Reviews of hi-fi stereo equipment, typically examining the design, engineering, and what I like and dislike about hi-fi equipment.
Come with me this time as I repair a Sansui AU-317 integrated amplifier and discuss problems associated with the wrong approach to caring for old beauties like this. As a friend pointed out to me the other day, this isn’t really a rant and I don’t actually rant here at Liquid Audio, but I do …
Come with me this time as I repair and review a beautiful Musical Fidelity AMS35i class-A integrated amplifier. Welcome back, everyone. I know this will make quite a few people happy – another article about many people’s favourite brand, Musical Fidelity. I’ll go one better, with the baby amplifier from arguably Musical Fidelity’s greatest product …
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Come along as I repair and review the Pioneer SA-8900II, one of the most visually and sonically beautiful amplifiers I’ve had the pleasure of working on. Welcome back everyone and my sincere thanks for your patience as I’ve worked through hundreds of repairs and been hanging out to write about more wonderful classic hi-fi equipment. …
Stunning Pioneer SA-8900II Amplifier Repair & Review Read More »
This Pioneer CT-A7X three-head cassette deck service and repair is quite a story and one that I hope you’ll enjoy as much as I enjoyed the job. I love cassette decks, especially decks like this beautiful Pioneer CT-A7X. In fact, my own reference deck is a Pioneer CT-A9X, the best deck Pioneer made for many …
NIB Pioneer CT-A7X Cassette Deck Service & Review Read More »
Sansui is famous for making beautiful amplifiers and the Sansui AU-D707 (AU-819 in export markets) is no exception. Follow along as I repair this imported, broken beauty. It should come as no surprise to regular viewers that I love Sansui amplifiers. We work on a lot of them here @ Liquid Audio; this year I’ve …
Sansui AU-D707 / AU-819 Amplifier Repair & Review Read More »
Good news, we’ve saved another stunning, irreplaceable amplifier, this time a Krell KSA-100S power amplifier from Krell’s golden era. Welcome back, classic hi-fi lovers! If you like amplifiers you’ll enjoy this one. Almost nothing is built like this beautiful amplifier now or even back then. In fact, gear like this stunning Krell KSA-100S is so …
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If you want to extract the very best from your moving coil cartridge, you really need a good step-up transformer, like the beautiful Ortofon ST-70. You may have read me raving on about just how much I love my golden age Fidelity Research XF-1 step-up transformers and what they do for the sound of a …
