Back in late 1981, Scot Strachan unveiled his Syrinx PU2 to an unsuspecting world. It was a promising design, but strongly flawed in several important areas, such as resonance characteristics, ease of use and build quality. Enter the PU3 in 1983, substantially evolved and with ultra low resonance and ease of set-up as its […]
Month: November 2021
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Paul McGowan: Many of you have written me asking not to back off while others want more – I think perhaps an increased effort on my part to balance the topics and posts would probably be appropriate. One comment really resonated with me “where else would I ever read about the audio designer’s perspective?” I […]
Very limited edition in 1987
Today I picked up one of these amps for $5 from the tip shop. Cosmetically it’s in reasonable condition, and I really like the styling and all the inputs. It has 2 phono, 2 tape, 2 aux, tuner and Mic. The build quality seems really good, has anybody owned one? The cord has been […]
Andrew Achenbach writes: Here’s another fascinating haul of historic Elgar recordings from Somm expertly compiled and restored by Lani Spahr. The 77-minute programme is launched in delectable fashion with the first-ever appearance of the composer conducting his own Op 58 Elegy with the strings of Adrian Boult’s magnificent BBC Symphony Orchestra. The April 1933 Abbey […]
So, I’m in the very early stages of putting together a turntable-focused system. I’m running an entry-level Technics SL-BD10 turntable that a friend from work gave me (soon to have a donated Grado green cartridge) and an 80s Technics receiver that another buddy lent me because my 4-yr old Onkyo doesn’t have a phono input, […]
Hello Chaps. After doing a cleanup of my photobucket account I found lots of pics from my hifi past and some current ones too so I thought I’d share this selection of kit. This is by no means everything I’ve owned in the past but I don’t have the pics for some other kit. Anyways, […]
Paul McGowan writes: All power amplifiers share something in common: they are big valves connecting the amp’s power supply to the loudspeaker. How they do this is really all that differs between topologies in output stages: traditional amps use a variable valve that never reaches the maximum supply and class D amps use an on/off […]
Rarevids writes: I have been selling on ebay for nearly 2 decades. I use to love it. Over the last decade, all of their policy changes heavily favor buyers. Sellers cannot leave negative feedback, and we cannot stop non-paying bidders from bidding on our auctions. This has turned into a huge hassle and a waste […]
FYI ONLY / NOT FOR SALE
Audio kits were once the rage and now you rarely see them anymore. What happened? Are any around? What’s up with building your own hifi components? Watch Now Paul McGowan
Hi Guys: Following on from the thread “Balance control – a necessary evil or just sensible” Are tone controls a necessary evil. Having recently acquired and cleaned up and old QUAD 34 preamp I have become re-acquainted with tone control and filter functionality. I regularly listen to historic recordings, older LP’s and CD transcriptions from […]
This very rare design, incorporating Magnum Dynalab boards and probably other of their technology … is fetching high prices on the auction sites. Do these buyers know something the rest of us don’t? Some say that it’s as close to getting a Dynalab for under £250. Observations invited.
Paul McGowan If something sounds wrong how do you know if it is the recording or your system that’s at fault? There’s an easy way to tell and Paul shares it with us today. Watch Now ▸
All I care about is a great sounding record. I’m just confused why people charge, and people pay for that matter, more for a record just because it’s a 1st press. Does it sound better or is it just more collectible? This same guy also charged more for a Mono version… doesn’t that not sound […]
One of the readers of this daily post, Bernard, suggested I remind us of some famous words from Linn founder, Ivor Tiefenbrunn. “If you haven’t heard it, you don’t have an opinion.” Now that’s fairly direct and to the point. I don’t personally know Ivor but from what I gather he was always that way. […]