My Vintage Hi-Fi Set Up & What It Shares with Paul McCartney & Jimi Hendrix
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One of the questions I'm most often asked is what gear do I use to listen to Beatles music on? So in this video we tell you all the details, from turntables to tape. We also reveal the fascinating history behind our red telephone.
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Thank you!
Ah, 8 track!.. My brother bought a Vauxhall Viva with an 8 track, which unfortunately had a copy of John Lennons Rock and Roll album jammed in it which he was never able to remove. After 14 months of having this only to listen to, it's an album that he can't bear listening to today!
During the 1960s, all of my original Beatles records (and all my pop records from the 60s) were played on a vintage HMV portable mono record player. It was heavy and had a very unique smell of wood, rubber and hot valves (tubes). This was "the family record player" which my father (and only my father) would operate for an evening of listening to music. During one of these music sessions, my dad would ask "would you like me to play your Beatles LP now?" Such anticipation and excitement! Then in the early 1970s my parents bought me my own record player which, oddly enough, is the exact suitcase model shown early on in your video playing those Beatles EPs!
Great memories, Simon!
Loved this different style video, Andrew! Looking forward to more Beatles stuff in the future videos too!
Again, you gave a great presentation on why I prefer to just listen to everything on CD. Listening to my CD with the Atmos versions of Beatles albums like the white album is a revelation. I am just so satisfied with that and I don’t think I will ever return to vinyl because it’s just too expensive and it takes up too much room in any place.
I am very short of space so I completely understand.
And I am very short on money so I understand too. 😄
... Whereas I'm just SHORT!
One of the things that make your videos a pleasure to watch, Andrew, is that you speak about things with such genuine joy. Even in a video about equipment! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I used to record 60s vinyl onto reel to reel and play it back on my Dad's Elizabethan tape deck. Although it was mono the combination of the original revirdings and the amplifier in the tape machine is still some of the best i have ever heard.
I love reel to reel machines! I have four at the moment and I use them regularly to listen to music. I also have many records and cassettes too, but for some reason my preferred format is always open reel.
Poor CD's just get no love anymore. They're forced to eat at the small table with the children and are only allowed to nibble on stale leftovers. They've been overrun by both the future (streaming) and the past (vinyl). They're lost souls out of time wandering through a loveless universe.
I remember watching your episode on the unboxing of Mr. Wilson's personal vinyl collection. I was pleased to discover that he held no apparent grudges against them for having mentioned him in the lyrics for 'Taxman' (smiles): As evidenced by the fact that he personally owned several of their albums. 'Revolver' being one amongst them, if I remember correctly.
Aside, as a former projectionist, I love how you keep using the cigarette burns.
Another fine video, Andrew. Knocked out of the ballpark ⚾️ Love hearing your stories, and have a great new week 😊👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Hoping for some gear guidance… I would love to have an audiophile set up with vintage equipment… but for space and cord-cutting reasons we have a more compact set up. I listen to my Beatles vinyl on a Pro-Ject turntable, with built-in pre-amp that connects into Sonos Play 5 Speaker. It’s just one speaker with full sound but I’m wondering if I should get a 2nd Sonos speaker for the full effect of Left-Right channel separation. Also, I no longer have a CD player but would like to get one to play my Beatles Mono CD Box Set! Any suggestions on a CD player without being able to connect to my Sonos?
i use hydraulic reference turntable SME 3009 mk2 arm been re-wired ptf silver wire Shure V15mk3
Even though I've upgraded turntables over the decades I will still whip out the Shure V15 III. I Currently use a Technics 1210GR w/ a dozen different carts even a couple of MC carts. The Shure can still hold its own to them all. There's just something about it , has that vintage sound. When used w/ my integrated tube amp, its back to the 70's !
I would love to spend time in your listening room fiddling with your gadgets and making you squeamish while I switch out carts and records
I always preferred the sound of quarter-inch tape, and in fact learned to edit tape at the age of ten. It just sounds better than anything with a stylus. Especially tapes recorded at no less than 15 inches per second… but I always liked “studio speed” - 30 inches per second. A high speed like that gives you a much better signal-to-noise ratio than anything slower. But unless you have the equipment to record tapes at that high a speed, you’re out of luck.
