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Sharp VZ-2000 Record-Playing Boombox Restoration

I’ve just repaired and serviced this absolutely incredible Sharp VZ-2000 linear-tracking, record-playing boombox. Now, THIS is a boombox! The Sharp VZ-2000 is surely one of the biggest and baddest boomboxes from the golden era of boomboxes, the 1980s. This VZ-2000 is seriously HUGE, I can hardly lift it and it took two hands to get […]

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Sansui BA-F1 Amplifier Restoration Update

I’ve now finished restoring a lovely Sansui BA-F1 DC power amplifier. The Sansui BA-F1 is a beast of an amplifier from the golden era of hi-fi. This Sansui BA-F1 has had a hard life but will be good as new, once I’ve finished this restoration. I’m replacing all board-mounted capacitors, along with a few semiconductors.

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Quad 405-2 Power Amplifier Restoration

Come along as I overhaul and upgrade a beautiful British classic, the Quad 405-2 power amplifier. The Quad 405-2 is still revered, some 40 years after its release. These are truly special amplifiers, don’t let the understated English looks fool you. What almost all of them need however is work, so come along for this

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Marantz PM-8 Integrated Amplifier Repair & Restoration

I’ve been very busy repairing and restoring this stunning Marantz PM-8 integrated amplifier. The Marantz PM-8 integrated amplifier is one of very the amplifiers from the golden era of serious hi-fi equipment. These amplifiers are monsters, massively powerful and massively heavy. They are also massively complex to work on and this one had a massive

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Technics SL-120 / SME 3009 Turntable Restoration

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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