Archive for the ‘Weird & Wonderful’ Category
The Audiophile Club of Athens
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
An interesting short film from 2006 about Greek Audiophiles and their love for big, elaborate, expensive Hi-Fi.
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The Vinyl Project
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Nick Tann from Eastleigh in the UK has started The Vinyl Project, an attempt to achieve his dream of having his music pressed into vinyl.
In a nut shell, here is the basic plan.
Find 250 people to commit to pay £10.00 upfront for my VINYL album (the remainder will cost £15.00)
Find a studio that can record specifically for vinyl.
Record an album.
Master the tracks.
Press a minimum of one thousand records.
Distribute to the 250
Sell the rest
Nick Tann
Best of luck to you Nick- I’ll be following the project and may even lay down some dough. Sort of depends on what’s going to be on it.
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6 Things To Do With Vinyl Records
Monday, September 7th, 2009
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Close N Play
Monday, July 27th, 2009
70s greatness from the U.S.A.
Tags: close n play, kids, portable, toy, turntable
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PS-F5 Changes Clothes
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
This must’ve taken a while to put together: a shoot of the Sony PS-F5 with a gazillion different records playing…
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Novel Way To Clean Records
Monday, July 6th, 2009
There have been times when I’ve bought records which could do with a really good clean. In future I might use this approach: to spread a thin layer of PVA wood glue over the record with a credit card, let it dry and peel it off. More information at Audio Karma. Via HiFi Tubes.Tags: clean, cleaning, records, vinyl
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Analogue Heaven
Monday, July 6th, 2009
From Alexander Robotnick & Ludus Pinsky’s Analog Session:Will be looking for that when it’s released later this year, hopefully on vinyl too.Tags: alex robotnick, analog session, analogue, house, ludus pinsky, studio, synth, synthesizer, techno
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Portable Scratchin’
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
As if the last video wasn’t mad enough, how about being able to walk around and scratch? This is DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist at Sala Razzmatazz, Barcelona (25/03/08). Would love to know how the needles are staying on the records.Tags: barcelona, cut chemist, dj shadow, sala razzmatazz, scratching, turntablism
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Void: Levitational Turntable Concept
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Here’s a bizarre design concept. Getting the record to float and rotate accurately would be one thing, but then having the ball somehow stay still and follow the groove would be an amazing feat. Anyway, some interesting thinking.
More pictures and info on Design Boom
Tags: concept, design, levitation, record, record player, turntable, vinyl
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Play CDs or DVDs on a record player
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
This wouldn’t work very well on a PS-F5 (due to the linear tracking being set to work with either 17cm or 30cm diameter records), but is interesting none-the-less. Re-purpose those old piles of useless old CDs by cutting grooves in them so they can play on a regular turntable.
No idea how Aleks Kolkowski is cutting them, but check out this video on YouTube of a homemade rig in Italy:
Tags: Aleks Kolkowski, cd, cutter, dvd, lathe, recycling, vinyl
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