Naim Solstice officially unveiled . . .
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wylton
Naim and Mana member
If the Solstice is as good as Half Man Half Biscuit, them we should probably form an orderly queue!
How many 16s do you have?
At the last count zero, though I may have missed one in my haste to be a clever b'stard!
sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
That's a HMHB song title if ever there was one
bob atherton
pfm Member
Actually , with inflation, it come to under 1000 UKP. Yawn away though. Glad my post gave you an afternoon nap..
That's not the point. What you do is play records at the wrong speed, the Beatles become Pinky & Perky. Gives you a whole new record collection.
Ptah
pfm Member
Jim Reeves
wylton
Naim and Mana member
We're going way off subject here, but a lot of records don't state which speed they are meant to be played at & with electronic music, there is no point of reference to guide you, hence why John Peel often got it wrong on occasions. Quite often, I'll check on Discogs & maybe even play one of the videos just to make sure, but in case anybody is taking this too seriously, 33 & 45 is sufficient!
Tony L
Administrator
There are a fair few records where the speed even varies side to side, e.g. Aphex Twin’s Drukqs, which really should come with an instruction manual. I suspect I’ve not played it at the correct speed yet. The recent Sarathay Korwar direct cut 2xLP threw me too as the last side is 45rpm. That’s a great sounding record, as is everything on Nightdreamer. The first 2xLP Classic Records Kind Of Blue has side 4 at 45 too.
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sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
I've got a couple of Faust white labels for which I've never been able to work out which speed is the right one.
Interesting. My take is that if you can't decide whether or not the music you are listening to is at the right or wrong speed, that's probably music I don't want to be listening to anyway!
Is that good or bad? :0.
Is that good or bad? :0.
Darren L
Egalitarian
Yes, my brother and I really enjoyed doing that when we were kids, playing the few awful records my parents owned at incorrect speeds on the 'gramophone' which was a teak sideboard with a record player, a radio and one oval/oblong speaker. I remember 33,45,and 78 settings but don't recall a 16.
99% of my records are 33 1/3 , I have a few 45s, but mostly Lps cut at 45 and only a handful of 12" singles.
Tony L
Administrator
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wylton
Naim and Mana member
Is it asking too much though, for the plant to print 33 or 45 on the label (hint, I can feel a new thread coming on)?
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Tony L
Administrator
It is down to the label designer/artist, and it annoys me how few do given it is far from set in stone that an ‘album’ is 33 and a ‘single’ is 45. It took me a bit of time to figure out what speed to play the new RSD Nubya Garcia remix 12” at as that’s another one (it’s 45).
Beobloke
pfm Member
They should have called it the Naim Schrodinger..
Darren L
Egalitarian
Do LP12/Aro users typically use the plinth as a resting place when cueing the tonearm? The tall platter on the Naim turntable would make manual cueing a challenge if a resting place to steady the hand was necessary.
Why would a resting place for the hand be necessary to cue a tonearm?