I’m sure every regular visitor to my site knows just how much I love the old Kenwood KD synthetic composite turntables, especially the KD-600/650 series. But the classic Kenwood KD-500/550 is far more common and so I’ve written an article about servicing their direct-drive motors, for anyone who can’t get their deck into me for […]
Liquid Audio officially hit the 100,000 views mark back in April, so it’s about time I posted something about this milestone! A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to visit my hifi repair and restoration website or entrusted me to provide a little love to their cherished audio gear. Back in 2012, when
My Yaesu FRG-100B is up for grabs! UPDATE – SOLD!! This is the later ‘B’ model and I have owned her for the last 10 years. The radio works perfectly, comes with a linear power supply and original instruction manual and is almost completely unmarked. It would certainly suit a collector or someone wanting a superb
I’ve just finished servicing yet another interesting and unusual direct drive deck – a JVC JL-F45 – what a cool machine! I was surprised by the weight and overall build quality of this lovely direct-drive turntable. The JVC JL-F45 is a fully automatic direct-drive deck. For those who don’t know, fully automatic means that the tonearm
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I’ve just serviced a Sonab 85S belt-drive turntable. The Sonab 85S is an unusual belt-drive deck and very solidly built. This one should give many years more good service, after a major service. The Sonab 85S is a high-quality 2-speed, belt-drive turntable with an integral tonearm. It came with a moving-magnet cartridge back in the
Stats for the Liquid Audio website are booming right now. We’ve just had our biggest month, with nearly 5,500 views in January 2016! Thanks, everyone for visiting, taking the time to read and leave comments. Keep visiting, liking posts, leaving comments, and sharing my articles and website on social media. Everything you do regarding visiting,
The Pioneer PL-A35 is one of those rare belt-driven Japanese turntables that most have never seen. I’ve repaired a number of such unusual decks in the last 12 months or so, but this is definitely one of the nicest and in some ways, the most unusual. According to Pioneer: The PL-A35 combines studio-quality performance with the
