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Mine is The Conversation, 1974 by Coppola. Great film too. The lead character both plays sax while his tube and vinyl hi-fi plays and his job is recording people without them knowing.There are a bunch of cool electronics involved in that.
For vintage gear there is an old film with Claude Rains called The Unsuspected which is neat. Rains does a radio show and has his own cutting lathe in his house among other cool stuff in the film.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
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The house in Notting Hill has all kinds of gear in it - mainly for recording. Looks like a pair of MELLOTRONS are in the mix. Lots of large unidentifiable, by me, loudspeakers.
And lots of Anita Pallenberg who was very lovely at this point in her life.
The movie is actually pretty good after you warm up to it.
Excellent suggestions- All.
Wherein Jeff Bridges played a jazz pianist (who played schlock cocktail lounge tunes with brother Beau for a living), and had a nice old Kenwood/ Wharfedale system that looked like it had a lot of good miles on it.
Based in Seattle, featuring the divine Michelle Pfeiffer.
One of these (don't remember which) had great footage of several L.A. producers' offices, all of which had Mac C-20's built into the wall or consoles behind their desks.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Nakamichi RX-202, 303 or 505. Mickey Rouke is seen operating the Nak and emphasis is put on the deck's ability to auto-reverse the tape by physically turning the tape around in it's cabin (albeit upside down). Lovely mechanism. Not without it's reliability issues, but one of the many brave steps Nakamichi took to introduce cutting edge technology to the cassette deck world.
"has his own cutting lathe in his house"
A bit OT, but back in high school/college, I knew a guy who had a cutting lathe in his home! I think it was a Scully.
:)
On Amazon. In the series Bosch, Detective Harry Bosch listens to jazz with tube electronics and Ohm Walsh speakers.
Edits: 10/17/16
hahaha
An all time favorite scene from one of my favorite movies. My wife tells me I'm all three characters rolled into one; probably not a good thing.
"Lawrence of Arabia", had the least, I think. ;-)
The first movie I thought of was "The Conversation", too. I need to watch that one again sometime soon.
Right about "Lawrence." Too hard to get an extension cord all the way out to the tent, and the camels and horses might trip over it. Generators too heavy and noisy (no gas anyway).
1st choice would have to be a clockwork orange. besides having a pretty "high end" system at home (look at that turntable) that featured mini-CDs more than a decade before digital (somebody making the film really knew their stuff) that alex brags about while picking two gals up in a record shop, the movie also features a movie theater system, tower speakers that one character uses to torment alex with and the movie ends with a pair of giant, orgasm inducing, speakers with 3 foot subs. that qualifies as "a lot of gear" both literally and figurativelythen there's the infamous giant guitar speaker from the first scene in back to the future
speaking of guitar amps... the one in spinal tap "goes up to 11"
the first thing that came to mind though was a plotless japanese movie i could swear i'd seen before and got too bored to finish watching. the thing that stood out to me in that was one character had a home DJ system that used genelec monitors powered by a mark levin$on amp!
at the low tech end of the spectrum, there's always the DIY tape deck "garage system" (as well as vintage walkman too... how did that thing last a lifetime BTW?!! LOL) from guardians of the galaxy that's about the equivalent of tubes where FTL travel etc. tech exists.
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Loved the Conversation and, as I recall, the haunting piano score.
Nt
Tom Cruise messes with his dad's critically preset eq?
the always funny RD:
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
When I think of the movie "Free Money" it was with Charlie Sheen & Marlon Brando.
Brando's character is a hoot. Fun movie.
...had a righteous reel to reel deck.
Still spinnin'...
;^)
Nt
'As Good as it Gets'
Yep, and all of his LPs were on the floor, too.
That was some kind of flashy system old Melvin had.
Original Die Hard, there's a pair of electrostats in Holly's office. Think they were Martin Logans, but it's been a loooooong time since I last watched it.
He had a pretty nice Carver stack,IIRC.
Edits: 10/14/16
Alan Partridge.
Haven't seen Miles Ahead yet. THAT should have some of those scenes.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
All favorites, all excellent. Great choices.
If you like this one... they also do one in the same setting, but "haggle".
Also on youtube
Cheers!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
I just thought it was interesting...
The departed was an American adaptation of this film. There are several scenes in there that only Audiophiles would understand.
They have all tube amplification gear. They have one guy who's a hi-fi dealer. One scene where the main character is giving a recommendation on a pair of cables.
FrankC
A film with only one redeeming feature.
What was the topic?
-Rod
Edits: 10/13/16
redeeming features.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
... perfectly polished thumbnails!
waxed legs!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
now I'm a dinosaur and wish I could go back in time and watch what was really important on the big screen!
Cheers!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
...turntable set with explosives.
nt
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
nothing beats this-
nt
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
Wonderful vintage audio equipment in almost every show.
Still spinnin'...
;^)
turntable!
Great show to boot
Nt
Love the guitar amp scene, but that's all I remember.
High Fidelity, of course. IIRC, it even features a shot of the album from which my signature quote derives.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
Brief scene toward the end with an impressive McIntosh stack. Also American Psycho and the "Huey Lewis" scene.
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