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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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Baby Amplifiers: Marantz 1030

Join me as we look at and repair another classic baby amplifier, the Marantz 1030 integrated amp. That’s right, it’s baby amplifier time again, and I’ve chosen another little gem, the Marantz 1030. Like the Kenwood KA-4002A I covered last week, the Marantz 1030 was the baby of the Marantz range at the time, but

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