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Oh, and this one is also for sale! 🙂 Do you love amplifiers with a little ‘wood’ in their design? Do you love a classic, discrete phono stage? How about machined aluminium knobs and a timeless design that is emulated some 50 years on? Welcome back folks to another article about a beautiful piece of […]
Oh… and she’s for sale..! It’s Monday, and I published an article..! Welcome back folks to an interesting story involving me acquiring and then resurrecting this beautiful Sansui AU-11000 integrated amplifier, one of the very best from the golden era of classic hi-fi gear. Join me as I run through a few details about this
Welcome back, friends. Here is a sneak peek at some of the larger pieces of gear I’ve been working on including the baddest of them all, the Accuphase P-800, straight outta Japan! Articles on some of these pieces will follow, but at least you get to see them here first. Finishing these larger amplifier jobs
Happy Easter everyone. I’m repairing a Sony TA-F555ES integrated amplifier and the service manual gave me a really good laugh. As a muso (ex-muso these days, sadly) I was always looking for good band names and I reckon this one has a good, heavier ring to it. You’re welcome to use it, I have a
A very quick thank you to everyone who visited in January 2024 because you guys have gone nuts and made it my biggest month of all time! January – aren’t you all meant to be on holiday or at the beach? I guess my many European and North American readers are perhaps indoors trying to
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2024! Let’s continue with my promised article on the beautiful, incredible, aspirational & unobtainable Sansui BA-5000 power amplifier. You may recall that I teased this spectacular amplifier and new addition to my customer Rob’s collection at the end of 2023 and, true to my word, I didn’t want
Happy pre-Christmas folks and what better way to start celebrations than with this gorgeous and rarely-seen black Accuphase E-302 integrated amplifier?! In my efforts to write more frequently, it feels easier to start with something not too big and that I’ve recently finished. I’ve literally just finished working on this lovely old girl, so let’s
