Introduction
This is a personal journal built around aesthetics, vintage culture, cinema, audio, and physical media—the things I’ve collected, watched, listened to, and lived with over the years.
I’ve been collecting records for many years, and my music library spans vinyl, CDs, and MiniDiscs. I’m currently working my way through the long process of cataloging the collection on Discogs—which is going to take quite a while.
Here, I share pieces of the collection: records and CDs, interesting pressings, obscure releases, physical-media finds, and whatever I happen to be listening to.
I also post information, videos, and practical advice about music collecting and audio equipment, covering both vintage and modern gear. That includes turntables, cartridges and styli, amplifiers, CD players, speakers, record and CD care, equipment setup, collecting tips, and other things I’ve learned through decades of listening and collecting.
But this isn’t strictly a music or audio blog.
It’s also a place for art, images, memories, personal observations, and the visual remnants of another time.
Part journal. Part archive. Part collection. Part listening room.
Welcome.
My Equipment (vintage):
Lafayette T-4000 turntable. (Professionally cleaned & mechanisms relubricated. Calibrated electronics & tonearm in 2016)
Technics SL-1500 turntable. (Professionally cleaned, bearings & tonearm mechanism relubricated. RCA & ground wiring upgraded in 2015)
Pioneer SA-6500 II Integrated Amplifier. (Professionally serviced, cleaned & recapped in 2016)
Shure M91E Phono Cartridge.
Pickering XV-15 / 625E Phono Cartridge.
My Equipment (modern):
Ortofon 2M Red MM Phono Cartridge.
Ortofon Concorde DJ S Cartridge.
Nagaoka MP-110 Phono Cartridge.
Sharp MD-MS722 MiniDisc Player/Recorder.
Yamaha CD-S300 compact disc player.
Fluance SX6WH Classic Elite Series Two-Way Bookshelf Speakers.
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Headphones
AudioQuest Cinnamon High-Definition Audio Cables:
RCA interconnects
USB-C > C
Nakamichi Excel Series 24k Gold Plated Banana Plug with 12AWG Speaker Cable Wire. 99.9% Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) Heavy Duty Braided.
• Finally, for the past (at the time of this post) 20 years, I’ve tracked my listening via lastFM.
