by Michael

Where to find collectible Vinyl, LPs, Records

I haven’t been tempted in a loooong time.

I used to be an addict. Rent. Food. Brain Food. Music. [Luckily, beer fell in both Food and Brain Food categories].

You know the feeling. Where you want to spend outrageous amounts of money for albums that you didn’t think you needed… until you see them! Until you find out that they exist.

Record Luuuuuust!

I just stumbled across RecordMecca. They have a boatload of collectible Vinyl, LPs, Records. Records I might even want to, the horror, listen to over and over.

Full reverse, Scotty! Hurry, before it is too late!

I know, Ebay is supposed to be the place. Many people seems to like to shop there for LPs. I find it… unexciting. YMMV.

Another place for weird rare stuff is SystemRecords in the U.K.

Maybe should add a page for these places to a new page in the Audiophile’s Guide. Maybe, after my eyes stop bugging out.

 

 

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 by Michael

The Guide to all High-end Audio Racks

We updated, modernized, and moved the Audiophile’s Guide to the Galaxy’s guide to High-end Audio Racks.

This is a pictorial guide of all the brands of all of the high-end audio equipment racks we were able to find. We chose a few prime examples from the manufacturer if they made more than one kind of rack.

We are still working on making it look cool and awesome [and pretty], but it is not so bad right now 🙂

Many racks are no longer being made, but people do still buy and sell [trade] them. So we may end up making another page of ‘dead racks’ in the future. Anybody interested in this?

At first I thought there weren’t that many racks out there. Then I discovered there were more than I knew. But, now, later, I am back to thinking there are not that many after all.

Most are just ways to get the gear off the floor so you can run 1 meter cables between it all. How else would we make this work? Laying flat on the floor? Then it would take some mental energy to figure out just the right layout to make all those 1m cables reach. Makes my brain hurt.

Just seems like one of those necessities of [audiophile] life – but few people talk about these things.

There are a few that tout this or that technological advantage, that they either don’t muck up the sound or, a very few, say they can even improve the sound.

Some are beautiful. Most are… less so.

Some are heavy. Some are not.

Anyway, the Audiophile’s Guide is a easy way to see everything that is available [know of one we missed? Let us know! Please!].

 

 

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 by Michael

CES 2015: Free registration opens

… about 4 weeks ago.

BUT…

… the important thing is that it closes in 3 weeks or so on August 31.

So, unlike me, do NOT wait until the last minute [this year Neli registered me the first day because she is tired of all the stress :-)].

So, unlike me, do NOT forget to bring your badge and proof of registration to the show [more stress, but a nice lady registrar at the show fixed me up].

And… don’t forget you will need a hotel room to sleep in. Can’t tell if THE SHOW will be at the Flamingo again this year or not which is where we usually stay… [45 minute or longer check-ins, (at all times of year BTW, not just CES), what would we ever do without that much fun in our lives?]

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