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1 hour ago, KROCK said:

The Cartridge King!😁

No Sir I´m not the King of Carts , I´m just a littel old guy cart maniac. I´m member of the german analogue audio association. Close to 17.000 Members, it´s about vintage to present analogue audiotechnology for TT´s, Cartridges, R2R, Tuner, Tapedeck, etc. pp. There´re members who own a cartridge collection which has value of approx. 150 K€ , but even these guys a quiet smart and aren´t arrogant or something similar. Last autum they made an event in a hotel andintroduced their private gear to let the members listen to , the top class set up was worth  one million € . 

So as I toldyou .....😉

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4 hours ago, AndreG. said:

Merry Christmas for all of You too!

 

@Full Range @Dave1291 @MicroMara @JohnJ @GWSmith @Tim Sr. @MeloManiac @billybob

 

As You may know, we had a nasty storm here for the past three days, yesterday a little snow. Snow didn´t last long and is now replaced by perpetual rain. Doesn´t look like white Christmas (again)... Too warm...

But, it´s the right weather for spinning and having good food!   Stay healthy, all of You! 

You´ve forgotten @KROCK & @dirtmudd   🫢

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   😂

 

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9 hours ago, Full Range said:

Oh and I forgot to mention that Darth Vader has joined the tree life this year 

 

What he´s doing there ?

 

That´s his place to be

 

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Can´t stand this weather anymore , since more than two weeks just dark grey and rain , no daylight , clouds hanging so deep, you can touch them 🤣. Shouldn´t change till after new year 🤔.

 

 

 

However I´ll wish you all together very happy christmas days

 

 

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ACH JA ...I couldn't say NO again , since today I have my NoS Entré 1 MC in operation.

 

Originally manufactured by Soltear Acoustics Inc. Japan. The Lentek Entré 1 MC was designed by Mr. Matsudaira, who began his career as a designer at Tokyo Sound Co. in 1959. For ten years he worked for NHK (Japanese National Broadcast) where he designed tonearms and cartridges. In 1967 he moved to SUPEX as chief designer. From 1970 to the late 1990s, he worked as a senior designer for many famous brands, including Entré, Miyabi, Kouetsu, Audio Craft and Air Tight. In 2003, he founded his own company My Sonic Lab in Japan.

 

 

Technical specifications:

• Frequency Response: 10 Hz – 50.000 Hz
• Output Voltage: 0,2 mV (3.54cm/s, 1000 Hz, 45 degree)
• Channel Balance: within 1 db (1000 Hz)
• Channel Separation: better than 28 db (1000 Hz)
• Compliance: 10 x 10-6cm/dyne
• Impedance: 3.0 ohms
• Recommended Load Resistance: 100 ohms
• Tracking Force: 1.8 grams + 0.3 grams
• Vertical Tracking: 20 Degree
• Stylus: diamond Elliptical, with a radius of 0.3 mil x 0.8 mil
• Mass: 5.8 grams
• Mounting: ½” or 12.7 mm

 

Runs on 100 Ohm Load & 74 dB amplification, sounds simply enchanting!

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7 hours ago, JohnJ said:

Should have the Realtek/Schiit/Voshkod/Klipsch/SVS rig up and running by the end of next week. If win11 lets me use it. Sure the version form 6/23 has expired by now.

Win 10 will besupported til end of 2025 and of course the Initial problems from Win 11 were largely "corrected".

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On 12/19/2023 at 9:26 PM, JohnJ said:

And good that it is. Days after Christmas can be awful for just going to the grocery store on the corner. I've got the opposite going on lined up with the deal for a truck. I'm driving the 400 mile round trip to get my stuff out of the storage bin next Tuesday loading it driving back and unloading it. I got the truck for 2 days. In case it takes me longer than expected, they'll refund me if I get it back early. That's right nice of 'em!

I do remember something simmilar in the 1990 tess, I moved into a new flat and spent all days before christmas till after new year with renovation works in the new apartment. But it doesn´t scared me at all , I had fun ! 

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On 12/19/2023 at 9:23 PM, grasshopper said:

Bracing for rain here. Over an inch predicted between Thurs and Sunday.

Shopping is off the schedule. 

 

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I was quiet suprised by the Al Di Meola Project " Kiss my Axe "

 

 

 

 

 

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another B***S**T weather day so I spun a few more records mainly french music 

 

the french singer songwriter and actress Lizzy Mercier Descloux

 

 

followed by Boulevard of broken dreams " it´s the talk of the town and other sad songs "

 

 

than the french singer Anne Pigall  

 

 

than the french singer Isabell Antena

 

 

 

I´m going to watch a movie now ......

 

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because our weather was really B***s**t today I had time to spin some music during the evening as they were ...

 

Gina X Performance

 

 

OMD

 

 

Soft Cell

 

 

ABC

 

 

 

Visage

 

 

and ENIGMA

 

 

was fun .......now it´s 11.20 pm and i´m going to sleep 😁

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@JohnJ  made a quick drawing , I would place the sofa at the backwall area ( blue line ) the F III´s into direction to the sofa and the sub in between ...that´s the way I should try first .

