{"id":26159,"date":"2022-05-25T19:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=26159"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:56:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:56:48","slug":"sound-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=26159","title":{"rendered":"Sound thoughts………..,"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jack Graham my teaching partner and dear friend is a former, killer trumpet player with credits like playing for such luminaries as Frank Sinatra and many others! \u00a0Jack is a real audiophile, I’m just a music lover! \u00a0When I’m not shooting or teaching, or writing or doing honey do’s around the house, I retreat to my listening room for some music! \u00a0Jack recently insisted I get a turntable and get into vinyl, he is really in to vinyl….. around \u00a01,000 albums into vinyl! He has a great youtube channel called Straight Talk With Jack<\/strong> <\/span>all about music and mostly vinyl! So when I wouldn’t buy a turntable, (I knew where it would lead!) he sent me one, what a friend!? \u00a0So I’m up to around 40 albums and I wanted to share what I’ve learned! \u00a0Jack is a classically trained musician. I’m a hack that loves all kinds of music, symphonic to rock, bluegrass to Sinatra and everything in between! \u00a0My system is a mix of old and new stuff and not hardly “audiophile grade stuff either”. \u00a0My old speakers are Polk SDA2 giant floor standers from the 80’s, the small ones are newly acquired Elac Reference Debut bookshelf units that sound fantastic but can’t match the Polks!<\/p>\n

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My amp is a NAD and I have two CD players, an old Sony ES model from the 80’s and a new Rotel Tribute, they both sound equally good, hard to beat CDs! \u00a0Jack sent me a Audio Technica turntable with a Ortofon Red cartridge the sounds great! \u00a0Thanks Jack…… really was very nice of you! \u00a0Speaking of CD’s I have well over a thousand! \u00a0The shelf unit between the speakers is my complete collection of 50’s-60’s rock n roll. \u00a0The large cabinet below is all the rest!<\/p>\n

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This room used \u00a0to be a projection room where I taught classes and produced slide shows in the film days with old slide projectors, remember those!?<\/p>\n

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So back to vinyl, I’m enjoying it very much but I think it is more about the experience than anything. \u00a0They are lot more trouble, cleaning dusting, proper storage, the liner notes and that awesome analog sound are some of the reasons people love them. \u00a0I don’t love the pops and cracks but I do have to say it is kind of romantic spinning old albums, and listening to the whole side at a sitting! \u00a0The analog sound is different, not better, but different and it is vey nice to enjoy! \u00a0I am trying to stop buying albums when my box (which holds 50) is full, pray for me!!!!!!<\/p>\n

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Thanks Jack for re-introducing me to the joy of relaxing to some great music, I’ll loan you any of my extensive Kenny G collection anytime you would like!! \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0Inside joke between Jack and I!!!!!<\/p>\n

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Smiles, giggles and blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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