Articles about the restoration and overhaul of hi-fi stereo equipment, complex, technical work often involving many hours for a complex piece of equipment.
How’s this for a beautiful amplifier?! I recently repaired and restored this absolutely stunning Marantz 1152DC integrated amplifier, let’s take a look. The Marantz 1152DC is an integrated amplifier from the upper middle of Marantz’s range in the late 1970’s. The 1152DC and others from this series are very collectible now, thanks to their unique […]
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Come with me as I repair and restore one of the greatest solid-state preamplifiers of all time, the magnificent Krell KRC-HR. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably heard of Krell and know something about the incredible range of premium, industrially constructed gear they made throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The Krell KRC-HR preamplifier is certainly
Come along as I run through the service, repair and overhaul of one of the biggest, meanest monster receivers ever – the Sansui G-9000DB Stereo Receiver! Yes, this thing is officially silly, 170 watts per channel of oval capacitor madness! In this video, I basically run through the service process from first unveiling the beast,
Nothing screams hi-fi louder than the monster receivers of the ’70s and ’80s. The Marantz 2330 is up there with the best, so let’s restore perhaps the dirtiest piece of hi-fi gear I’ve ever seen! The Marantz 2330 is a heavy receiver, actually very heavy for its moderate size – it’s dense. It’s perhaps not
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Check out this video I made showing before and after overhauling this incredible, super-rare Marantz 2330 receiver. The Marantz 2330 is a true monster receiver, like the Pioneer SX-1250 and Sansui G-9000. If you are a monster receiver fan, and you’ll definitely want to check out this video, and my full article. In the first
I’ve just repaired and restored this lovely Krell KAV-300i integrated amplifier. Read on to find out what makes the KAV-300i such a superbly engineered amplifier. Krell still proudly builds amplifiers and other high-end gear, from their base in Orange, Connecticut, USA. Established in 1980, they set about manufacturing a range of really different hi-fi equipment,
I recently overhauled and restored this stunning Accuphase E-202 integrated amplifier. Read on for all the details. Firstly, my apologies for the delay in bringing new content like this article on the Accuphase E-202 to my site. My hi-fi repair and restoration business here in Perth has been incredibly busy, I barely have time to
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