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Beautiful Pioneer SA-8800 II Amplifier Repair

Join me this time as I bring a beautiful Pioneer SA-8800 II integrated amplifier back to life! I should preface this article by noting that I’ve probably repaired a couple of dozen Pioneer SA-8xxx and SA-9xxx amplifiers over the last couple of years, including this stunning Pioneer SA-8900 II, and this SA-9800. The problem for […]

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2025 Recap, Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday!

Season’s greetings to all, join me for another annual recap, shall you?! Welcome to my 2025 recap. Yes, it’s that time of year again, no, I can’t believe it, and you’d better believe that Liquid Audio will close for a much-needed break over the festive season! If you have enquiries, best to leave them until

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Stunning Sansui BA-5000 Deep Dive Video

Back by popular demand, more epic Sansui BA-5000 content! Buoyed by the success of my Technics SE-A100 video, which now has over 22,000 views and a 98% positive rating, and needing a break from the two-day grind of producing huge articles, I decided to release another longer-form video you might enjoy. I’ve just published a

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Incredible Technics SE-A100 Amplifier Resurrection

Join me as I repair and completely resurrect an incredible, broken Technics SE-A100 power amplifier that had been to just about EVERY Perth repairer before me. This is quite a story, so grab a drink… Actually, I need a drink after the two days’ work this article has taken to put together! That’s right, folks,

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Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated Amplifier Repair

Join me as I repair a common issue with Musical Fidelity products, and this Musical Fidelity A5 integrated amplifier. Many will know that I’m quite fond of some older Musical Fidelity models. I’ve owned a couple of them, including the great Tri-Vista 21 tube DAC, and repaired and improved many Musical Fidelity pieces over the

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Baby Amplifiers: Sansui AU-101

Join me again as we examine another classic baby amplifier and true baby, the Sansui AU-101 integrated amp. Do we love these babies? Yes, we do! Welcome back, everyone. That said, and so that I don’t bore some of you to death, I’m going to cap it at four baby amplifiers articles for now, with

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Baby Amplifiers: Sony TA-1150

Join me again as we look at another (semi-)baby amplifier, the gorgeous Sony TA-1150 integrated amp. Welcome back, everybody, for another in my baby amplifiers series. A lot has been happening at Liquid Audio in the past few weeks, and I’m inundated with work as usual. That said, things could be a lot worse, so

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