What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?

[shane]

I like the random pocket watch at bang on midday.

[Mike H]

I was going to ask ..... stopwatch?

[shane]

I thought that, but it looks to me that it has two hands.

[shane]

[Ant]

Prelude to ecstacy - last dinner party

This popped up in the editors recommended bit on tidal, this is their debut but it does not sound like a debut at all. Never heard of them but ive had to have a good read about them, i was rather impressed

Peacemaker - vera solo

[Dave the bass]

Sorry for the delay, we've been away.

(Can we have a tour of all your boxes with knobs and labels? Looks fascinating.)

Yes, though its not very exciting!
Top box is a source and output selector, HA = Headphone Amp, PA = Power Amp, SB = Squeezebox and PH = Phono.
Big box below is a stereo Sowter TVC.


Cinemag switchable SUTs for DL103r with DIY'd WD Phono 3 in background, PSU is a valve rectified and regulated in a separate box that was part of the 1st phono stage I brought to my 1st Eggborough (RIP)...


Julie's Grandad's pocket watch is there for no reason other than I like it.

[simon]

Top notch Dave! I award you the DIY Extreme Merit Award.

How do you like the Sowter TVCs?

[gninnam]

Submotion Orchestra – Colour Theory


Label: Counter Records – COUNT076
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 4 Mar 2016
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Downtempo, Future Jazz

[Ant]

Eels - extreme witchcraft

[Ant]

Fleet foxes - shore

[Dave the bass]

Top notch Dave! I award you the DIY Extreme Merit Award.

How do you like the Sowter TVCs?

Thank you very much. "I'd like to thank my support team, the pub, the local cafe, my publicist... "

Apart from a range of shunted and un-shunted pots I've got nothing else to compare it too tbh, its the only TVC I own. It just 'works' like a stepped volume control should which is fine. Changing volume can cause temporary instability in my power amp I noticed many years ago. Our-Nick pointed out it could be acting as a tank circuit iirc, when the trappings are changed a pulse sets of LF oscillation but it reduces (Edit. 'damps', thats a better word maybe) very quickly. I only noticed it because the ammeters on the PSUs supplying the pre and power stages would flicker slightly.

I live with it.

[The Stratmangler]

John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)
Qobuz 24/96 FLAC streaming

[The Stratmangler]

Larry Coryell - Lady Coryell (1969)
Qobuz 16/44.1 FLAC streaming

[gninnam]

Betty Wright – Danger High Voltage

Label: RCA – SF 8408
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1974
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul, Disco

[Ant]

Reign in blood - slayer