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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2021 Recap, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday!

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 […]

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High-End Cartridge Inspection & Deep Cleaning

Come and take a deep dive with me as I inspect and clean some really tasty cartridges! Some claim USB microscopes are unsuitable for cartridge and stylus inspection, but I’ve used a good USB scope for years, and the results are impressive. I should note, however, that my background provides me with considerable experience in

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Denon DP-62L Turntable Service & Review

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

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Beautiful Yamaha GT-2000 Turntable Service

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

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Accuphase AC-2 MC Cartridge Review & Repair

Take a look at this beautiful Accuphase AC-2 moving coil cartridge. It has a broken cantilever and will be repaired. The Accuphase AC-2 is a high-performance moving coil cartridge from 1980, utilising a tubular sapphire cantilever and line-contact diamond. Jewelled cantilevers like those made from ruby, sapphire and diamond are fabulously stiff. UPDATE! She has

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A New Reference Turntable is Coming…

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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Lovely Technics SL-23 Turntable for Sale

Hi folks, check out this lovely Technics SL-23 belt-drive turntable for sale, fully serviced and ready to go. Yes, the Technics SL-23 belt-drive deck is one of the best of the affordable belt-drive decks from the golden era. In fact, people love these decks so much that the SL-23 has a near-perfect 5-star rating on

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