Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Tandberg 114-116-8 Alnico Coaxial speakers

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Repetita juvant, folks... I already talked about these lovely 1965 vintage Tandberg's speakers... their transparency and zestness pu...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Happy Birthday to the 12" disc...

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Happy birthday to the LP record, turning 70 today. LP developer Peter Goldmark of Columbia Records holds the initial LP launch...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

A young luthier came to town

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When a young luthier, after getting his laurel at Cremona renown luthiery academy, opens his workshop in old downtown, well... I'm bo...
Monday, June 11, 2018

When worlds collides in a musical way of beauty

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My good friend Klaus Speth today hosted some Japanese and Thailandese pals at his place... Klaus is a family-man and he loves his life ...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

June Flea-Market ephemeral joys

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... only a glimpse of the 26 records I found... early morning, as usual, fresh air, black birds singing and only die-hard sellers and buye...

Hoffnung Festival I, II & III on French Harmonia Mundi

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Have you ever heard about Gerard Hoffnung ? He sure was an eccentric, cartoonist and amateur tuba player (...) and his sense of musical ...
Saturday, June 9, 2018

Studer C37 trivia - a day in Regensdorf

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2 Inches Records from Switzerland

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Cool ... ... if the case, beside the 140 grams vinyl, you may get the reel-to-reel version... No computer editing or... ot...

Anthony Bourdain passed away...

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... and this is sad news! Don't know why, but his food reportages and the seminal "Hell's Kitchen" really and deeply ...
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Woodstock 2

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An iconic 7,5 IPS reel to reel tape from my vault... ... a reel to reel relic, part of my musical DNA...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Joni

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Thanking Roy Alan Firestone   She attended the James Taylor concert at the Hollywood Bowl last night, sitting...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

... gimme more Bitches Brew!

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... again... yes, my apologies! From the estate of late Frank Sinatra Jr., this reel-to-teel, this very gem amazed me in more...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

R.I.P. Dave Wilson

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The WAMM's maker, an accomplished designer and experimenter, an audiophile at his heart and a fond user and scholar of open reels, pa...

4 tracks tape goodies

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I seldom heard a better sound from JA's Surrealistic Pillow! Tandberg 9200-XD, the best sounding 4 tracks reel to reel machin...

Baron Tim de Paravicini at Abbey Road Studio

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Love this pix...  TdP at Abbey Road's with his Mercedes van (V12 EAR - aka Esoteric Audio Research) parked near stairwa...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

... as crow flies... with a surprise

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... a ladder... and voilà ... I got a different point of view of my studietto... and a HUGE surprise: I gave a try...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Sad News - Peter Lai, aged 47 and Florio Pozza, aged 60 - passed away

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I only corresponded with Peter, living st a distance - i.e. he lived and worked in Melbourne, Australia... I always appreciated his ...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Martha Medeiros - Lentamente Muore

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“ Lentamente Muore ” è una splendida poesia, forse la più bella pubblicata negli ultimi anni, scritta dalla giornalista e scrittrice b...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Jaap & me

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Very happy I met Jaap Pees at M.O.C. 2018... we chased trying to meet in person for at least three Hi End fair editions... we succeeded,...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Don't know if I'm more sad or angry...

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Read  here ...