Michael Aspel and PMC?

[plastic penguin]

The other night I was watching 'Antiques Roadshow' on Dave, and they showed extracts of Michael's last show. Anyway, he was presenting from a boardroom of a Palace (don't know where, possibly Hampton Court) and as the camera panned round I clocked a pair of TB2s. They kept flitting back to Michael interviewing famous people, amongst a montage of clips from his stint, and the camera kept zooming in on these PMCs.

Also, on BBC News 24 they have a late night programme, think it was the 'Today' with Evan Davis, and noticed some Dynvector or Dynaduio speakers in the background.

On the 1970's-80s cop programme The Professionals there's an episode that shows a Yamaha CA-710 and possibly a Dual or AR turntable. Later in the episode they show a Hitachi D-220 cassette deck.

Have you seen programmes, either documentaries or dramas, with a recognisable hi-fi components?

 

[CnoEvil]

Have you seen programmes, either documentaries or dramas, with a recognisable hi-fi components?

Yup.....and it was you that recognized it. It was the JVC JA-S22 on the Birds Eye cod fillet ad.

 

[chebby]

Roksan Xerxes in an early Inspector Morse episode (about company directors of a family run, high-end, TT manufacturer).

Morse had one himself.

 

[RobinKidderminster]

No but what about the green wallpaper in Eastenders?

 

[CnoEvil]

No but what about the green wallpaper in Eastenders?

It's time for another pill.....that is, if you haven't sent them all to me!

 

[chebby]

Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference turntable in 'A Clockwork Orange'.

I also remember that Chandler and Joey had some large American electrostatic speakers in their apartment in 'Friends'. (Don't remember which episodes or which brand and I don't have the DVDs to check.)

 

[chebby]

There is an A&R Cambridge A60 and T21 duo (black veneer versions) on a shelf in a record shop in an episode of "Life On Mars".

(The one where he meets the mother of his future girlfriend 'Maya'.)

Also about 3 or 4 years too early given that 'Life On Mars' is set around 1973.

 

[chebby]

Revox B77s in 'Bank Job' and 'Munich'. (Both movies were set in years that were too early for the B77.)

'Dr House' uses a SOTA turntable in his office.

 

[Diamond Joe]

I also remember that Chandler and Joey had some large American electrostatic speakers in their apartment in 'Friends'. (Don't remember which episodes or which brand and I don't have the DVDs to check.)

I think they might have been Martin Logans, sweet 8)

 

[plastic penguin]

A few months ago BBC FOUR showed a documentary on Pink Floyd, and in their floating recording studio on the Thames I noticed B&W Nautilus speaker lurking in the background.

In another episode of The Professionals they were staking out a gang and in the house, although can't be sure, looked like a Linn LP12 turntable.

This is very sad.

 

[plastic penguin]

Just seen a Sheba cat food ad and it looks like the person has B&W CM9, but anyone identify the reciever?

http://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/tag/sheba/

 

[steve_1979]

I also remember that Chandler and Joey had some large American electrostatic speakers in their apartment in 'Friends'. (Don't remember which episodes or which brand and I don't have the DVDs to check.)

They also had some Blueroom speakers in Chandler and Joeys apartment in some of the episodes.

 

[Frank Harvey]

There's a Dual CS505-1 box in Control's office in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Tom Cruise has a NAD system in War Of The Worlds.

Bruce Wayne has B&O in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies.

The Mechanic has a Project deck in it (I forget the model)

 

[6th.replicant]

Is this a B&W? (Warning - world's cheesiest interviewer.) click

 

[daveg56]

On the BBC website there's a video of Rory Cellan-Jones interviewing Brian Eno in his home studio. A pair of Yamaha NS1000's are in the background. Nice.

 

[scene]

Is this a B&W? (Warning - world's cheesiest interviewer.) click

Oh yes - see b&w's site for what they say: click

 

[MajorFubar]

Seen plenty of police dramas over the years (even recently) where they use Revox B77s, often the special slow-speed model on 1 7/8 ips, tapped into a suspect's phone-line. News of the World must've had an army of them!

 

[datay]

Spotting PMC speakers on Antiques Roadshow is one thing, but spotting e.g. B&W speakers in a programme featuring a recording studio is like those "Spotted" things in Heat magazine where they say "so-and-so leaving the stage door of the theatre" - you'd expect to see a "celebrity" there, big deal!

 

[john1000000boy]

American Psycho. There is a pair of Kef Reference Speakers and forget the hifi they are hooked up to

 

[6th.replicant]

Is this a B&W? (Warning - world's cheesiest interviewer.) click

Spotting PMC speakers on Antiques Roadshow is one thing, but spotting e.g. B&W speakers in a programme featuring a recording studio is like those "Spotted" things in Heat magazine where they say "so-and-so leaving the stage door of the theatre" - you'd expect to see a "celebrity" there, big deal!

If I had written, "Ooo, I think I've spotted some B&Ws...", then you might have a point.

However, I was merely curious re the ID of the speaker manufacturer, hence my question: "Is this a B&W?"

:roll:

 

[plastic penguin]

Seen a Vodafone/Apple ad and they have B&W CM1 or CM5. Can't make out which they are.