Happy New Year everyone, I trust that the year has started well for you. I thought I’d briefly share a few of the more affordable pieces of hi-fi equipment I’ve serviced, repaired and overhauled so far in 2023, as well as look at a couple of recent acquisitions of my own. Welcome to 2023! Quad […]
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
A heads-up for owners of Kenwood KD-600 and KD-650 turntables: some excellent new Kenwood KD-600 and KD-650 parts are now available, and I’ve tested them! I love it when creative people come up with innovative solutions to problems. In this case, a customer I assisted with a KD-600 repair by way of one of our
If you love electronic and art-rock music, you should grab yourself a copy of John Foxx’s new album ‘Church’ and 801’s incredible ‘Listen Now’. After consuming a few much-needed cleaning ales and listening to these and a few other records, I thought I’d better make a quick post about these great additions or it won’t happen!
If you want to extract the very best from your moving coil cartridge, a good step-up transformer, like the beautiful Ortofon ST-70, is an excellent option. 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
Told you I had a few holiday jobs to do. I serviced my Koetsu tonearm, reinstalled my retipped Ortofon MC-A90 and finally got to listen to my Luxman PD-350. This is why I love vinyl! This was just one of many jobs to do, but playing into one of my Fidelity Research XF-1 step-up transformers
Luxman PD-350 & Ortofon MC-A90 Playing New Vinyl! Read More »
Merry Christmas and a big thank you to our customers, subscribers, friends and family. A huuuge thank you to all for helping make 2021 another fantastic year. Here’s hoping this Christmas message finds readers well as we near the end of another very busy year. As usual, Liquid Audio will be closing for the festive
Some say USB microscopes are not suitable for cartridge and stylus inspection. I’ve used a good USB scope for years and I think you’ll agree, the results are impressive. Updated October 2024 – be careful to avoid the “only 50 hours” cartridge wear meme! I should point out that I have considerable experience in microscopy.
High-End Cartridge/Stylus Inspection & Deep Cleaning Read More »
The Denon DP-62L direct-drive turntable is an often overlooked gem. Let’s take a closer look. I often work on turntables where I find myself thinking “If I didn’t have other decks, this would do nicely” and that’s what I thought back in 2017 when I worked on this Denon DP-62L. Hailing from almost the end
The Yamaha GT-2000 is one of my favourite turntables. Let’s take one of the first-ever close-up looks inside this great deck from the golden era. It’s true, I do love the Yamaha GT-2000 direct-drive turntable and have written about them several times. In that article, I reviewed a Yamaha GT-2000 and documented replacing the audio
