Old & new in New Hampshire

rosedraws

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We recently got a new receiver which has pumped new life into our stereo system... and our lives really! My turntable and speakers are now the only surviving components from my original, kickass (is a little swearing okay?) 1980 set up.

I came here to reasearch styli, but I'm having so much fun reawakening my old audiophile self, that this looks like a good playground to hang out in.

We were sad to say goodbye to the old Technic receiver and tape deck. I've got a simple Kenwood tape deck now, and the weird new fancy Pioneer Elite receiver. Due to budget constraints, the receiver is pretty basic for sound, but it has lots of watts and all the channels so we can great enjoy movie sound and easy mobile device access. Full confession, my son is a sound engineer and computer IT guy, so I let him choose the right receiver and set it up. (That always used to be my job!)

My speakers are big ol RTR Series III that still sound pretty amazing. I'm proud of their old school grandeur.

Every device sounds different through the receiver, so I'm still figuring out how to manage that. I can also see that we simply adjust to the different sound quality, i.e., when I first put albums on, they sound odd. But after listening for a while, then the albums sound awesome and then the Bluetooth sounds wretched.

The best part about all this was watching our son (who is a sound engineer for good reason, he has an incredible ear) be absolutely mind blown by the sound quality of a good vinyl. We've brought up all the old albums, and have been buying up new vinyl known for best quality. It's like a whole new old world. And it's amazing to watch our son get hooked. (I feel bad for his credit score.)

Thanks for reading my very long intro. :)
 
Welcome, enjoy the Music! bonus I have 2 addicted sons, they grew up with the music and each has a system of their own thanks to Dad.
 
Welcome from another New Hampshire-ite!

What region of the state are you in? Not that it's a big state or anything... ;)
All the way south, pretty rural, quintessential New England. East edge of the Monadnock region. It's 45 minutes to anywhere but gorgeous with easy hiking & kayaking.

How about you?
 
CT River "upper valley" -- none too far from Hanover.
Gorgeous part of the world (the whole dang state -- with the possible exception of the "Suburban Boston" part ;)).

DSC_7983 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr


In full disclosure, we retired up here from Boston "MetroWest" (Harvard, MA)... but my wife's parents lived up here for a couple of decades after they retired -- so I don't quite feel like a flatlander here.

Quite a few MA/NH/VT AK members -- a fine lot of louts they (we) are, too, I'd opine!
Check out the "Frankenfest" gatherings (begun by the late Frank Carpenter) held a couple of times a year in Central MA (usually)!
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....fest-saturday-march-10-2018-sutton-ma.795147/

You also may find NEARC and NEAR-Fest of interest :)
www.nearc.net
http://www.near-fest.com/

and, of course, from May to October, the Sunday swapmeets at MIT in the People's Republic of Cambridge, MA...
http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit/ (hmmm...)
 
CT River "upper valley" -- none too far from Hanover.
Gorgeous part of the world (the whole dang state -- with the possible exception of the "Suburban Boston" part

In full disclosure, we retired up here from Boston "MetroWest" (Harvard, MA)... but my wife's parents lived up here for a couple of decades after they retired -- so I don't quite feel like a flatlander here.

Quite a few MA/NH/VT AK members -- a fine lot of louts they (we) are, too, I'd opine!
Check out the "Frankenfest" gatherings (begun by the late Frank Carpenter) held a couple of times a year in Central MA (usually)!
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....fest-saturday-march-10-2018-sutton-ma.795147/

You also may find NEARC and NEAR-Fest of interest :)
www.nearc.net
http://www.near-fest.com/

and, of course, from May to October, the Sunday swapmeets at MIT in the People's Republic of Cambridge, MA...
http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit/ (hmmm...)

Excellent!
 
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