I have a G36. I love it. I also have a late 50s Ferrograph and a Nagra 4 TC (time code) stereo reel to reel. I like vinyl best of all, but reel to reel is great fun.
Omg.. What a nice peace of a turntable... Lovely... A must have... Peace to all
I grew up in the 60s with reel to reel and vinyl. I became a musician and started recording on reel to reel. It was a fantastic medium….still is.
My mate had an 8 track in the back of his Trojan bubble car.
One day, we were speeding along the road listening to ELP when the 8 track decided to self-destruct filling the bubble with smoke. Well, who could blame it really.
Beautiful gear. Every format is able to reach its full potential.
I have long despised 8-tracks (mainly for the re-sequencing and split songs) but now I want to hear those EMI 8-tracks on a good deck!
My dad had a Garrard turntable that he bought in the 1960's. He had it until 2004 when he died. We listened to alot of James Last on that turntable and he would let us listen to our Beatles and ELO records my brother and I. He also had an Ampex stereo tape recorder but he didn't use it much to listen music. When we were lads, he recorded me singing and my brother playing guitar. But it broke after a while and my dad never thought of fixing it. Great video Andrew as usual. Cheers from Quebec Canada !
What model was that Ampex?
@@edryba4867 I don't really recall sorry ! I would have to look at old photos of our living room to see if I could notice what model it was !
When you say 'we', is Parlogram a team? I was always under the impression it was just you.
Hi Andrew another great video mate! Like you I still have my vinyl,cassettes,reel to reel gear.BTW have you heard anyhing about Let it Be coming out on Disney/Blu Ray?I notice the Beatles website has a teaser screen up at the moment.
You should have heard the news by now 😉
I too have a Revox A77 mk4, a high speed B77 and a G36. Interestingly the Revox G36 is a rare high speed version, which will run at 15ips. Out of the 3 reel to reel machines I find find that the G36 has the best sound, even though it is the oldest.
Yep , I had the same , regrettably sold the G36 and now have the A77 and B77 , plus my Uher 4200 report stereo
Fascinating video, especially loved Harold Wilson's pipe (and phone) - wow
Utterly fascinating, Andrew. I'm always fond of backstories of any kind, and this one definitely did not disappoint. I found the Harold Wilson red phone/pipe story particularly interesting. I have all the gear one needs to do the job, but it's definitely more utilitarian than your amazing collection.
Glad you enjoyed it, Pete!
Finnish band Blues Section's song from 1967 "Please Mr Wilson" is written about him
That’s a lovely audio set up - I also like vintage turntables - mine is a 1969 Thorens TD-165, originally bought by my dad - it is currently still on its original Shure cartridge, but I will be changing to a Nagaoka MP-110 at some point this year - I think 55 years is old enough for a cartridge!. I also use a 1984 Marantz CD 54 player (based on one of Philips’ first transports), and a set of late 80s Rogers speakers. I have a LEAK amplifier which is in desperate need of a recap, but sadly unlike your vintage amp, mine doesn’t work at all now! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your set up, Simon!
Ah, ah, Mr. Wilson©
Thanks for another great episode, Andrew. As someone born in the same generation, I grew up with most of the same media technology as you did and I must say I am very impressed with your current analogue sound system, especially the way you have carefully chosen your turntable and amp/pre-amp. (And, as a Yank who has always been fascinated by British politics and the UK Labour Party, I was delighted by the origin story of the red telephone.) I, too, remain fascinated by analogue sound technology, especially tape-based systems: 8-track cartridges, cassette tapes - but I never knew anyone with a reel-to-reel tape deck. I am fifty-two years old and I have lived in five major USA cities and I have never seen a reel-to-reel tape deck in anyone’s home. Yes, there were some USA households who owned them, but they were mainly the province of high-income households. As a result, I never got to see them in operation with my own eyes and ears. (Yes, you are correct: I subscribe to the Techmoan RUclips channel as well as Parlogram).
But there is one analogue technology I did use when I was young and always found frustrating: vinyl records. Why? Scratches. Skips. Short playback time (30 minutes a side). Comparatively low dynamic range. Vinyl records I like mainly for the larger artwork. But people listen to them for two reasons, I think.
