After hours at Kalo Chaka

The crates, the workshop bench and the listening room after the shutters come down, photographed over three late nights in Kolkata.

05Chowringhee Nights · Ranjan Dey · LP · 180 g · new pressing · jazz

06Adhunik gaan, 1968–1979 · 2-LP compilation · Bengali modern

07Sarod at Dawn · Debjani Sen · LP · Hindustani classical · reissue

08Pre-owned crate find · LP · film songs · graded VG+

09KC Deck One turntable · Belt drive · teak plinth · MM cartridge

10Restored 1978 direct-drive deck · Rebuilt in our workshop · one only

11KC M3 moving-magnet cartridge · Elliptical stylus · 4.5 mV output

12KC Phono One valve preamp · MM phono stage · two ECC83 valves

13KC Thirty valve amplifier · EL34 push-pull · 30 W · integrated

14Restored 1980s stereo receiver · Solid state · FM tuner · serviced

15KC Six bookshelf speakers · Pair · 6.5-inch paper cone · teak

16KC Ten floor-standing speakers · Pair · 10-inch driver · horn tweeter

A workshop, a listening room and forty thousand records.

Downstairs, the records: about 40,000, new and pre-owned, sorted by people who play them. Upstairs, the workshop where we build and restore decks and amplifiers, and a quiet room with good chairs where you can hear them first.

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