It’s turntable time again, so let’s look at the classic Denon DP-30L direct drive turntable for the first time in 8 years! Welcome back, everyone, as we take a brief and probably overdue look at another of my favourite turntables, the venerable Denon DP-30L. I last wrote about the Denon DP-30L back in 2017 in […]
Join me as I service and revive another lovely Marantz 6300 direct drive turntable! Welcome back during one of my busiest times of the year. I hope you enjoy this article about the gorgeous Marantz 6300 direct drive turntable, surely one of the most beautiful turntables from the golden era of vinyl. My review of
The Yamaha GT-2000 is one of my favourite golden-era turntables. Let’s take one of the first published looks inside this great deck. It’s true, I do love the Yamaha GT-2000 direct drive turntable and have written about the model several times. I’ve reviewed a Yamaha GT-2000 and documented replacing the audio cable with a custom-made
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
Every so often, a customer brings me something that reminds me just how much I love vintage hi-fi. The Dual 1219 idler drive turntable is just such a thing. The Dual 1219 idler drive turntable is a relic from an era when almost everything was made out of metal and wood. The Dual 1219 is
I’ve just completed an on-site installation, commission and set-up of a Luxman PD-171A turntable + Ortofon Cadenza Black cartridge in a Luxman super-system. My friend Kent previously owned Douglas Hi-Fi, one of the last few proper hi-fi stores in Perth. Douglas Hi-Fi supplied some elements of the system you see in these images, including the
I recently serviced a Sony PS-1150 belt drive turntable and want to discuss why I service the spindle bearings on turntables. The spindle bearing is the central bearing about which the platter turns, rotating the record. This bearing can be anything from a basic narrow steel spindle, to an elaborate bearing with massive stainless steel
One of my wonderful customers recently purchased a lovely Rega P5 and asked me if I could service anything that needed attention. My customer delivered the deck a couple of days ago and I am pleased to have now finished the service and inspection. The deck is in very good condition, with no major issues
I’ve just finished restoring two lovely decks – a Systemdek with Rega RB250 arm, and a Connoisseur BD1. Regular viewers will know just how much I love working on interesting turntables and these are two good examples. Systemdek The Systemdek had some strange symptoms: the platter would start turning in the wrong direction, there was
With the resurgence in vinyl and the growing number of people discovering or rediscovering the joy of high-resolution analog playback, I have been reminded of just how critical it is to have your turntable serviced and set up correctly, by an expert with the right tools and experience to do the job properly. The number of
