Quickies

The Quickies category contains brief articles, updates, news and advice about business changes.

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Sansui BA-5000 Power Amplifier Sneak ‘Peak’!

You all know how excited I get about hi-fi equipment, especially the rarer stuff… Well, my multiple Sansui-owning customer and legend Rob finally got his hands on this peak-of-the-golden-age, uber-rare – strike that – almost unobtainable Sansui BA-5000 power amplifier and matching Sansui CA-3000 preamplifier, in almost perfect original condition. That’s right, tinkerers and recappers

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Attention: The Owner of Mission 753 Speakers on Consignment!

My apologies, I’ve actually never had to do this before but it’s perhaps a sign of how busy this year has been. I’ve misplaced my booking docket for the gentleman who left a Technics receiver, CD player and Mission 753 speakers with me for sale, on consignment, some time ago. I can find no email

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Rare Kenwood KD-600 and KD-650 Parts Available!

A heads-up for owners of Kenwood KD-600 and KD-650 turntables: some excellent new Kenwood KD-600 and KD-650 parts are now available, and I’ve tested them! I love it when creative people come up with innovative solutions to problems. In this case, a customer I assisted with a KD-600 repair by way of one of our

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Friday Night Vinyl #1

If you love electronic and art-rock music, you should grab yourself a copy of John Foxx’s new album ‘Church’ and 801’s incredible ‘Listen Now’. After consuming a few much-needed cleaning ales and listening to these and a few other records, I thought I’d better make a quick post about these great additions or it won’t happen!

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Awesome New Hakko Soldering Equipment

Knowing how people enjoy reading about workshop tools and equipment, I thought I’d briefly mention my recent purchase of premium new Hakko soldering equipment. This January purchase was held up for about a month by the central Australian floods that broke the trans-Australian rail system, but it all finally arrived and both new pieces are

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Updated FAQs, Equipment for Sale & More!

A quick post to let readers know about the significantly updated FAQs and latest equipment for sale in the Store. FAQs Firstly to the FAQs, as this is something I can tackle from the couch. More on why that’s important shortly. The FAQs contain a wealth of information on all manner of things from cartridges, to

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Thanks for One Million Views!

…Or should I say – thanks a million 😉 Seriously, a HUGE thanks to all who’ve visited, read, watched, commented, enquired and trusted me with their amazing hi-fi equipment! It took nine years to achieve the fairly modest milestone of the first million views on this site, let’s hope the next million happens a little

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