@bub Excellent pointers! It seems that my hobbies follow my work: I am juggling a bunch of real nasty chemicals when in the lab, and coming home...
That is one awesome Marantz you've got! I almost got one this year but by the time I made my mind it was gone... You r absolutely right: Ballast...
I have four "brand name" gumstick batteries from Sony and Panasonic. they still work a bit but only one holds full charge. Which is a miracle,...
When I saw this model, it was Love at first sight! Unfortunately, unanswered: bought XR-9458 a few years ago but even under Kaosun's...
I bought all my Aiwa belts from @mihokm , they are excellent!!! Those belt kits off eBay (sold for $1-$10 and shipped from China) were a waste of...
Boy, Oh boy! You sound sooo Euro! there is only One kind of beer here: Coors or Bud!... Get out of here!!! :wavey: Since I have only three...
It is time for "Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Vol.2 ;)
I digitized a few LPs for use on iPod dock when playing with matches and charcoal outside, but then I discovered that Boombox sounds much better....
In 1990-91 I bought my first cassette deck, Yamaha KX-530 ($400 from United Audio Center in Chicago). Side by side with 3-head Sony ES bought that...
maybe He had some reservations but decided to be nice for a change? Same with the other gizmo. The original ad for InTheGroove was that it was...
@Michelle Knight Your love is bigger than mine! I am too lazy to use VPI16.5 to clean my records, but thanks to you I got another New Year...
Holy Mother of C...Darwin, what a sweet 7.1 stereo Deech got here! Even Christmas Tree looks kinda small being so close to the Treasure :) I...
NOS 6922 Mullard tubes into HD600 was my favorite combination! Good choice :applause Good to know that it is not Dragon's blood in the glass...:shock
Buzzing noise when on batteries but not when plugged in sounds like a classic grounding issue to me. Once recapped, as is a Must for all Aiwas, it...
It can be fixed, just more difficult than Discmans (but reviving D-50 MkII is a bitch too!) Officially he states that he does not service...
[ATTACH] Playing "Fields of the Nephilim" on my "Elephant", while consuming "Irish Milk"/aka Guinness with a splash of Brandy... If anyone...
I am one with the responders that I follow the Artists, not Labels when growing my collection. With a few exceptions: ECM label for North-European...
Welcome! Its nice to have my kind of crazy on board!!! KC LPs are being pulled out and played at at sound levels they deserve each time my Boss is...
There was no need to do anything, I opened it to check if its laser/"eye-pattern"still solid and also if tracking/focus drifted out of specs....
Frankly, I have no idea!! I really love Philips CD555 Sound Machine, its restoration described here by @Virgil Gheorghiu But there is No Way I am...
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