Details, before the dust comes ☺️

 

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A Wadada Leo Smith & Bill Frisell’s kind of afternoon 💫

 

I love this music and amazing musicians!

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Am I missing “this”?

 

Yes and no, as the Elodis TGE bass-horn was - well: it still is! - a beast, masterfully hand built by Dipl. Ing. Franz Hinterlehner and capable of impressive, remarkable performances (35 hz +/- 0,5 dB), BUT… Goto SG146LD was, also years ago after I listened to it in Köln, at Reinhard Huttemberg’s place, my go to bass driver… which unfortunately was virtually impossible to obtain.

I was - at some point - able to find a pre-owned pair in Austria but it quickly became unavailable.

Yes, I’ll miss the massive, fast, natural low end of Gotorama at my Studietto, forever…

No, I’m not sad or disappointed as the SG146LD so nicely blends with the other Goto’s drivers, much better than when using Elodis’

That’s life: step by step, sometimes forward, sometimes a step back and vice-versa.

Now, it’s important to find a good, new home for those 400 kg worth of Panzerholz.

Anyone?

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Horn Audio Fest 2026 🍀💫🍀

 

Jealous for you who’ll be able to attend to this event: John and Timothy are great people and their overflowing passion is contagious.

That’s not AI, but John’s hard-work and skills in spades. 

Some of John’s creations…

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Go and enjoy… 

Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch’s new disc… from 1988 😳

 

Indeed

"If you feel pain, you're alive, but if you feel the pain of others, you're human."

Lev Tolstoj

The Hiraga Class A 20W is back 💫

  

Two years ago, this 100% original, fully functional Class A power-amp was on duty with Gotorama system.

After audio-system dismantling and storage, it remained double crated on a shelf.

This early morning, I unpacked and connected it to the new full Goto’s system, left it warming up for 30 minutes and then critically listened to an ECM I highly rate, both music- and sonic-wise.

… and, nothing: Jean Hiraga’s masterpiece is still up to its fame!

This almost 50 years old little amp is so honest and correct, natural, smooth and dynamic; inter-notes silence is dark and rich, palpable… resolution just world-class.

I’ll sure continue to explore all and every possible combination swapping all my amps and preamps in the next weeks, BUT… this amp has more mojo and class than many modern hyper-expensive amps.

A keeper and an amazing sonic performance, indeed.

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Lyrec AG-40 (1951)

 

Lyrec AG 40

 Lyrec AG 40-2: Coming around 1951

It has a huge, heavy-duty motor and requires a unique sense of operation (ritual) such as turning the platter lightly with your hand when starting and then flipping the switch.

Featured use as a turntable: It was designed primarily for transcription (playback for broadcast) in broadcast stations and studios, and for sending out during disc cutting. Motor driven: Equipped with a powerful synchronous motor (synchronous electric motor), it boasts extremely stable rotation accuracy. A special elastic mounting structure is adopted to avoid transmitting the vibration of this motor to the platter (rotary board). 

Structure: Combining a very solid chassis with a heavy duty platter to minimize wow flutter (rotating murmur). 2. Historical Background Manufacturing Time: Appeared around 1951. Manufacturer's Appreciation: Lyrec was a manufacturer with the world's finest technology in the field of professional tape recorders and disc cutting lathe alongside Studer and Ampex from the 1950s and 70s. 3. 

Notice of confusion between same name and similar number Lyrec is well known as a manufacturer of tape recorders, but the following points should be careful: TR series: Tape recorders at the same time used model numbers such as "TR1" and "TR2" Multitracks in later years: A precision machine from the early analogue era completely different from the 16/24 track tape recorders such as the later "Frida". If you currently have this product, or are considering acquiring it, its scarcity and historical value can be said to be quite high, but it is a vintage piece of equipment that requires specialized maintenance (especially rubber mounts and oil on the motor). ”

Thanks to Takeshi Makami-san for sharing.

A new 300B is in town…

 

… and reportedly - as per Ciro Marzio’s impeccable good taste - very, very good sounding.

It’s proudly China-made (not OEM) and accurately manufactured.

Soon landing in my studio, as well.

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Sharp 💫

 

Robert Fripp will be 80, soon 💫

Happy 50th birthday to Pick Up records shop 💫

 

One of my most beloved records shop, in lovely Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

Marco, Antonio e Gino are always kind and supportive to all and every music-related requests.

Thanks, folks.

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L’Impitoyable 💫

 

This (apparently) simple audio rig allows a special, deep introspection into the grooves of vinyl discs, as played by the Garrardzilla through Misho Myronov’s Audio Antiquary Phono Stage > Luxman AT3000 Ultimate passive line stage and Kaufmann 5998 power amp.

Ruthlessly like a true “impitoyable” magnifying tool, yet still extremely pleasing to ears and soul.

The Quad II/22/ESL’s combo, which I only very recently put on pause, was very musical and forgiving, in a sense: superb recordings were unbelievably good and average ones still quite enjoyable!

The Gotorama 2.0 is more selective and fussy - toffee-nosed, I’d dare - clearly “showing” any recording flaws… right or not, I find this ruthlessly intriguing, pushing me to search even more for the ultimate recordings and most carefully executed fine-tuning, as truly everything matters.

This amazing, awesome ECM’s - with its combination of extremely low-end, shimmering highs and church-like ambience - is paramount in better understanding the “direction” and - for example - the most correct ✅ crossover levels, for best overall results.

I’m very, VERY satisfied!

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Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough

 

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Cat Stevens’ “Mona Bone Jackon” mastertapes 💫

 

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If Barbie was an audiophile…

 

… this would be her turntable of choice.

Thanks to my pal Roberto for sharing this… weirdo.

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Keith Jarrett at home 💫

 

Keith Jarrett at the piano in his detached studio at home, part of a rural New Jersey farmhouse, a few years ago.

Such a lovely picture.

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