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looks and feels great now!

lol .. i thought my sarcasm would come through. it was an attempt at humor. swing and a miss.

please go back this timeline cannot take any more drastic life-changing events like psynews changing theme was talking a walk and could not for the fuck of me even log in. there was no button to do it! had to switch to desktop mode to barely see a faint grey login. then when i switched back from desktop mode the fucker wanted me to login again. do we really need all that stress in the midst of this corona crisis!

it's rolled up foils in an electrolyte liquid that goes dry after 10-50 years or so. Edit: the liquid inside is sometimes water based, sometimes its made up of boric acid and ethylene. but there's not a lot of liquid in there. Basically it's just moist. That's what she said.

thats awesome to read! very happy that youre happy with your purchases of 2nd hand stuff they can easily outclass alot of new gear with almost no money spent.

Replacing / upgrading caps can be a great idea for any peice of gear really, every 20 or so years. Good advice. Luckily it's very cheap and very easy to do. Just get new caps with same specs and you're good to go. There should be a few places selling them online in whatever country you're in. Something like 0-2 eur each. Which reminds me to swap the caps on my Philips as well as that probably hasn't been done in some 40 or so years

some more 90s shit

seems like it should be a great setup!! i really hope you are happy with your purchase. I dont see how i wouldnt be, with those things. But its all really alot of chance - to happen to grab something you really like. I probably had way too many setups before i found the perfect one for me, but theres always a ceiling, and theres always something better. so thats a good mindset to get rid of. you wont get any more satisfaction from something better- thats just a trap. Thats why I went with an old late 70s amp and some passive 90s monitors for my setup. Really no sense in trying to find something better. At least not with any sort of reasonable pricepoint. And money is ofc always the issue, for most people. Would i like to upgrade my ur22 to an apollo twin? would i like a pair of active genelecs? yes. but since thats not a reasonable quest i wont even set my mind there. tape can sound better than any cd can too, a great metal tape recorded from a cd, will end up sounding better than the cd :p just cause it adds a bit of subtle warmth and dulls out the sharpness a bit.

recently bought the upgrade from 9.5 artist to 10.5 pro. didnt look back! been using the stuff since forever.

samples are really sweet, wish you all the best of luck!

@GeorgeMoonstoneD your opinion is very valuable and interesting. but here is how youre wrong. filteria is on the same label as this xenomorph track you just said was offensive to have been compared to. which is ironic- theyre on the same label - filteria uses almost 100% the same gear that was used in the 90s - how is that not goa? how is that not just a natural progression of music - turned into neo goa - a beautiful high production standard genre. What is not goa about that. There are dozens more aritsts in the new goa style that are absolutely incredible at the music they do - and you diss them all by saying its not even goa. many of those artists (filteria, mindsphere) uses the same gear as used back in "the day" where you are somehow stuck. You said you were offended by the comparison between Filteria and Xenomorph. well Im offended by that statement, you just offended filteria, fans, and suntrip as a label. You basically said 99% of their catalogue is "not goa". That is pretty offensive if you ask me.

Sure, technics is fine when it comes to amps! Cd players too. What model is it of the technics? I'm familiar with a dozen or so models. I'm just curious since I love that stuff..

man. i feel you. life is a rough one atm.

someone just needs to get the ball rolling i guess

Cool, what kind of amp did you find? I have an old Philips one myself currently, think its from early 80s or late 70s dont remember. while its slightly noisy on loud volume it is really great stuff. Got it for 19 eur https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_amplifier_f4122_00_00s_05_05s.html

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Doesnt really matter much. Theres about a milion models from different makers that sounds allright. So any brand really (id stay clear of the really cheap stuff though. The plastic stuff that barely weighed anything - that is really not something i would recommend); that has a form factor you like with the desired inputs and not much more extra that you dont need. Goes for pretty much both integrated amps and cd players. If youre not comfortable buying either from 2nd hand shops or ebay or similar; and checking up on each model youre looking at to see if its suits you, then its probably easier to spend a fortune and get the best right out the gate. Like a studio grade interface with a pair of modern active monitors. but theres tons of charm with an old hifi system, but i suppose you have to find that thing sort of fun, in order to get good deals and get the stuff you really want. Theres a bit of legwork behind it. And if you plan to play records then its pretty much a must have. Otherwise youd have to buy a seperate phono pre-amp and connect that directly to your interface; which ofc is a very valid option too, and something that many producers sampling from vinyl; opt to do. However thats not really the category I see this thread in; and what i really would recommend is to spend that bit of time, on ebay or similar; and get some great old stuff and have fun with it.

Since you wanna connect your turntable, I'd recommend you find an old integrated amp from the 70s, 80s as those generally tend to have better phono preamps built in than some of the 90s models have. You could find a great one for 25-50 eur. Downside is they have a larger noise floor than the modern stuff. I'd also find a cheap old Cd player from the 90s, and some passive 4-8 ohm speakers (preferably monitors, if you can find a good pair, as a linear frequency response is more pleasant) Then you'd be set, and you wouldn't spend hardly anything and you would be reusing someone's fully functioning old gear. There's honestly not many modern new options that would sound better than this, unless you wanna spend 50-100x that. edit: i have since 3.5 years worked at a large 2nd hand shop, at the electronics dept. So for the past years ive done nothing but testing + refurbishing, pricing, and selling old vintage stuff that people turn in. Plus Ive always been a hifi geek since i was little, so i have some slight credential on the matter :p Its not until you get to the modern NADs that you really start to outclass the old stuff. And even then i would pick a 70/80s amp any day of the week over one of the new ones! This is a hifi/turntable/cd setup Im talking about just to be clear.

great insightful stuff there mikro! Thanks for typing all that up, really valuable information.

What you liked is what is on Daze Heliopolis and sky input were just demos. Don't get me wrong, rotate to vibrate still kills me, but was not until Daze he made a huge impact, and probably is to new school what etnica was to the old.