I brought this 1960s radiogram home from the op shop the other day, much to the bemusement of my kids and chagrin of my wife. "Where's it going to go?" "What are you going to do with it?" my wife asked. I went to turn it on...uh oh false start, it's not working. It worked well in the shop. Anyway with a bit of tweaking I managed to get it playing. Wow, what a sound! I played old records on it for the rest of the afternoon while my kids danced in paganistic abandon around it. Even my wife conceded that her Irma Thomas and Bettye Lavette LPs sounded better on the old dear. "The way they were meant to sound" was her comment. There is definitely a warmer sound to records. I find digital sounds too clean, cold and even a bit harsh in comparison. Friends are buying ipod docks with single speakers lately, proud of the fact that it plays 3000 songs (ripped off from the internet). They seem to overlook the fact that it sounds cold and tinny, like icicles assaulting the eardrums. My new/old unit is better (to me anyhow). All week now in the warmer evenings when the kids have gone to bed, I've been relaxing in the easy chair spinning old soul, blues, rock 'n' roll and country records on the radiogram content with the world. I might even start whittling.
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