One is the joy of great analogue sound. In 1981, my family purchased a high-end Hitachi component system: receiver, turntable, cassette deck, two terrific speakers and set of Koss stereo headphones. Despite my frustrations with vinyl, my mother’s three Beatles Capitol vinyl albums (Meet the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Rubber Soul) and my 1980/1981 copy of the Magical Mystery Tour album sounded magnificent, especially when listening through the Koss stereophones. The other reason is to experience the music the same way as the performers did when they recorded their great works.
As for myself, I love compact discs, 4K Blu-ray and rest of the digital revolution (for physical media, that is). My audio/visual system is purely digital: a Sony Bravia 4K smart TV, a Sony 5.1.4 Atmos soundbar with a subwoofer and Atmos surround speakers, a Sony 4K Blu-ray player, a Samsung 4K Blu-ray player (with a program play function - it’s better than the Sony model for playing CDs), and a Sony Bluetooth speaker for the bedroom. If only 5.1 technology was available in the 1960s - just think of what more The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who would have given us!
Looking forward to hearing about this gear Andrew, as fascinating as the music played on it. While you switch on the turntables and tape machines....I'll switch on the kettle!
Dear Andrew. Thanks for the Video. You do not mention a mono cartridge. How do you listen to your monos?
I use the 'Y' cable method which I demonstrate it in this video: ruclips.net/video/qxYPz6s3QeY/видео.htmlsi=4WYzypzPjLVl7XyG&t=1453
Loved the story about Harold Wilson's telephone, Andrew! Fascinating to see the equipment you play your records on!
Glad you enjoyed it, Nick!
On the reel to reel bit, the prices truly were insane if you think about it. Personally I got a grundig TK-41 a few years ago. I was doing research on it and found it cost nearly a hundred quid! (1962/63)
So two thousand and a bit today!
My first record players were Motorola and Magnavox. In the 70s I bought a component set. I'm still using a Sony system from the early 90s with a Denon turntable. Alas, the tape deck stopped working and the CD player has gone wonky. All my cassette players conked out and one of them ate my tapes. I gave the rest away. If I could time travel, I'd go back to the 70s, 80s and 90s and stock up on electronics. I've always wondered about the phone. I, too, have a red rotary, which I finally had to replace because it would no longer connect with building's intercom. I'm going to check out that Wilson unboxing.
I had a bunch of eight track tapes I haven’t had a blank a track tape but my favorite tape would have to because it takes I a couple of years ago I ordered from Amazon two of my all-time favorite contacts my second favorite number two would be the TDK blank cassette tapes and then my number one will always be max cells blank cassette tapes those are 120 minute blank cassette tapes each which is great because I can record a whole album and not have the music cut off once the tape ends. there is something wonderful and very magical about hearing the history of the cassette tape and also hearing the wonderful warm sound of vinyl which is great. then when I got into cassettes I’ve had Cassatt since I was a little kid I got into CDs back in the early 1990s and then I got into vinyl records which I still love and a couple of years ago back in 2018 I got onto 78th and I have a Victrola a wind up record player from 1926. I never get tired of cassettes CDs and vinyl I’ve never heard of real to reel tapes I should check them out. I loved your history of your gear set up that was a fantastic video
I’ve had a lot of record players in my time but I never had one with an amplifier or a receiver and I didn’t know that it would make such a big difference until one of my friends Todd gave me the techniques turntable and I would listen to the music with it it was great. unfortunately no technics turntable wasn’t working because I think the needle was worn out.
I bought one of my favorite turntables is the audio technic a 140 XP I love it because not only can I listen to all three speeds of records 4578 and 33s but I can listen to music backwards and reverse just by pressing the button and I love changing the tempo as the speed with the pitch slider which is pretty wide ranging to say the least.
Surprised you didn’t mention that “Mr. Wilson” was in the lyrics for Taxman. It’s probably obvious to your older UK viewers, but the reference may be something that non-UK listeners (especially younger fans) don’t get. 🙂
Congrats on 60 k, Andrew!
Thank you, Tony!
Garrard 401 on a custom plinth and metal knife-edged non-mproved SME 3009 arm👌🏼.. Jimi indeed rocked a 401.. Get an Ortofon SPU with appropriate Step Up Transformers..
