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In Reply to: RE: Sometimes It All Just Works. posted by sisterray on January 23, 2025 at 17:33:49
fun is where you find it.
I often comment about how hearing is only and completely, a subjective process of the mind . an effect that tells one that if you think it sounds good, it does. that is your reality. an effected reality that can not be argued , and sells a lot of fancy audiophile wires
better equipment might change the scenery of the audio journey , but not the destination , you have already arrived.
I enjoy a very nice record spinner, regarded as a classic . It's really fun, but so was the childhood suitcase record player with a steel needle and a cartoon duck inside the lid that I used to enjoy. . it all really depends on how you feel about the musical experience., in my opinion.
of course such an outlook easily supports cynicism , and as such, will always prevent me from enjoying the thrill of adding a multi thousand dollar three foot power cord as an upgrade to my system. Aw, shucks.
I have that record, probably an early pressing, because I bought it new when it first came out, during a trip with my buddies up to the Hollywood tower records.
at that time it called itself the world's largest record store. we went there because most records were $2.98 for the latest hits , which were usually stacked waste high in bulk, still in the boxes, in front of the usual bins and on the isle end caps. usually in multiple stacks, they sold a lot of records, being both a destination and the cheapest place in town.
I bought it because I was trying to impress my friends, who were buying rock, as I usually did, and had high hopes to impress, because the cover looked pretty far out, and miles Davis was so famous, with "someday my prince will come" and all that. It didn't really resonant with my teen aged self, but I kind of liked miles runs the voodoo down.
It's still not a top favorite album , but it is played once in a while. Was surprised to learn miles later work was constructed songs from recordings of free form studio jam sessions, that he just edited stuff he liked into a completed work, sort of like a building a patchwork quilt.
Follow Ups:
Most of my childhood came with a console music system, even before our first TV. That was because my step-dad was a big music fan and often played his records, beginning with 78s and later on LPs. So by the time I became a teen there was a source for playing my 45s of new R&R releases.Then for Christmas I received a portable (suitcase) record player for my room. It was a Steelman with BSR changer. It included an AM radio. That served me until I was half way through college. Sometime in-between I wired in a 10 driver in an open baffle box, pirated from a junk store. That was an improvement over the internal 3" cone.
After a schooling interruption for 3 years in the Navy I returned to finish. I had some money and time before classes started so brought my first stereo system, Dynakits with AR speakers and Dual/Empire turntable. It has been a long, slippery slope over the decades since then.
Edit corrected spell check error
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made." Groucho
Edits: 01/26/25
But with a wood case and the arm was on the right side rather than in the rear. One tube, a 25L6GT with the filament in series with the motor.
Later Gator,
Dave
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