Join me as I unbox, commission and repair a 45-year-old NOS Sansui XR-Q7 direct drive turntable! That’s right, another new old stock Sansui turntable, can you believe it?! It’s been almost 10 years since I wrote about unboxing and commissioning this incredible, new-old-stock Sansui SR-929 direct drive turntable. What better way to celebrate than to […]
Join me as we look at another beautiful shortwave radio, a stunning and option-filled Kenwood R-5000 communications receiver. Do you love the idea of listening to old-school broadcasts from other countries over the radio waves rather than computers and the internet? Not hi-fi gear, I know, but kind of like hi-fi for radio, so in
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
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
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
Join me as we examine the gorgeous Kenwood KA-4002A integrated amplifier, part of my new ‘baby amplifiers’ series. Many people like small amplifiers—let’s call them baby amplifiers—for various reasons. In this series, we will examine a few of my favourite baby amplifiers in the hope of enlightening and maybe even inspiring a few people to
I enjoy bringing readers quirky equipment and accessories, so join me as we look at a Moth RCM vacuum record cleaner I’ve just revived. Firstly, a big thank you to Francis, who kindly donated his dead Moth RCM record cleaner. Francis has followed my work for a while and knew how much I enjoyed saving
