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Bulgarian Record and Tape Collector Has Serious Collection!

Michael Fremer  |  May 2, 2016

Michael Fremer visited a serious Bulgarian record and tape collector in March and shot this video.

Keep in mind that he lives in a seventh floor walk-up apartment! The Wilson Alexandria speakers weight around seven hundred pounds each and had to be hand-carried up seven sets of stairs!

Were there more time it might have been possible to pull records from some of the shelves and take a closer look at what was there, but time was short.

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Bob Levin's picture
Submitted by Bob Levin on Tue, 2016-05-03 07:43

I was in hysterics!
Love seeing well stocked collector pads.

rshak47's picture
Submitted by rshak47 on Tue, 2016-05-03 07:44

the weight of all that vinyl? Was the floor reinforced to handle the load? I have a new found respect for Bulgarian construction techniques.

Seriously, however, thanks for the very enjoyable video.

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Submitted by kenkirk on Tue, 2016-05-03 08:47

I can't wait to show this video to my wife! "You see honey, I don't have a problem! This guy has a problem, I just have a touch of the illness! "

Whats even more amazing is that we may be able to stream a collection of music like that that will be 95% as good as pure analog. I will always live and die analog, but digital is starting to get "good enough". Its always been about the music to me. How I get there doesn't matter. Tidal is pushing its way into my analog time. With my analog ( tape or vinyl ) sometimes I spend 5 or 10 mins just trying to find something that fits my mood. With Tidal, I pick a track and just start following the suggestions. I always discover something new just like I once did in record stores. But I would sure love to dig through that collection! Especially those tapes! And that Studer... yea he did it up right. Awesome!

Ken

cgh's picture
Submitted by cgh on Fri, 2016-05-06 07:29

Either be prepared to lie with zero hesitation or know the answer when she asks if he's married.

Catcher10's picture
Submitted by Catcher10 on Tue, 2016-05-03 11:48

I'd love to know more about those tapes. Looks like he has a Teac X2000 deck. Hopefully Michael you can give us more info on the source of those tapes.

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Submitted by calle_jr on Tue, 2016-05-03 21:06

Ja!
Saw Maggot Brain among those tapes.
That could be rubbish or really, really interesting.

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Submitted by vqworks on Wed, 2016-05-04 08:07

The Teac Open-reel deck looks like either an X-2000R or X-2000M. The latter is the 1/2-track pro-sumer version that runs at 7 1/2 and 15 ips. The X-2000R and non-reversing X-2000 runs at 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 ips. In either case, the front panel fine bias adjustment, the EE (Extra Efficiency) tape capability and the dbx Type I NR gives it great sound. The X-2000M running on EE Tape at 15 ips is rated for a flat response to 40 kHz.

The Studer mastering open-reel decks look mouth-watering, too.

My vinyl and tape collection consist of a tiny portion of what is shown on the video. I have some DMM (Direct Metal Mastered) and dbx-encoded LPs (remember those?), too. My lone open-reel deck is the Akai GX-747dbx.

Catcher10's picture
Submitted by Catcher10 on Wed, 2016-05-04 12:27

I have a X2000R and yes hard to tell if the one in video is R or M. Best sounding tape deck I have owned.

I would love to know more about those tapes....And yea I saw that Maggot Brain. I am going to guess these are probably some bootleg copies of either digital files or vinyl rips.

But again, if they are not...Where can I get me some??

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