RIAA Preamplifiers on a Budget
Pre-amp Circuits for turntable MM or MC reproduction Apologies for the lack of updates over the last few weeks, our scribe has been off ill...
Parts for Vintage Equipment
Where to get vintage gear spares? Over the last 6 months I have received quite a few mails from desperate individuals wishing to restore their...
More about DACs – the A/D Converter
The A/D Converter - pushing vinyl to digital The common and garden DAC can be picked up cheaply at most electronic stores, ready to run...
Vintage Audio Vs Modern Technology
Is vintage audio better than modern releases? (post 2000) This reminds me of the first argument I had regarding the merits of mechanical VU meters...
The importance of RIAA
Why do we use RIAA? To kick off, and this is a response to forum user "Roggies" request for a schematic for a budget quality...
Changing the argument in modern audio – the digital sound
The DAC and digital sound - big quality at half the expense Coming from an analog website it may sound as if we are doing...
Technics SL-1200 MKII Refurb
New buttons for the Technics SL-1200 The Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntable is still very much in demand. So much so that when manufacture stopped in...
The New Vinyl – magnetic tape
And the final outcome: Magnetic tape beats vinyl. Well we don't really know about this one but based on our research this seems to be...
Akai M8 test – Turntable reproduction
Akai M8 test - Turntable reproduction Obviously the final test will be the recording of and playback of material but at this stage 7" reel...