Turntables & Vinyl

You’ll find lots of articles about turntables & vinyl on my website. You’ll also find stuff about records and analogue systems that incorporate vinyl.

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Stunning NOS Sansui XR-Q7 Commission & Repair

Join me as I unbox, commission and repair a 45-year-old NOS Sansui XR-Q7 direct drive turntable! That’s right, another new old stock Sansui turntable, can you believe it?! It’s been almost 10 years since I wrote about unboxing and commissioning this incredible, new-old-stock Sansui SR-929 direct drive turntable. What better way to celebrate than to […]

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Classic Moth RCM Record Cleaner Repair

I enjoy bringing readers quirky equipment and accessories, so join me as we look at a Moth RCM vacuum record cleaner I’ve just revived. Firstly, a big thank you to Francis, who kindly donated his dead Moth RCM record cleaner. Francis has followed my work for a while and knew how much I enjoyed saving

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Another End-Game Kenwood L-07D Turntable!

That’s right, folks, this is the third Kenwood L-07D I’ve worked on and will hopefully have back up and running in less than 12 months. Let’s hope I can make this three from three because, amusingly, I reckon my customer has single-handedly doubled the number of L-07Ds in Australia. Legend, check out the other two

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Servicing a ‘Just Serviced’ Technics SL-10!

“To service or to service properly?” That is the question! Well, that’s one question owners of turntables like the Technics SL-10 must consider periodically, say every five years or so. It’s a question worth considering too, because ‘service’ clearly means quite different things to different people. The differences can make or quite literally break a

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Beautiful Pioneer PL-L1000 Linear Tracking Turntable Repair & Review

Welcome back as we dive into another classic turntable from the golden era, the beautiful Pioneer PL-L1000 linear tracking direct-drive turntable. My apologies for the lack of articles so far this year. As one of the few people creating in-depth content like this from scratch, brain & device to page, whilst also attending to a

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