 

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I´m back @home since half an hour , it´s 10 10 .pm here , the weather at the german north sea beaches wasn´t that good , 39 F and strong rough winds, was rainig the hole time during the ride, so it took close to 4 hours till we arrived in the city called NORDEN ( North ) 

 

We made a city sightseeing first and saw beautiful old buildings from the middle ages in the city centre

 

 

 

than we discovered a nice looking restaurant , we went in and had lunch together , it was excellent in quality,service and price

 

 

than we drove to the beaches , it was low tide

 

 

 

 

 

 

finally we ate some fresh fish from the north sea and I took some back home

 

 

We left at approx 4.30 pm and arrived at 9. 30 pm back in our hometown , the ride back was a trip trough rain and darkness, it was a quiet exhausting way back home ...I´m tired now ....see you

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3 hours ago, JohnJ said:

 Then I can plan this little bitty den around my Forte IIIs plus one or two good subs.

 

Have fun with them , sure your living room is big enough to be changed into a soundwaves high pressure compression chamber  🤣

 

Because my listening room isn´t that big as the old one I had to rethink about my RF7 Evos , 4 active parallel switched 10" woofer were to much , the mids , hights and brilliance weren´t that clear as before because of too much bassvolume, I made an experiment with 2 active 10" and 2 passive 10" ( they only resonate in the low frequency level due to the air mass flow of the active 10" ) and I closed the above rear fire port and kept the second open.

 

Man I can tell you , now the bassvolume is under control , very cleanly staggered and the above soundstage is as good as it was in my old bigger listening room , sometimes.....less is more   😁

 

Will be a long day for me , at 9.am , so in 2 hours and 18 minutes , I´m driving to the german north sea beaches with my car for eating some fresh fish there 😂I´m not kidding ....will be a three and a half hour drive and I will be guided by two female friends ....we´ll  return late evinging ..sure it will be a nice day , will take some pics as will and gonna show you tomorrow

 

 

[Sooo. I have a new friend. 🙂]

6 hours ago, the real Duke Spinner said:

https://youtube.com/@TalWilkenfeld?si=ZRg0nJkBNZ-Zt9jM

She´s so great , @Dave1291 was the first one in the KC  who knew her and introduced us

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10 hours ago, JohnJ said:

Talk about quiet, it is so quiet up here that I'm pretty sure what I'm hearing is my tinnitus 

If I´m under stress it happens sometimes that I have a high frequency noise in my left ear , when I come down it disappears . In any case it´s better to have a tinnitus from time to time instead of have a gost voice talking to you the hole day through , if this is the case .....it becomes dangerous 😂

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8 hours ago, Full Range said:

Still looking for my copy - but had to stop as my wife has taken over the room for Christmas 🎄 

JaJa,  I do remember the annual christmas procedere in you listening room...😂

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6 hours ago, JohnJ said:

Hey George, I didn't get it yet. Didn't feel like driving the 45 minutes into town. I'm so far out in the sticks that it is 10 miles to a Wally World! And I'd bet that's further away than for 85% of this country! Oh and I got to find a shower curtain before I get my stuff up here next week very glad that there's ceramic tile in the bath. 

 

Talk about quiet, it is so quiet up here that I'm pretty sure what I'm hearing is my tinnitus 

Now you´re driving an ACURA and a 45 minute drive is too far for you ? Remember how many miles you´ve driven w/in the last few month , I suppose a couple of thousands....Where I´m living right now it´s absolute quiet as well , even it´s a side road and the city center is just less 15 Minutes by car.   

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10 hours ago, JohnJ said:

I'd say there's a big difference in the styles of music. Those two guys above make!

Indeed Indeed JJ . Collins Live Album was mastered perfectly and it´s easy listening pop , the Sting Live Album sound excellent as well and has a lot of Rock & Jazz Influence , you have to listen to it once.  

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I listened today to

 

 

and this one

 

 

 

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Nothing special here , wheather is S**T , went to the house today and picked up my last private belongings, approx 400 Vinyl Record included , was good to see my son today ,  glad that I don´ have to see the ex wife till date of divorce which is scheduled for october 2024. Drinking my third glass of Bourbon now and relaxin with some music in the background , so far so good 🙂

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4 hours ago, JohnJ said:

And today I have educated myself about leaf blowers. I got one that can blow 170 mph and I thought jeeze cat five that'll work! Wrong. It's flat out not good enough. I INot enough when you're in a forest. I'll clean it up, take it back and get one that does 250 mph.
 

 

I see that you had fun with the stronger one

 

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On 12/5/2023 at 1:13 PM, Full Range said:

@Dave1291 

 

You may be interested in this album if you don’t already have it 

But have a listen to the whole album on your favourite platform first, as it may not be to your taste 

 

I just can’t find my copy but I remember buying it when it was first released 

So I was looking to replace it 

 

Richard Wright - Wet Dreams

 

 

Got it since january 17th. 1979

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On 12/3/2023 at 8:33 PM, Tarheel said:

This year.....

We´re impressed