Studietto 2.0 💫💫💫

 

The Music Room 💫

Be thankful, folks 😏😉😏

 

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Treepeople’s disturbing cover-artwork and music 💫

 

From a Seattle grunge underground label an Idaho/Washington area group 😵‍💫

Louis Moholo-Moholo passed away 💫

 

Had the huge privilege to attend one of his concerts and chatting with him: an amazing musician, indeed.

Fortunately, I own several of his amazing discs… his music will live forever 💎

(From OGUN record label) - It is with the deepest sadness that we learned today that Louis Moholo-Moholo, original Ogun artist, master drummer, out beloved Tebs, died peacefully at home in South Africa today. 

Rest in peace, Bra.

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Finely tuning The Peak 13” 💫

 

When only the best does 😉

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The first orgasm… aehm: disc? Gnu High on ECM 💫

Early-morning job: tuning my arm VTF, VTA, overhang and… WTF 😏😉😏 it needs to make the DST15 IceAge tracking at its very best…

… and Misho’s Audio Antiquary Phono-Stage is singing like a blackbird in springtime with crystal clear voice!

Tasting & testing for the first time my friend Marco’s high-density isostatic-graphite clamp… very different sounding from my 1800 grams bronze/ebony massive clamp 🥇.

Cannot but thinking how I resisted for one year without my beloved vinyl-discs and this sound ☺️

Curtains 💎

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Tim de Paravicini’s The Head P52 Phono Box 💫

 

I only read - never saw one in person, almost doubting it really existed - about this extremely elusive piece of gear, when back in the ‘80s, Sandro Ruggeri, one of my early inspirations and audio mentors and an awesome audio reviewer at Stereoplay magazine, was using it as his absolute reference paired with The Head TX-4 MC transformer.

Hand-made in St. Ives, Cornwall, this golden-faced bullion represented TdP’s peak in phono design for years to come: the “phono box” moniker was used for years to indicate a phono-only preamp also under later EAR - Esoteric Audio Research brand-name.

A few days ago, by absolute chance, I came across this humble gizmo and simply couldn’t resist… first listening soon, after some necessary checking (and sourcing that missing hex-screw) 🍀

Cannot imagine a better way to honor TdP’s memory and heritage, missed and never forgotten, as preserving his unique gears from oblivion… like an imaginary museum of his creation 

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Garrardzilla is back 💫

 

Always the same and different, at same time, after the twelve months in storage-mode: the 13” Peak arm and Analogtechnik DST15 IceAge and TdP’s The Head TX-4 SUT, now not hidden in the back… the 110 kg slate base isn’t installed, yet, for logistical reasons.

The 13,5 kg bronze-platter was carefully cleaned with isopropyl-alcohol to maintain the smoothly aged, fingerprints-free surface and thereafter handled with cotton white gloves; the 2,8 kg Micro CU-800 gunmetal “mat” was placed on-top and the Jean Hiraga piglet mat refined the combo.

… and now: music! I’ve dozens of discs bought and not listened, yet ☺️