Doing my childhood in the 1960s my parents had a box record player like that dorsette!!..and a Voice of Music 🎵🎶🎶 too
In the 60s we had Dansettes ruining records. Today we have Crosleys ruining records. 😂
With your amazing vinyl collection, I can't believe and understand the absence of a good monophonic cartridge in this equipment, just can't.
Fascinating video, though to me dangerously close to the Not the Nine O'Clock News Hi-fi sketch 🤣
Hey ANdrew, you should try to find a Casstette Version of Miller ANdersons LP : Bright City: it is on the Dream Label... ANd of course, I found a Once used By a radio station in pella Iowa version... the Lp is not a demo/promo... but, i f a radio station had the Lp ..... well then, it must be good right! I guess, you should find out! you might like it, I think you will!
$1k Pounds to Usd = $1,259.75 USD : I would love to have a R2R player and of course some tapes... blank tapes that is, as well as a record cutter. the record cutter is more of something to play with and find out how they work... IE: A tear down, without doing damage... if I could!
8tracks, are just R2R Tapes, you might want to copy them over to your pc if things turn in to Play Food!
Hiw about mini discs, I think they are great!
Sorry, never tried them.
Great setup, love the accuphase!! How do you rate Wharfedales as a speaker brand? I've some Glendale 3xps paired with a Technics sa-300l, which I'm sure is amateurish by most standards, but I was on a budget, and frankly I've been really impressed by the warm 70s sound :)
No mention of
"ha ha Mr Wilson!"?
(Were there any Beatles discs in his collection you bought?)
Really of all the doors cassettes other voices, cool setup though also when you were talking about the Harold Wilson phone I thought you’d talk about taxman and the 95% tax.
Happy Easter, Andrew 😊
Thank you, Riccardo! Same to you 😊
hi 12.5 and 14 inch are hard to find i do have 14 inch i have a jazzed up scully 280-14 i pulled apart note a 10.5 x1/2 is the same as a 14 inch in kgs
so i can use the otari mtr 12 spare motors i have and i copy the tec out of a tascam 38 that is very ill the main pcb is bad working how the tenson
and in sides work
never play a 14 inch tape with under powered motors you kill them dc motors have the kick the otari mtr 12 are far to power full far 12.5 x 1/2 reels
DANGER 100% you load the tape right leave the left side on out the deck can't see the tape and the reel motors go nuts full power
take your fingers of
Fascinating post. Your reference to the Dansette reminded me of my mother's old Pye suitcase style record player. I don't use any vintage equipment but I do have a spare Garrard 401 with an SME 3009 fixed headshell in the bedroom. I literally don't have the space to audition it.🤔
The thing about Pro-Ject turntables is that the manual armlift is stubby and dangerous to use for hand cueing. Americans are inveterate needle-droppers, and will not stand for effete Euro conventions in record playing.
Stop it!
People today don't forget about the music. We actually are into the music so much we care more about the sound now as well!!
Until I started buying CDs I always played records at home and made tapes from them for the car.
I never bought any prerecorded cassettes.
8-track was an anathema to me because it could not be rewound nor efficiently fast-forwarded.
Nice to see you showing off your gear Andrew. I was very fortunate to have older brothers who had good hi-fi gear back in the early to mid 70s so when the music bug bit me when I was about 12 I had access to their gear so my listening experiences were pretty good compared to my friends. It certainly rubbed off on me as I have owned a lot of good gear over the years, constantly searching for that elusive better sound.
Old turntables are the state of the art..I bought an old Akai 40 years ago and Ive been using it ever since
Great entertainment Andrew thanks. I thought you might have included how you clean your Reel to Reel tape heads, and demagnetise them once in a while. Next time?
I can't believe and understand the absence of a good monophonic cartridge.
Don't be too hasty to go 'recapping' that amp. Gear of this period rarely needs it , as the electrolytic caps hold up well. They are likely better than a lot of the stuff available today. There are a handful of known problem ones such as Roederstein and Frako brands, and the yellow semi transparent Rifa potted caps. But it is unwise to just replace all the caps based on hunches and guesswork as you will likely just introduce further problems. Faults can be traced with test gear and narrowed to a handful of suspects.
