Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Charlie, Very esoteric gear. I believe the cartridge is very hard to get, if at all over here. The turntable looks like about 50 lbs, at least. No wow and flutter there. It must sound glorious. Len On Dec 30, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Charlie Chan wrote: > Len, Rei, Douglas and Philippe, > > As we're into hi-fi porn now, I thought I might show my TT too. > It's a Platine Verdier (French) with a Schroeder Model 2 arm > (German) and an Allaerts MC1B cartridge Belgian). I agree with Len. > Rei, you should get you Nakamichi cassette deck out. With a good > tape, it will out-perform most CD players. Why lock up all your > kit; that's nearly as bad as putting your Leicas in a display cabinet! > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/topoxforddoc/Platine > +Verdier-8740164.jpg.html > > Best wishes, > > Charlie > > PS , sorry about the quality. The image is a bit noisy. > > Platine Verdier Schroeder 2 Allaerts MC1B > TRON Meteor tube preamp (www.tron-electric.com) > QUAD IIs rebuilt by GT Audio (www.gtaudio-com) > Avantgarde Duo speakers > Nakamichi dragon cassette deck > Leak Troughline tuner GT Audio rebuilt > Revox G36 open reel tape deck > > On 30 Dec 2007, at 18:09, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >> Rei, >> >> All your equipment pieces are classics today and will still sound >> very good. The first good tonearm I had was a SME S shaped 3009, I >> think. Had it mounted on a Thorens deck, 35 years ago. I had a >> pair of dahlquist monitors for a long time. They were the large >> box speakers and not the flat looking arrays that made dahlquist >> famous. They were great. And get out that nakamichi. The king of >> tape decks. >> >> Thanks for looking and your comments. >> Len >> >> >> On Dec 30, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >> >>> >>> that's a very nice-looking system and a very nice photograph. >>> >>> i have an SME III which was not nearly >>> such a pretty arm (lots of plastic but a lovely S-shaped >>> titanium tube). but like so much in my life it is locked away in >>> the purgatory of cardboard, not yet ready for the literal ashheap >>> of history, while ineluctably an object of the past. >>> >>> come to think of it, my whole system is locked away somewhere, >>> 680ZX nakamichi tape deck (20-20KHz!), ampzillas, dahlquist >>> speakers-- >>> the fruits of years of high school and college summer jobs. >>> >>> -rei >>> >>> >>> On Dec26 23:29, Philippe Orlent wrote: >>>> Drooling of jealousy... >>>> Thanks for showing, >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Op 23-dec-07, om 05:26 heeft Leonard Taupier het volgende >>>> geschreven: >>>> >>>>> It's a very quiet night. Not a soul around. I had just finished >>>>> talking to my daughter in Texas. (I'm in Pa.). I decided to listen >>>>> to some music, on vinyl. My living room was dark. Near the end of >>>>> the record I stood and went to see how soon I would have to lift >>>>> the stylus. As I looked down at the turntable it struck me. What a >>>>> thing of beauty. And made on three different continents. It >>>>> deserves to be photographed. So here it is. >>>>> >>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/ >>>>> MusicMachine.jpg.html> >>>>> >>>>> or >>>>> >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yu7qgd >>>>> >>>>> Here's the scoop. >>>>> >>>>> The turntable is an Oracle made in Canada. >>>>> The tonearm is a SME IV.Vi made in the UK. >>>>> The cartridge is a Koetsu Urushi made in Japan. >>>>> >>>>> The music is an American classic "Cosmo's Factory" by Creedence >>>>> Clearwater Revival. >>>>> >>>>> For you technicians. >>>>> >>>>> Leica M8 and Noctilux at f1, ISO 1250 handheld at 1/6 sec. at a >>>>> very close distance. The music was playing during the shot. >>>>> >>>>> I wish you all could listen to the record. >>>>> >>>>> Oh, all the electronics are tube (valve) made in Minnesota. The >>>>> speakers are made by Danish craftsmen. Beautiful to see and to >>>>> listen to. >>>>> >>>>> Len >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> -- >>> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >>> Ridgewood, New Jersey >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information