Vintage HiFi. Sounds great, looks cool, costs peanuts
Repairs and maintenance of audio equipment
I recently bought three cartridges and head shells for just £3. While I will probably use the head shells, the cartridges are not going to be allowed near a decent record. Let’s take one apart and see what’s inside. Continue reading “Phono Cartridge. What’s inside?”
I’ve had this bass amp for years. It’s only been gigged once, I mainly use it as a practice amp. It has a great sound and a very useful built in compressor. I bought it 1/2 price from a music shop that was closing down.
Last time I switched on, after not using it for a while. Heard a loud pop followed by a hum from the speaker. That’s not good. Before I even open it up I have a good idea what’s going on here. Continue reading “Laney RB3 Bass Guitar Amplifier Repair”
This is how mine looks today.
In this case the science is creating a 50 Hz strobe for measuring turntable speed. Continue reading “A cluttered workbench is the sign of science happening”
This was another £2 boot sale purchase. The seller told me it was working perfectly. He lied. * Continue reading “Panasonic RQ SX45 portable cassette player belt change”
This model 3279K cassette deck was bought for just a few quid from a boot sale last summer. On closer inspection it’s a bit pants.
Only really worth stripping for parts. So, what can we salvage? Continue reading “Bounty from Ferguson Cassette Deck strip down”
As another experiment in accurately measuring my turntable speed I have been investigating these cheap and cheerful Laser Photo Tachometers.
These are available for less than a tenner on eBay, so I thought I would see how if fares for measuring the rotation speed of my Dual CS505 turntable. Continue reading “Turntable speed with laser tachometer”
The acquisition of a new test record from a charity shop prompted me to take another look at the speed on my Dual 505 turntable, which I thought was slightly slow.
Continue reading “Set correct speed on Dual 505 turntable with test record and software.”
University taught me most of what I needed to know about the theory of electronics, but not a jot about valves. They had been dropped from the curriculum in the 1970’s in favour of these new integrated circuit things!
Having acquired a Quad Valve system in need of attention I had to learn about Valves. Continue reading “Book learning about Valve or Tube circuits”
My Sony WM-EX662 Cassette Walkman just doesn’t seem to work as well as my similar WM-EX550.
It has had a belt change, but still suffers from flutter. Recently it has also developed problems with the controls. This turned out to be complex to understand, but easily fixed. Continue reading “Sony Walkman WM-EX662 benefits from Aiwa parts”
Mostly, when I’m fixing old audio gear, I prevail. However, on this occasion my luck ran out.
I very nearly got this one working. Continue reading “Aiwa PX 457 portable cassette player belt change ends in tears”