Demagnetising LP's & cd's

Fnuckle said:
I had one who praised a distributor who used to get people to march up and down listening to a recording of a military band playing Sousa's The Thunderer, and refused to let anyone play their own records. He said we should do the same.
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It would have been more fitting if he'd used 'The Liberty Bell' by Sousa!
 
blackdog,
the best years were in the 70's early 80's, each demo room had it's own personal bar for cutomers "free of charge" relax, taking on all hi-fi that was there to be listen to , all city boys as we were based in high holborn, they used to bring a small joint and at the end of the listening session they would leave a blank chq signed and the equipment they chose to buy, ahhh those days.
 
We did much the same here at a friend's hifi shop. He stocked what seemed to be every micro-brew made at the time and all had a standing invitation to stop by on Fridays after work and solve the world's problems. Much like a local pub only your money wasn't good here with beer as it was free;-)
 
blackdog said:
We did much the same here at a friend's hifi shop. He stocked what seemed to be every micro-brew made at the time and all had a standing invitation to stop by on Fridays after work and solve the world's problems. Much like a local pub only your money wasn't good here with beer as it was free;-)
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Now that's how to make a successful hi-fi shop. Until you realise you are spending £2,000 a week on beer, all your staff are alcoholics and the demonstration room always smells of vomit.

Personally, hi-fi stores could do well pushing the 'man creche' concept. Tie it in with a fashion shop in town, give the wives vouchers for their men that they can redeem at another shop. The first one to do it would get a lot of good local press.

There! I've given the hi-fi industry a good marketing idea that's cheap, and guaranteed to bring in local press coverage. All they need is a TV with Sky Sports, a beer fridge and the stones to make it happen.

Bet it won't!
 
Fnuckle said:
Now that's how to make a successful hi-fi shop. Until you realise you are spending £2,000 a week on beer, all your staff are alcoholics and the demonstration room always smells of vomit.
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Sounds like the Sound Org circa 1985 :)
 
LOL...we had regulars in no time at all ;-)

Most spent *all* of their money at this shop on gear as well. Definitely proved the old saying for me that people buy from folks they like. Probably didn't hurt that we carried a wide range of products like Wadia, Krell, Naim, Merdian, VAC, Wilson, Platinum Audio and Exposure.
 
Fnuckle said:
I had one who praised a distributor who used to get people to march up and down listening to a recording of a military band playing Sousa's The Thunderer, and refused to let anyone play their own records. He said we should do the same.
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I reckon that was probably Frederick Fennel conducting the Eastman Wind Orchestra.

It was released on the 'Mercury Living Presence' label.

It was one of the finest 1950's recordings ever made, and still sounds wonderful today imo. :)

It was transferred to CD very well too. The original recording engineer came out of retirement to do it, to make sure it wasn't spoiled by the transcription. They had to completely re-build the original recorders, to be able to re-play the master tapes correctly.

JC
 
Seconded...everything tried from the remastered Living Presence catalogue on CD is superb. Fantastic performances and incredible sound (realistic as opposed to spectacular.)

Starker's rendition of Bach's Cello Suites is a personal favorite.
 
Actually Jim those are the old ones I had before the ES`14's, I've actually recently picked up a pair of Focal Be 1027's.

Not sure they are right for the room though.
 

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