What in Analogue Have You Bought Today?

[metal beat]

Ultravox - Lament - 5LP Box set - 40th anniversary  - just released

Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Clear

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Clear

2 x Vinyl, LP, Clear

 

 

Edited September 20, 2024 by metal beat

[andyr]

8 hours ago, Moon 600i V2 said:

Different record. A jazz standard. Unless you're being facetious in which case, well played.

 

 

Aah, OK - thanks.    (I wasn't being facetious.)

 

[Steever]

 

[stevoz]

Local bazaar finds....all appear NM:

 

The Reels "Quasimodo's Dream" Oz 1st pressing.

 

 

"Star Struck" soundtrack album, various....largely written by Phil Judd (Split Enz) Oz 1st pressing.

 

 

I have this next album but it was only $5 (WTF?!) so I grabbed it. A very fine album, this also looks NM......Jeannie Lewis "Free Fall Through Featherless Flight" Oz 1st pressing.

 

 

Since getting that wonderful Kids In The Kitchen EP, I decided to get some more of the same......having seen some other ones down at the bazaar last time.

12'' 45rpm New Romantic synth pop heaven baby!

If the SQ is anywhere near the aforementioned, I will be a happy chappy. All 12" 45rpm, all Oz pressings, all appear NM, all $5 ea.

 

Kids In The Kitchen "Bitter Desire".

 

 

Kids In The Kitchen "Say It"......back cover signed by lead singer Scott Carne in 1987.

 

 

Howard Jones "Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix)".

 

 

Machinations "Pressure Sway".

 

 

Geisha "Calling Your Name".....front cover signed by lead singer Chris Doheny in 1987.

 

 

NB: The first two albums mentioned above were not $5.....a bit more than that but still quite cheap.

 

 

[Jap]

8 hours ago, stevoz said:

Local bazaar finds....all appear NM:

 

The Reels "Quasimodo's Dream" Oz 1st pressing.

 

 

"Star Struck" soundtrack album, various....largely written by Phil Judd (Split Enz) Oz 1st pressing.

 

 

I have this next album but it was only $5 (WTF?!) so I grabbed it. A very fine album, this also looks NM......Jeannie Lewis "Free Fall Through Featherless Flight" Oz 1st pressing.

 

 

Since getting that wonderful Kids In The Kitchen EP, I decided to get some more of the same......having seen some other ones down at the bazaar last time.

12'' 45rpm New Romantic synth pop heaven baby!

If the SQ is anywhere near the aforementioned, I will be a happy chappy. All 12" 45rpm, all Oz pressings, all appear NM, all $5 ea.

 

Kids In The Kitchen "Bitter Desire".

 

 

Kids In The Kitchen "Say It"......back cover signed by lead singer Scott Carne in 1987.

 

 

Howard Jones "Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix)".

 

 

Machinations "Pressure Sway".

 

 

Geisha "Calling Your Name".....front cover signed by lead singer Chris Doheny in 1987.

 

 

NB: The first two albums mentioned above were not $5.....a bit more than that but still quite cheap.

 

 

Some Great 80's hits  

[Almaz]

My Op shop find today. 
Aldi, “ good different “

[colinm1]

Love Dan hicks ,got them in the 70’s ,still great music 

[Sterg237]

It’s taken awhile, but I’ve finally landed a copy of this. It is in legitimate near-mint condition. Made a “Hail Mary” offer on it on Discogs, and to my surprise the seller accepted. Very happy to have it in this condition at a reasonable cost.

[stevoz]

Took the plunge on my 'end game' turntable, a new Technics SL1200GR2.

I had considered the 1200G but after copious research and review reads, for my needs I couldn't justify the extra 2 grand for it......and was not sure my 64 year old ears were going to really notice the difference. Besides, this will be a considerable upgrade on my current humble replinthed and upgraded belt drive CEC BD3200. It also has the Sigma Delta drive motor technology and same quieter power supply that is found in the 1200G.

I am planning to get a 5mm Funk Firm Achromat for it, following Michael Fremer's recommendation. He reckons it goes 'some' way to making up for any SQ loss from it's lighter version of the heavy platter on the 1200G.

Purchased from Japan, it's 100V but my Tortech 100V step down transformer has two outlets, so all good there. TT will be arriving early October. Excited.

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2024 by stevoz

[Steff]

What a great turntable!

5 minutes ago, stevoz said:

planning to get a 5mm Funk Firm Achromat for it, following Michael Fremer's recommendation.

You don't trust your own 64-year old ears, and yet you will trust Fremer's 77-year old ears? Don't lets pretend that gentleman can hear all those fabled distinctions he writes about anymore

[stevoz]

6 minutes ago, Steff said:

What a great turntable!

You don't trust your own 64-year old ears, and yet you will trust Fremer's 77-year old ears? Don't lets pretend that gentleman can hear all those fabled distinctions he writes about anymore

 

True.....but it's 'Fremer' man!

Edited September 25, 2024 by stevoz

[Guest Moon 600i V2]

15 hours ago, Steff said:

What a great turntable!

You don't trust your own 64-year old ears, and yet you will trust Fremer's 77-year old ears? Don't lets pretend that gentleman can hear all those fabled distinctions he writes about anymore

True , and posting file rips of different turntables on YouTube is pointless.

[andyr]

16 hours ago, Sterg237 said:

Made a “Hail Mary” offer on it on Discogs, and to my surprise the seller accepted. 

 

I'm curious ... what is a "Hail Mary" offer?  

 

[April Snow]

4 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

I'm curious ... what is a "Hail Mary" offer?  

