends not only on money invested but also in personal culture and sense of beauty.