John Peel

[Donut]

I have been reading John Peels Autobiography (very interesting and a good read by the way) and thought ....I wonder what kit someone like John Peel would use..... He spend most of his waking life listening to music so I was just interested. He must have got through a considerable number of record decks and cd players so.....Does anyone have any idea what he used at home.....also anyone else whos life is music for that matter...

Just interested.

Donut

 

[Sid and Coke]

Not really sure, I would imagine that Beyer-Dynamic DT100 or DT150 headphones got a lot of use in his broadcasting days.

I use one of his quotes for my siggy...nuff said really.

 

[earl of sodbury]

TBH he was a very un-techy sort of person, so I doubt he ever gave it much thought - prolly something fairly pedestrian TBH, it was evidently the music (and his family) he lived for.

Wish I had my prioritiesthat well sorted...

 

[adam]

I believe he used Sonneteer and Neat with TCI cables.

 

[earl of sodbury]

adam wrote:

I believe he used Sonneteer and Neat with TCI cables.

No wonder he loved music so much! :lmao:

 

[Donut]

earl of sodbury wrote:

TBH he was a very un-techy sort of person, so I doubt he ever gave it much thought - prolly something fairly pedestrian TBH, it was evidently the music (and his family) he lived for.Wish I had my prioritiesthat well sorted...

That was one of the reasons that I was asking really........

Donut

 

[mosfet]

Peely on the digital revolution:

Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, "Listen, mate, *life* has surface noise.

 

[Davewhityetagain]

well his turntable was LP12 saw a picture of him in his music room there is an item with a few djs kit but you could not see the rest another radio one dj had B&W 802 speakers

will have a look for it I think I saved it

 

[JamPal]

Davewhityetagain wrote:

well his turntable was LP12 saw a picture of him in his music room there is an item with a few djs kit but you could not see the rest another radio one dj had B&W 802 speakerswill have a look1 for it I think I saved it

cool.

The only photo I can make anything out from shows a Garrard deck and some big old Spendors (I think) circa 1970 odd.

Perhaps we should email Sheila, she'll think (realise) we are all completely nuts, but I bet she replies.

James.

 

[wolfgang]

http://www.geoffreyyoung.co.uk/images/john%20peel.jpg

 

[smegger68]

My favourite JP quote:

"If Elvis were alive today, I think he'd really understand happy hardcore."

 

[jeffg]

Ears, I'd say

 

[ray70]

Davewhityetagain wrote:

his turntable was LP12

As a LP12 owner myself, I would love this to be true. For someone who must have playeda lot of singles though, the LP12 would have been a totally impractical turntable.

 

[Defiant]

At the BBC by the looks of it, but still a good piccie

 

[Davewhityetagain]

ray70 wrote:

Davewhityetagain wrote:

his turntable was LP12

As a LP12 owner myself, I would love this to be true. For someone who must have playeda lot of singles though, the LP12 would have been a totally impractical turntable.

Thinking back to the item on dj kit, there was others with strange kit

that 64 year old female ? Annie been there years uses something one up from a bedside alarm clock :lmao:

 

[thommo]

One of the pictures in "Margrave in the Marshes" clearly shows a rega arm, but the deck looks like a technics.

I'll have a look when I get home.

 

[IHaveNoNaim]

I do know that he went into a hifi shop many moons ago in Colchester to get a turntable that would play 78s. I know 'cos I woz there auditioning speakers at the time.

 

[murray johnson]

One of the pics (back cover) does look like an SP10 with a Rega arm. This might be in a home studio given the background. It wouldn't be surprising as the later BBC pics also show SP10's so he'd be very used to them. The SP10 could also have played his78's. Another pic in the book shows him editing one of his shows at home using a big Revox reel to reel. Obviously a man of some taste!

The (BBC?) pic above shows an EMT TT and arm. I'd be very surprised if he did use an LP12 at home given the 45rpm hassle (regardless of sound quality issues)

 

[brizonbiovizier]

I saw his system listing once - slightly retro, nothing out of the ordinary.