 

I am guessing it is a prayer they will accept your offer 

[Sterg237]

18 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

I'm curious ... what is a "Hail Mary" offer?  

 

Some might also refer to it as a “low ball” offer aka a desperate offer with little chance of success.

Edited September 25, 2024 by Sterg237

[andyr]

1 minute ago, Sterg237 said:

Some might also refer to it as a “low ball” offer.

 

Whilst, yes, I can understand that ... I find it ("Hail Mary") a strange description to use.

 

After all ... if one prays to Mary - shirley, one believes that this will influence the outcome ... so you wouldn't pray for a lesser thing than what one really wants?

 

[Sterg237]

8 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

Whilst, yes, I can understand that ... I find it ("Hail Mary") a strange description to use.

 

After all ... if one prays to Mary - shirley, one believes that this will influence the outcome ... so you wouldn't pray for a lesser thing than what one really wants?

 

All I know is it’s a great record and I’m very happy to have added it to my collection.

[Allan]

I bought a Pearl-3 Phono Stage kit, designed by Pass Labs very own Wayne Colburn.

Separate PSU, variable gain, variable loading, MM/MC.

Its getting glowing reports.

  

 

Edited September 26, 2024 by Allan

[evil c]

20 minutes ago, Allan said:

I bought a Pearl-3 Phono Stage kit, designed by Pass Labs very own Wayne Colburn.

Separate PSU, variable gain, variable loading, MM/MC.

Its getting glowing reports.

  

 

Big fan of Pass Labs,  l have their first Aleph Ono phono preamplifier designed by Wayne.

Very talented indeed!! 

Mine has the PSU internally, this looks like a great unit with the separate PSU .

[Allan]

reports say the Pearl 3 stage is huge in both width and depth, imaging is nicely focused and its a detailed coherent response. Its all hearsay for me right now but I do plan to match L~R components including rail voltages to give it every chance of exceeding its already glowing reputation.

 

The Pearl 3 is a Jfet front end Class A Opamp design and there's quite a few compatible opamps readily available to slot straight in, its auto biasing. It has variable gain & loading. The kit comes with SE outputs and is ready to optionally add XLR out. Quite a slick kit. Wayne has been kind enough to touch on many of the calculations in the design, one of which allows you to truly customize the cartridge loading ladder for any cartridge known to man!

 

Wayne's words:

The original basis of the front-end (FE) used in Pearl 3 dates back to the Pass Labs Aleph Ono… and similar versions of it have been used in Pearl, Pearl 2, XONO, and XP-15. Having four parallel devices right on the input from the phono cartridge greatly helps with noise, linearity, increases transconductance, and helps improve open-loop gain with lower distortion. The cascode (Q5) is beneficial for noise as the JFET drains have an optimum bias point for minimal noise ,- usually well less than 15v - which the cascode helps to set properly. Additionally, the cap multiplier circuit (Q8, C7 and attached resistors) will provide additional, and importantly, focused power supply filtering to the input stage, which because of the very small signals generated from a cartridge, noise performance is paramount. Because of all of these features, the front-end benefits the most.

 

There are many great opamps available these days with low noise and high drive. However, when dealing with the amount of gain required for moving coil cartridges, the front-end is still going to benefit from the careful application of discrete, very low noise JFETs. So with Pearl 3, I took the quiet and optimized discrete input stage and combined it with a high-performance opamp, wrapping a single feedback loop around both. The result is a composite amplifier. Now that it has feedback, the total open-loop gain (OLG) is higher and has a lot more adjustability. The use of opamps provides great flexibility for the builder, and you can roll opamps, which many people find to be a lot of fun. Interestingly, all the opamps I’ve tried in the circuit measure quite well, but the harmonic structure seems to change between opamps, so they might actually sound different. This may have more to do with the 2nd stage, but I could see it on my Audio Precision system and HP spectrum analyzer. There are a lot of design issues that are easy to address with opamps but difficult with discrete parts - temperature tracking immediately comes to mind - and that helps with all aspects of the circuit’s performance. Also, having the feedback loop makes it easy to adjust the gain. Feedback changes the overall sound, at least to some extent. Changing overall gain results in less noise, so if you really want to tweak and tune, set R9 for the minimum value you need in your particular system

 

L & R channel PCBs

(using Jfet SMD option)

 

Edited September 26, 2024 by Allan

[Guest Moon 600i V2]

20 hours ago, April Snow said:

I am guessing it is a prayer they will accept your offer 

Scottish weather girl perhaps.

[Jakeyb77_Redux]

30th Anniversary Parables for Wooden Ears is available today for pre order 
https://powderfinger.bandtshirts.com.au

Edited September 27, 2024 by Jakeyb77_Redux

[Jebediah]

11 hours ago, Jakeyb77_Redux said:

30th Anniversary Parables for Wooden Ears is available today for pre order 
https://powderfinger.bandtshirts.com.au

Just preordered mine too, thanks for the heads up

[stevoz]

Just now via imusic of Denmark, pre-ordered a new issue of Alan Parsons "The Time Machine", 2 x LP, limited to 1000 copies on translucent green vinyl. To be released on Nov 1st.

 

 

Edited September 27, 2024 by stevoz

[Guest Moon 600i V2]

10 hours ago, stevoz said:

Just now via imusic of Denmark, pre-ordered a new issue of Alan Parsons "The Time Machine", 2 x LP, limited to 1000 copies on translucent green vinyl. To be released on Nov 1st.

 

 

I like this very much as I lost interest after Turn Of A Friendly Card. Not the whole thing, but most of it. Sounds great!