I was recently asked by a customer to service and repair two of his gorgeous Kenwood L-1000 series components. In the lab this time were an L-1000T tuner and matching L-1000D compact disc player. All I can is wow! This gear is seriously well put-together and just beautifully engineered. In what was a great result, […]
Happy New Year everybody. I resolved for this year, to sell some of the many audio and electronics-related items I have sitting around gathering dust. UPDATE – SOLD!! To that end I am starting with some really speaker drivers for sale on eBay. If you check out my eBay auction you will find some lovely
Capacitors are important and I have thousands of the things in my parts inventory. Let’s dig into why. To answer this we perhaps need to look first at what they do and how they are made. Capacitors store charge, like little reservoirs. They also block the flow of direct current and therefore DC voltages. Some
A couple of years back I performed a comprehensive tear-down, overhaul and upgrade of my gorgeous Krell KSA-150 power amplifier. I made a video of it, which you are most welcome to check out: UPDATE: It’s received over 100,000 views as of January 2022! There’s not much you can buy that can touch the performance of
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I recently serviced a Technics SL-Q5 linear-tracking turntable, a mid-range linear-tracking deck that’s well worth keeping an eye out for. The deck is typical Technics in being well designed, well made and easy to service. The issue with this deck, and many others like it, is that it has not been serviced and has eventually
The Technics SL-1300 is a great example of what I refer to as classic direct-drive decks from the golden era of excellence in the engineering and manufacture of turntables. Technics made a range of decks and this was one of the best of the consumer models. With a nicely balanced 2.5kg platter, aluminium chassis, Technics’
I get asked this turntable FAQ all the time. Is there a simple answer? Usually, yes. There is nothing new in turntable design and much of the best turntable engineering and design was done back in the 70’s and 80’s. Sure there was some junk from the time too, but it was cheap to buy even
