Welcome newcomers!

Wotcha one and all, hopefully this forum will capture all that was best from GH. I am looking forward to some good discussions with you all.

My Kit at Zero Gain

Cheers

Jason

 

Woa !

Parallel dimension or what
You never now, B Tone might like Jazz in here

Good too see/hear the ship is still sailing albeit under different captaincy.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean, if a system (especially CD based) can't play my favourite 80s tracks then its failed. Lots of "tune" interest to follow too, eh?

It's always occured to me how much in common some of the classic 80s acts have in common with classical music i.e. that they have at least some idea of how to really develop a tune (or idea) as well as the harmonic interest.

 

Congratulations Michael and thank-you.

All looks strangely familiar doesn't it, like we've slipped into a parallel universe.

Cheers

 

Wonderfully familiar and kudos to Michael for opening the bar so quickly ! Many thanks.

No change in my system since the old Groovehandle days but upgrades will happen as and when affordable (or when I delude myself into thinking they're affordable ) CD and pre in no particular order.

Musical tastes for me anything with passion and feeling from grunge, orchestral (romantic/ early 20thC), opera, late 60/70/80's rock and cheese (is this a new genre definition?)/ 90's rock/ HM / punk / bit of jazz/ bit of funk/ bit of rap. I do however struggle with country (although Lucinda Williams does come close I suppose) and most current "manufactured" pop. Overall though I guess I always feel most connected with 70's rock - the music of my youth

Anyway hi to all, let the future commence !

 

Cheers dude! Another 80s fan then - sweet!

New Order are credible though...

Mind you, every time I hear SOS, Poison arrow, All of my heart, The look of love, The night you murdered love etc, I get a huge rush and a big cheesy grin - something about those phat 80s synth lines and overproduction really cuts through the modern synth pop drivel we get these days!

You're right too - 80s tunes are surprisiingly hard to get right on a system - any sibilance or thin-ness REALLY makes them sound bad.

I wish they'd issue all the early NOW CDs again as doubles, to match the vinyl versions...

 

gentlemen

good morning

 

Dom, did they not do something like this back in about 94/95 when they issued them all as double CD compilations for the years e.g. Now.....1990/1991/1992 etc. ?

I remember my sister having the 1990 one and it was excellent; "Dub be good to me" and "Nothing compares 2 U" were some of the standouts. Not exactly the same as the original compilations but a good compendium for that kind of music.

Surely loads available s/h .

 

Hi, chaps and chapesses.

Come on! move along there and give us some elbow room.


Oh yes and thanks for the life raft, rats leaving a sinking ship and all that.

 

Morning... It even smells the same here...

 

I'll put my hand up as another 80's cheese merchant. There are clearly more of us than we thought. Perhaps we need a dodgy handshake to identify each other.

AFAIK, Dom has been the only one to 'come out'. But with lordsummit's revelation, I feel more comfortable owning up to this personality defect.

It's no good, Dom, trying to rationalise the stuff in terms of the production values and equipment used. Cheese is cheese. My wife can't stand the stuff although I sometimes catch her bopping along to a bit of Alison Moyet...

Perhaps we should start an 80's cheese thread in the music room.

reg

 

yea its all that 80's cheese

 

ROTFLMAO

Michael.

 

Hi All

Another Groovehandle refuge.

System
Rega P3/Dynavector 10x/Creek phono stage
Arcam Cd72/Tag DAC20
Arcam A85/P85
PMC FB1's

Various bits of string tying it all together and a wobbly rack to stick it all on.

Music, anything involving guitars from the mid 60's onwards.

A bit like when at Groovehandle, I won't be joining in the rack wars or dissing stuff I've never heard, but on the odd occasion I can chip, or have something to say I will.

Nice one MichAEl.

timbo

 

Reg, I feel the closet is widening

 

Blimey. Not you as well Tony?

reg

 

hello everyone

Hi all. Another welcome hi fi forum. Look forward to reading/contributing.
Lots of silver bumper Naim stuff with Linn.

Bob

 

Welcome Bob! - Are you a refugee from GrooveHandle aswell or really new (if you don't mind my asking)? If you are "really new" then you're probably the first true new member we have! In which case, I'd be interested to know how you heard about this place for the benefit of future recruiting campaigns

Michael.

 

hi fi forum

Michael
I'm an ex Groovehandler, current PFMer and Naim lurker!

Bob

 

Hi you guys!

My musical taste started out with electronica and new vaew circa 1979 and this is still with me. Am now more into 70's disco (BeeGees, Tavares, Jacksons, Shalamar etc) and lots of jazz funk from 70s 80s and 90s. Really into people like Herbie Hanock, Chick Corea, Al Dimeola, Paco de Lucia, Stevie Wonder who are all virtuosos. Am also into lounge, the grooners like Tony (not WM) and Frank etc and the Jazz legends. Stray off into classical occasionally and hoping that Graham N can educate me beyond Motzart and Bach which my mother brought me up on. Am also into a lot of more recemt stuff like Air because the have the same keyboards as me and write the same stuff (did i tell you that I have a recording studio with lots of vintage stuff?), Mirwais, Daft Punk, Steps (that was a joke) the latest Blondie stuff is great, Formica Blues, Mark de Clive-Lowe (absolutely brillant dance/jazz album and he bought my old ARP synth), Badly drawn boy, etc etc etc. Pretty much everything unless it it thrash.

DominicT