Pioneer's beautiful SA-9800 integrated amplifier is a classic in terms of styling and performance. Come along as I give this one a major service and look out for the legendary CTF-1250 cassette deck! The Pioneer SA-9800 integrated amplifier is, without doubt, one of Pioneer's greatest integrated amplifiers and for good…
Check out the newest hi-fi equipment arrivals in our Store. Yes, we have more hi-fi equipment for sale, I've just added a stunning, like-new Denon DCD2560GL fully balanced CD player, a Kenwood KX-7030 3-head, 3-motor cassette deck and a Harman/Kardon TD4200 2-head cassette deck. Remember, every piece has been expertly…
Take a look at this beautiful Accuphase AC-2 moving coil cartridge. It belongs to a customer, has a broken cantilever and will soon be repaired. The Accuphase AC-2 is a high-performance moving coil cartridge from 1980, utilising a tubular sapphire cantilever and line-contact diamond. Jewelled cantilevers like those made from…
Great news, Liquid Audio now has a Square Reader point of sale device. Customers can now pay accounts cashlessly, with almost any type of card. I've been meaning to set up a cashless payments system for some time, so this really is long overdue. I know that current and future…
In this article, I look at a locally sold, dodgily repaired Accuphase P-300 power amplifier and how I got her running properly again. The Accuphase P-300 power amplifier is one of the most beautiful solid-state power amplifiers from the 1970s and one of the nicest-sounding. This one came to me…
The Sansui AU-919 is a technical tour de force and an absolute stunner. Find out more about this legendary integrated amplifier in another of my COVID-19 series. I work on a lot of Sansui gear and I always enjoy it. It's well-engineered, well-made, great-sounding equipment, a pleasure to service. Sansui…
Check out this classic Fatman iTube 252 integrated tube (valve) amplifier I repaired and serviced in another article to help with COVID-19 boredom. Silly name aside, the Fatman iTube 252 is a decent, compact 25 Watt per channel tube-based integrated amplifier. The iTube 252 uses 4 x EL34 pentode output…