Besides 8-track players, you could also buy 8-track tape recorders as well. All the major tape companies, like Maxell, Memorex, BASF, etc. were making blank cartridges for 8-track. The issue with the blank cartridges was the amount of recording time on each program. If you bought a 60-minute blank cartridge, that would come out to four 15-minute programs. An 80 minute blank cartridge would give you four 20-minute programs. You would have to be especially aware of how long each song is in order to fit them within the amount of time on a program. A song like Hey Jude is just over seven minutes long. That would take up half of a program on a 60-minute blank 8-track.
My 8-track player records too!
you should be working with PAUL!!!
Amazing vintage gear, and nice video! I have a reasonably modern setup with bookshelf speakers, a 6 disc CD changer and a network streamer (plus an amp of course). Doesn't take up too much space, sounds great to me, and is a huge upgrade from the boomboxes that I grew up using.
interesting! i have a Linn Sondek LP12 / Ittok LVII with AT VM 95 SH with various NAD and Rega Brio amps, these handle all my vinyl albums old and new, and a Rotel Tribute CD player.
Thanks for sharing your set up!
hi my dad had a reel to reel in 1957 yes the price is right i saw the invoice in side the lid note i started having music on his deck till the power unit over heated
i was a eu make i love the decks because they were great to carry around with speaker in the front i have to do a video this year
i am now like that man in the ok with alot of decks SPACE is a thing why i slowed down alot i go after betacam as well
Nice work, Andrew, once again... Gee, you will a warehouse to carry all of this stuff!!! Thank you for sharing all of this wealth of knowledge.
Thanks Antonio. You're welcome!
hi wait for the playing of the pancake tape i bet you use 2 turn tables let's see a fun video i bet
No "Taxman" reference? That takes restraint!
When I saw the topic prior to watching the video I was thinking to myself good Lord this is going to be a boring video. But you really did a great job making an extremely interesting and I was riveted the entire time. Well done
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mary come and listen to this..
It's not the one Arthur Lee sang about then?
Great video. I assume this was the same Mr. Wilson referenced on "Taxman."
Yes it was!
Fantastic Andrew! Great to get an insight into your gear, thanks again for sharing.. 👍
My pleasure, Brian. Glad you enjoyed it!
Once again another great video. Very nice gear too.
Thanks again, John!
I appreciated your playback gear review Andrew.
I have a Thorens TD-121 transcription turntable. It’s actually a TD-124 but with 33.3 RPM only. It’s very much like your 401. I also use an SME 3009 arm and an
assortment of moving coil and moving magnet cartridges.
My phono preamps are valve which I designed and built.
My preamp and power amps are also all valve that I also built.
Speakers are Tannoy REDS, Altec Voice of the theater and several others.
I too have a Revox B77 and a Nakamuchi Dragon cassette deck.
I’m looking for a Garrard 301 or 401 tho refurbish!
Peace,
DrRick
Glad you enjoyed it, Dr RIck. Thanks for watching!
yes those UK REELS were in mono only. I don't know whether any artists were issued in stereo in the UK. I have 1 of my fav artist CONNIE FRANCIS sings MODERN ITALIAN HITS on MGM and at 3 3/4 ips.
Stereo reels didn't come out until 1968 in the UK, just before the format ended commercially in 1970. All were in 3 3/4ips only.
love reel to reel
Enjoyed this video immensely, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
Very interesting! Every time I watch a Parlogram video in future I will smile when I think about the phone!
Glad you enjoyed it, Tom!
Enjoyable video as always Andrew.
I have to say that I find the renewed interest in formats like 8 track (!) and cassette (!!) amusing but for my money - unless one can afford a very high end turntable system - the best "bang for your buck" comes in the form of CD. The original CD format was quite crappy and thin-sounding, but the remastered CDs of classic albums sound amazing. The Beatles remasters from 2009 are A+ in my opinion.
I do miss my old Sony reel-to-reel though...
Cheers (or should that be Cheerio?).
