A Record a Day – For a year!
July 28, 2025
On a recent visit to Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs in Sebastopol, California – mastering engineer Shawn Britton asked me “What was the first record you bought with your own money?”
Easy – Edgar Winter’s They Only Come Out at Night. Still have it and it’s still in perfect shape.
We’re collaborating with Supreme Acoustic Systems and Bergmann Audio to play a different record, every day for a year and showcase it on their Modi table and Thor linear tracking tonearm. For now the cartridge is a Lyra Helikon SL rebuilt and upgraded by Ana Mighty Sound in France. (They do fantastic work btw…)
The rest of the playback chain is rounded out with an XP-17 phono stage from Pass Labs and cable from Cardas Audio. All placed on top of the latest Pagode Master Reference rack from Finite Elemente, courtesy of MoFi Distribution. (with super-cool carbon fiber top shelf!) Clean power is being supplied by IsoTek Systems’ V5 Sigma.
So join me on a wacky journey for a year. It’s not like I’m not playing records all the time, but this is on one level, more fun because it’s a commitment to doing something every single day, at the start of the day. Morning coffee, then put a record on.
I can’t think of a better way to really evaluate this turntable and tonearm. Stay tuned and thank you in advance. And a heartfelt thank you to everyone helping make this happen.
