The Kenwood KD-650 is an amazing turntable, one of the very best to come out of the 1970’s and 80’s. If you ever get a chance to purchase either the KD-650, with Kenwood tonearm, or the KD-600, go for it. The KD-650 is also one of the best-performing turntables you can own for sensible money. […]
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Kenwood’s legendary KD-500/KD-550 direct-drive turntables are classics from an era when things were built to last. Indeed, if decks like the KD-500/KD-550 with this level of custom engineering were manufactured now, they would cost many, many thousands of dollars. The Technics SL-1200 is a classic example – it’s recently been reissued and costs thousands. This
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A customer recently asked me this, and I thought it would be interesting to document the cartridges I’ve owned and recommend. In chronological order, then, from oldest to most recent, let’s look at the cartridges I’ve owned over the years that I can remember. Note that some of them are discussed in more detail in
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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’..! Join me once again as we look at one of my favourite turntables, the gorgeous Denon DP-1200 direct drive. Liquid Audio began as a low-volume turntable specialist when there was just one other turntable specialist in Perth, and very few in the entire country. This remains true, though many others now claim
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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
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Merry Christmas and a huge thank you to our customers, subscribers, friends and family. Yes, friends, it’s that time of the year again, welcome to my 2022 recap where we look at a few numbers and enjoy a gallery of wonderful vintage hi-fi equipment! Many thanks to all who’ve helped make 2022 another fantastic year
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All the equipment and accessories on these pages have been sold but you are welcome to browse. Keep an eye on the store for the latest equipment for sale. Denon DRW-580 Dual Cassette deck This is a cheap and cheerful dual auto-reverse machine featuring VFD metering, Dolby B-C-HX Pro and all functions working well. UPDATE:
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Merry Christmas and a huge thank you to my customers, friends and viewers. A huge thank you to my customers and viewers for helping to make 2020 another great year. It’s been an unusual one though and I really need a couple of weeks off, maybe it’s the same for some of you? Hopefully, this
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If you love high-end turntables and a good story, you’ll love my new reference turntable resurrection project – coming soon! The resurrection of this reference turntable has taken me a year and involved plenty of pain, suffering and obstacles. It’s been totally worth it though. Bringing this extraordinary, heavyweight vinyl playback machine back to life
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