Cheers Robert. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for that fascinating video. My dad gave me a Stellaphone tape recorder, slightly more upmarket version of yours, i think it was about £60 in 1962 when I acquired it, and it set off an interest in tape recording! I still have an era turtable with an SME 3009 arm although the shure V15: cartridge is now retired and replaced! I've also got an old brennel deck which I recently got on ebay. Thanks for that tour of your equipment!
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael!
That was a fine look at your setup, Andrew! Quite calming and enjoyable. I hope someone gives you a wheelbarrow of money to make that BBC TV series on the history of recorded music that all of us here would watch and enjoy. You’ve got the voice and the presentation.
Thanks Scott. Much appreciated!
I use a Garrard 401 for just stereo records and a Garrard 4HF for mono and 78s, I have hundreds of mono 45s from the 60s that were presumably played on the 60s version of a suitcase type players and they sound fine all these years later. I would rather play them on a vintage Dansette Junior I have than a modern crossely type player now, I have just restored an 8 track and started buying the cartridges, some really awful one's too, just to practice servicing the cartridges, new pads and foil, if I get it wrong I won't be too bothered if I have to bin them, great video 👍
Thanks Mick. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Oh! Magnificent - the whole package, including an ancient Rover. I own two harman/kardon PM 655 amplifiers. Very good machines from the early eighties. But like Maseratis, you need two of them because one is always in the workshop… 😅
Oh, my!
I STILL use my Shure V15 Type IV in my Denon-45F table! I think I still have the Shure "trackability" test record that I sent away for back in the day. Bought that cartridge on RAF Bentwaters, and I've used it since 1980. It's been through five stylii, and I have one stylus left. I think Shure stopped making them, though. Enjoy your Type III for many decades to come. Aloha.
Another great video thanks. I find your comment regarding Wildlife on 8 track very true. Some albums just sound better on certain formats. Something about the tonal characteristics of different media/equipment combination i suppose. And it works for recording to tape or mindisc too. An analogue recording cannot be better than it's source but i sometimes find i can hear particular instruments more clearly when copied.
Totally agree, Christopher!
i do remember being in Harold Wilsons way when he was coming out the Adelphi hotel .. my dad had to grab me...think i was about 12 years old 😀
A great memory!
As a kid, I began with a Garrard, but a much simpler model, the 6.300 equipped with a Shure M75C. Also had a Philips mono suitcase back then.
Love the show, I wish you did an April Fool and told everyone you only had an Amstrad system at home and all the equipment behind you were mock ups. Actually it is interesting to see what systems Rock Stars have. There's pictures of Brian Jones at home with all his singles and Ep's spread across the floor and of course John Lennon playing the Twist and Shout EP in a Hotel in one of single speaker Dansette record destroyers.
A good trivia question would be. How many real people were mentioned in a Beatles song? Off the top of my head I can think of five, and Mr. Wilson is one of them.
I just updated my count to 9, though a couple might be debatable.
It’s somewhat of a misconception that heavier-tracking tonearms from the 60s damaged vinyl. While the heavier tracking force didn’t necessarily do any favors, it was the cheaper needles (styli) made of sapphire or osmium that were the real offenders back in the day. Those needles wore out much faster than diamond styli… meaning you might only get 20-100 hours of play (compared to 500-1000 hours on diamond needles). As those cheap needles quickly wore out, they started to strip out the grooves of the records. And since people tended not to change their needles until their records started to skip (or sound really bad), the damage was already done.
What are your thoughts on a mono stylus for mono vinyl records, compared to a stereo stylus?
I haven't used a mono cartridge. I use 'Y' cables, it's cheaper!
Love this vid, thank you! Btw your photo of Jimi is round the wrong way, Jimi was a 'lefty'.
I would love to dive into right track with probably modern equipment and see what music is interesting and good sounding
But I’m a cd user so I’m trying to expand my collection with interesting music besides the Beatles and this channel helped me search for the Beatles ep cd collection which I have now so thank you
Entertaining.
Really interesting! Funny story, too, in the end! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Interesting!
Nice equipment, Andrew, and great to finally hear the story behind the "hot line" red phone!
are you going to make more videos about the white album?
Sure.
I had 2 401s beautiful looking and sounding. The Garrard autaumatic transcription turntables such as the Garrard Zero also sound fantastic in solid plinths, not the plastic stuff Garrard made