Bar Neiro lists Schick in its source / playback setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.
Tonearm: 12-inch
Inside the system
Neiro’s Garrard source and Shindo electronics feed a large Altec-based horn system, with a Fostex T90A handling the additional high-frequency role identified in the equipment list. Efficient horn systems are a plausible partner for relatively low-powered valve amplification, allowing substantial output without treating amplifier wattage as the only measure of suitability.
ESP hi-fi lists Schick in its source / playback setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.
Tonearms: 12-inch; custom headshells and cartridges
Inside the system
ESP separates the main-floor Klipschorns from the lowboy Cornwalls behind the bar. Restored Garrard 401 decks and the Condesa Carmen feed Line Magnetic single-ended amplifiers, making the source, control and power stages unusually visible parts of the venue’s concept.
Two 12-inch Schick tonearms were fitted to the venue’s Garrard 301s, mounted in custom Vinylista plinths.
Original turntables: 2 × Garrard 301 with 12-inch Schick arms in Vinylista plinths (Garrard / Thomas Schick / Vinylista)
Inside the system
The original Arts District installation and the later NeueHouse residency used different equipment. The original system combined Klipsch speakers with Audio Note and McIntosh electronics; the residency is recorded with Graham LS5/8 monitors and EAR amplification.
