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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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For Sale: The world’s largest record collection

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

“This is a short film I made about the owner of the world’s largest record collection. This film probably best represents the direction I see myself going as a director. I love everything about it. It’s my baby.” Sean Dunne: Director

The Archive by Sean Dunne is the story of Paul Mawhinney’s record collection, which is now up for sale

I hope Paul’s collection gets preserved in its entirety somehow soon. Such a huge slice of history which, sadly, no one seems interested in.

Tags: Paul Mawhinney, record collector, record rama, world's largest record collection
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Crossley Traveller Portable Suitcase Turntable

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Not much technical information here, but first impressions are that it’s well made. On sale at the moment here too

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Baird Emerson Wondergram

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

First produced in London by Baird in 1960, this is probably the first portable record player to have a similar form factor to the PS-F5. Definitely a direct ancestor.

The design is truly ingenious, open the lid, pop your disc onto the spindle and gently place the needle on the end of the tone arm into the groove and it starts playing. The record is spun by a pair of wheels set into the top of the case, they are spaced so that the innermost one drives 45s, and the out one drives LPs. To stop both wheels trying to drive the disc at the same time the inner one is slightly smaller, so that when you are playing an LP it doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t come into contact with the record. The speaker is on the underside, and you would think that the sound will be muffled, but they have that one covered. Three springÃ¢â‚¬â€œloaded feet raise the player off he ground, allowing the three-transistor amplifier full reign to blast your socks off. Actually itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s not that loud but itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s enough to fill a small room Ã¢â‚¬â€œ providing thereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s not too much background noiseÃ¢â‚¬Â¦
From Dusty Gizmos.