The news? Moving into a new apartment with a view in upper Scarborough, we decided to bring the old stereo system back to life. This system is about as analogue as it can get, with Kenwood KA 3500 40 watt amp, Technics SL-1200 MKII turntable, two former Mirage speakers with a Ring Audio internal design and two cassette decks: one Sony and one AIWA.
THE Turntable Doctor at Bay Bloor Radio examined the stylus of the Ortofon 2M Blue After an electronic cleaning and although the stylus was already shorter than an original needle, he pronounced the stylus was still good and had 1000 hours left on it. Now how long is 1000 hours in record playing terms? That was a good question. The Turntable Doctor said that should be three years. I thought why not keep track of what is 1000 hours?
As well, the technician suggested demagnetizing or clearning the cassette heads every 30 hours. So keeping track of that well will be on the table. The titles listed will be either on vinyl or cassette unless listed otherwise. There will be compact discs played as well and those will be included as well (but will not count towards the 1000 hours).
Welcome to my listening, good taste or whatever you may term it.
| DATE | ARTIST | ALBUM | FORMAT | TRACK | ALBUM TIME | RUNNING TOTAL | CASSETTE TIME |
| 2019-12-28 | NILS FRAHM | SCREWS | ALBUM | SIDE A/B | 00:28:00 | 00:28:00 | |
| 2019-12-28 | CRASS | Sheep Farming in The Falklands | flexi | SIDE A | 00:05:22 | 00:33:22 | |
| 2019-12-28 | U2 | NO LINE ON THE HORIZON | ALBUM | SIDE A | 00:17:00 | 00:50:22 | |
| 2019-12-30 | BOB DYLAN | LIVE AT BUDOKAN | ALBUM | SIDE B | 00:26:42 | 01:17:04 | |
| 2019-12-30 | SUPERTRAMP | EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS | ALBUM | SIDE A/B | 00:43:25 | 02:00:29 | |
| 2019-12-30 | APHEX TWIN | SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS 1985-1992 | ALBUM | SIDE A/B | 00:34:20 | 02:34:49 | |
| 2020-01-01 | EMMYLOU HARRIS | LUXURY LINER | ALBUM | SIDE A/B | 00:38:35 | 03:13:24 | |
| 2020-01-02 | BOBBY WISEMAN SINGS WRENCH TUTTLE | IN HER DREAM | CASSETTE | SIDE A | 03:13:24 | 00:29:07 | |
| 2020-01-05 | ELUVIUM | COPIA | VINYL | SIDE A | 00:18:50 | 03:32:14 | |
| 2020-01-06 | ELUVIUM | COPIA | VINYL | SIDE B | 00:21:00 | 04:12:55 | |
| 2020-01-06 | GLENN GOULD | WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER | VINYL | SIDE 1/6 | 00:19:41 | 03:51:55 |
The most recent listen goes back to the classical, Glenn Gould Well-Tempered Clavier. No. 1 is in C, it always starts that way. These are pieces that many have undoubtedly played while learning piano for the Conservatory. No doubt no one will ever play them as well as Glenn Gould could.
Eluvium is a taste that goes back 10 years to 2009. The Volume 1 box set of that time is long out of print, but back then it was one hundred sixty dollars which was a lot of money then.
Midnight Matinee 