Season’s greetings to my legendary customers, subscribers, friends and family! Can you believe it’s Christmas again? I don’t know where the time goes but welcome again to my end-of-year 2024 recap. A massive thank you to all who’ve helped make 2024 another fantastic year and my busiest yet. Here’s hoping the holiday season is happy […]
Join me as I repair and service a beautiful and iconic Nakamichi 670ZX cassette deck. The stand-out point to mention here is that this work took place over six years. That’s right, six bloody years! This is absolutely ridiculous and only acceptable because it happens to be MY Nakamichi 670ZX, part of a collection that
Come with me this time as I repair, service and partially overhaul this stunning end-game Pioneer CT-F1250 cassette deck from the golden era of cassette. Happy Monday folks, I hope this story adds a little vintage audio goodness to your day 😉 I love proper 3-head cassette decks as many regulars will know and I
Join me as we look at an amplifier I’ve been meaning to write about for years – the incredible Sansui AU-20000. Welcome back, folks, and my apologies for taking so long to write a proper article about the Sansui AU-20000. I’ve worked on a few of these incredible amplifiers over the years, INCLUDING one I
Welcome back folks, it’s Monday and that means it’s both my day off and article time, darn it! Anyway, this time it’s another amplifier restoration. We’re heading to a similar time in the 1980s, but with a different manufacturer, Krell, and to the OG myth, the legend, the Krell KSA 100 class A power amplifier!
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Oh yes, and this one is also for sale! Welcome once again folks to the fourth article in as many days. This time we’re looking at the overhaul of my gorgeous Accuphase P-360 power amplifier and what must be my last post in this seven-day posting epic. Writing these articles is involved and time-consuming but
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Welcome back, friends. Here is a sneak peek at some of the larger pieces of gear I’ve been working on including the baddest of them all, the Accuphase P-800, straight outta Japan! Articles on some of these pieces will follow, but at least you get to see them here first. Finishing these larger amplifier jobs
I love the classic Technics SL-120, so let’s look at how I recommissioned this lovely old girl! Welcome back, everyone. I said you see me again sooner than you think, perhaps you didn’t expect two posts in one day though! I’ve been dying to do more writing and, as we approach the 2-million view milestone
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2024! Let’s continue with my promised article on the beautiful, incredible, aspirational & unobtainable Sansui BA-5000 power amplifier. You may recall that I teased this spectacular amplifier and new addition to my customer Rob’s collection at the end of 2023 and, true to my word, I didn’t want
Happy pre-Christmas folks and what better way to start celebrations than with this gorgeous and rarely-seen black Accuphase E-302 integrated amplifier?! In my efforts to write more frequently, it feels easier to start with something not too big and that I’ve recently finished. I’ve literally just finished working on this lovely old girl, so let’s
