This is my 4th trip through Iowa in the past 6 months or so, and my second time in Des Moines. This time I was here for 3 nights and had some downtime. I checked and while I had perused vinyl in Iowa before, it was a long time ago and not very thorough. So […]
Year: 2019
I have been messing with different mixers for a long time now. I got my system with a very simple Numark. I recently came across these very early photos of my system back in 2011. The photo above may be the earliest photo of my system. That blue cable is a very long (30′?) RCA […]
New (more) speakers!
So after I painstakingly put together my new stereo system, I say back and enjoyed the fruits of my labor (and bank account). Day after day, I am astonished that finally at the age of 42 I have a system with fidelity as good as this. But my work is never done! My receiver has […]
Technoir Records [Park Ridge IL]
Upon discovering the unfortunate demise of Raffe’s, I simultaneous discovered the birth of Technoir. As you can see in the store front above, it truly is the spiritual successor. It was a quick dual bus jaunt to take myself from my door step to Technoir’s which was nice on a bit of a blustery day. […]
At some point I think this blog will just become a time capsule as every single place I have ever visited and documented will be gone. I heard about one of the below closings earlier this week and got to thinking I ought to sit down and see what other shops I once enjoyed (or […]
I covered a few months ago how I attained a bunch of vintage gear from my Uncle Rick. I quickly purchased the other components I needed to make it work. I got some speakers on craigslist and a receiver on eBay. The speakers worked out great. What an excellent purchase. The turntable has had some […]
Run to the Record Dump
Made my annual pilgrimage down to the south side to dig through records. Almost 6 years since I went down there. I just created a new tag to combine all my visits into one easy link so click away down below. I have documented 5 trips but I can think of at least one other […]
Savers [Las Vegas NV]
I was perfectly happy to check Nevada off my list with my visit to Record City. But that night I wanted to have a few drinks and selected the Huntridge Tavern at my watering hole. After a couple fairly wild bus rides I found my way and what do you know – there was a […]
Record City [Las Vegas NV]
Been planning this trip for a long time. A week long journey that starts in Phoenix, then ends here. I was going to take a bus but that didn’t work out, so I flew between cities. Record City was very conveniently placed, as I am staying (and working) near the convention center. I loved the […]
Chord
I have written about my love for barbershop music on this blog many times over the years. As one could imagine, this is largely an ‘underground’ genre…while it has a large and devoted following, you don’t hear of the relevant quartets in the mainstream media, ever. So 99% of the releases out there are private […]