Hello Vinylheads!
Received a PM from meprateek (Prateek) that he was in Ranchi, his hometown and we were quick enough to fix a time for next evening to meet up at my place. We both were excited and looking forward to meeting each other in person; people who share a common, but relatively rare interest (at least for Ranchi) of Vinyls.
Let me also add that Prateek's elder brother himself is a vinyl enthusiast and thankfully he also accompanied Prateek to my place.
We listened to a few LPs like Hum Kisise Kam Nahin, Dire Straits, Aandhi on my primary set up which is the Technics. We shared stories of what brings us to vinyl. For me, it was my father, for Prateek, probably that role was played by his elder brother. I guess it because of the enthusiasm by which he spoke about how he used to buy LPs in Ranchi back in those days. He recounted that how in the vinyl's hey days, records would be placed in the shelves of shops along with a record player. How they would pick one and play it on the record player kept for checking the records. He faintly remembered the LPs to be costing anything in between Rs. 30/- to Rs. 45/- (Rs. 45 for supreme quality).
Apart from the Technics set up, we tried dwelling in to real nostalgia by playing my Dad's HMV Fiesta (1975). The song 'Tera Jana' from Anari EP played flawlessly and we admired that how these old LPs sound amazingly good & warm on the modest Fiesta! In fact, a newer and technically better Philips 633 Stereo record player sounded thinner as compared to the completely wooden Fiesta.
I also wanted to play the Philips 832, but due to non-usage, its tonearm was not moving freely and hence, we could not make it sing. However, it was repaired later in the night.
We had a look at the entire collection (which of course is not large by any means).
I guess, I will have more to share...I am invited at his place for this evening! Prateek has a Technics SL-1210 and a collection of about 400 LPs. I am not sure if I will have my hands on the 1210 as it is still packed, but surely will have a look at the LPs.
Thanks for looking friends!
Will update as & when the meet progresses.
Regards,
Saket
Received a PM from meprateek (Prateek) that he was in Ranchi, his hometown and we were quick enough to fix a time for next evening to meet up at my place. We both were excited and looking forward to meeting each other in person; people who share a common, but relatively rare interest (at least for Ranchi) of Vinyls.
Let me also add that Prateek's elder brother himself is a vinyl enthusiast and thankfully he also accompanied Prateek to my place.
We listened to a few LPs like Hum Kisise Kam Nahin, Dire Straits, Aandhi on my primary set up which is the Technics. We shared stories of what brings us to vinyl. For me, it was my father, for Prateek, probably that role was played by his elder brother. I guess it because of the enthusiasm by which he spoke about how he used to buy LPs in Ranchi back in those days. He recounted that how in the vinyl's hey days, records would be placed in the shelves of shops along with a record player. How they would pick one and play it on the record player kept for checking the records. He faintly remembered the LPs to be costing anything in between Rs. 30/- to Rs. 45/- (Rs. 45 for supreme quality).
Apart from the Technics set up, we tried dwelling in to real nostalgia by playing my Dad's HMV Fiesta (1975). The song 'Tera Jana' from Anari EP played flawlessly and we admired that how these old LPs sound amazingly good & warm on the modest Fiesta! In fact, a newer and technically better Philips 633 Stereo record player sounded thinner as compared to the completely wooden Fiesta.
I also wanted to play the Philips 832, but due to non-usage, its tonearm was not moving freely and hence, we could not make it sing. However, it was repaired later in the night.We had a look at the entire collection (which of course is not large by any means).
I guess, I will have more to share...I am invited at his place for this evening! Prateek has a Technics SL-1210 and a collection of about 400 LPs. I am not sure if I will have my hands on the 1210 as it is still packed, but surely will have a look at the LPs.
Thanks for looking friends!
Will update as & when the meet progresses.
Regards,
Saket
