Things a bit slow at work today so I cranked up the Rega for the first time since April 22nd to see why I am still allowing it to take up space in the living room.
ZZ Top's 'Eliminator' was first to hand. Then Kate Bush, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Dizzy Gillespie's 'Cool World' and Dr Feelgood 'Down by the Jetty'.
7 sides from 5 LPs later I realised I had been totally neglecting a great source for almost 2 months now (what with the novelty my first good CD player and all the fun Digi-ma-doings with the Beresford DAC).
I have never heard vinyl like this before in my own home. (22nd April was just a 30 second test of one track to make sure everything was connected properly to the new gear with the volume down.)
So another great suprise and another regret. The regret being that there was yet another great source that my old Arcam sat it's fluffy behind on and suffocated for almost a year without me realising!
Please ignore any of my previous defense or praise for the Arcam Solo-Mini. It's CD player was boring and now it seems it smothered my turntable too.
Bl@@@y Arcam.
Oh yes. The Rega stays.
ZZ Top's 'Eliminator' was first to hand. Then Kate Bush, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Dizzy Gillespie's 'Cool World' and Dr Feelgood 'Down by the Jetty'.
7 sides from 5 LPs later I realised I had been totally neglecting a great source for almost 2 months now (what with the novelty my first good CD player and all the fun Digi-ma-doings with the Beresford DAC).
I have never heard vinyl like this before in my own home. (22nd April was just a 30 second test of one track to make sure everything was connected properly to the new gear with the volume down.)
So another great suprise and another regret. The regret being that there was yet another great source that my old Arcam sat it's fluffy behind on and suffocated for almost a year without me realising!
Please ignore any of my previous defense or praise for the Arcam Solo-Mini. It's CD player was boring and now it seems it smothered my turntable too.
Bl@@@y Arcam.
Oh yes. The Rega stays.