The Technics SL-23 is an affordable, loveable belt-drive turntable that I highly recommend to anyone looking for their first ‘proper’ deck. Updated March 2024! Technics is perhaps best known for the SL-1200 series of direct-drive turntables and the lovely SL-10 linear tracker. They manufactured a huge range of machines at varying price points, many of […]
In this older article, I restore a lovely Technics SL-120 direct-drive turntable with SME-3009 tonearm. Let’s check it out! The Technics SL-120 is basically a Technics SL-1200, without a tonearm. Owners often chose to fit an SME 3009, as was the case with this old deck. This a quality direct-drive deck, featuring a brushless DC
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We are selling a Krix Centrix premium home cinema centre speaker. UPDATE – SOLD! Many will be aware that Krix is one of the best-known Australian speaker manufacturers and this was the best center speaker they made. The Krix Centrix is massively built and features cast magnesium basket drivers and sturdy internal bracing. Sound quality
Organising vinyl can be challenging. If you’ve ever watched High Fidelity, you’ll know that you can spend ages just working out how to categorise and sort your records. Then there is the age-old issue of how to store them… Well, I’m happy to say that IKEA comes to the rescue once again, with a great
RIP, David Bowie, legend of modern music and culture. David Bowie was a figure in popular music for over five decades. Considered by critics and musicians alike as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s, Bowie will be long remembered for his incredible talent. David Bowie’s career was filled with reinvention, musical innovation and
The Kenwood KD-2055 is one of Kenwood’s other synthetic composite decks. Think of it as the belt-driven cousin of the famous Kenwood KD-500/550 and KD-600/650 direct-drive machines. The KD-2055, also found somewhat confusingly designated as a KP-2055, is a belt-drive turntable from Kenwood, featuring the same Anti Resonance Compression Base (ARCB) proprietary synthetic chassis as
The beautiful and elegant Luxman PD-264 direct-drive turntable is delightfully different, in the way Luxman gear often is and would make a wonderful first ‘proper’ turntable. The Luxman PD-264 is a deck you see often here in Australia. Sold at an affordable price, in a competitive market and when Luxman was a heavy hitter, there
