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SEQUERRA: Their loudspeakers in the UK: fact or fiction?

Hello Neil. Thanking you in advance even if you cannot help. Were Sequerra loudspeakers ever officially imported into the UK? Were they any good. What was the range and what was the price please? Finally were these designed by the same guy who designed that fantastic FM tuner? JJ Hi JJ. The word ‘imported’ can […]

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Ask Mr. H: ATC: Meridian, ATC and Harbeth SHL 5s

Hello Howard, I feel as though i know you although we have never met, having read your articles and comments for some time. Frankness and honesty is a quality i greatly admire. I’m a music and audio enthusiast of 40+ years. Won’t bore you with my hi fi history but in my sitting room is […]

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Through other ears

Wouldn’t it be great if you could hear the IRSV in Music Room One? Multiple weekly visitors get the chance, but the many thousands of readers of this blog have to just guess. Or do they? Stereophile editor John Atkinson spent time with us and posted two parts of his three-part factory tour and interview […]

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Older audio equipment is very much like our memories. Always different than they really were.

We tend to remember the emotional highlights of events—both good and bad. The sordid details and problems fade into the background but jump right back to the forefront once re-experienced. One of my first loves was the Audio Research SP3 preamplifier. Big, warm, sweet and slobbery like those Cinnabons you know you shouldn’t eat. Musical? […]

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JAPANESE VINTAGE TURNTABLES NOT ON EBAY FOR SALE

Denon / JVC / Luxman / Micro Seiki / Pioneer / Sansui / Technics / Yamaha THE PUBLISHERS DO NOT VOUCH FOR ANY CONTENTS HERE.THE LISTING YOU ARE ABOUT TO VISIT MAY BE A SCAM. PLEASE BE CAREFUL —//— LUXMAN PD 51 … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=luxman_pd-151_turntable&p=turntable&prod_id=89703&offset= YAMAHA P200 … https://www.bazaraki.com/adv/4249182_yamaha-p-200-belt-drive-turntable/ TECHNICS SL7 … https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/east-victoria-park/stereo-systems/technics-sl-7-linear-tracking-turntable-fully-serviced/1298556563 YAMAHA GT5000 … […]

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HARMAN KARDON VINTAGE CASSETTE DECKS & PARTS FOR SALE

THE PUBLISHERS DO NOT VOUCH FOR ANY CONTENTS HERE.THE LISTING YOU ARE ABOUT TO VISIT MAY BE A SCAM. PLEASE BE CAREFUL —//— TD 392 … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/cassettedecks/m1855805864-harman-kardon-td-392-cassette-deck-cassettespeler 300XM … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/cassettedecks/m1855805864-harman-kardon-td-392-cassette-deck-cassettespeler TD 102 … https://www.kijiji.ca/v-stereo-systems-home-theatre/winnipeg/mint-1988-harman-kardon-hk-td102-tape-cassette-deck/1621493979 TD 420 … https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649869226-harmankardon-td420-tray-loading-cassette-deck/ TD 212 … https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/keysborough/other-audio/harman-kardon-td212-cassette-deck-excellent-/1296586016 400XM … https://www.kijiji.ca/v-stereo-systems-home-theatre/mississauga-peel-region/harman-kardon-hk-400xm-stereo-cassette-deck/1620672104 TD 262 … https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/reservoir/other-audio/cassette-deck-harman-kardon-td262-150-/1296487992 DC 5500 … https://www.kijiji.ca/v-stereo-systems-home-theatre/city-of-toronto/harman-kardon-dc5500-dual-cassette-deck-and-50-cassettes/1619936801 CD491 … […]

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Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

I have just acquired a 32 year old JVC/Victor TT-101 DD turntable after having its lesser brother, the TT-81 for the last year. TT-101 This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into ‘flagship’ […]

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HILL PLASMATRONIC LOUDSPEAKERS: Type 1 loudspeaker test review

J. Gordon Holt writes:  Dr. Alan Hill, president of Plasmatronics Inc., was previously employed by the US Government in laser research. His assignment: To increase the efficiency of lasers so that they could do something more impressive than produce holograms, mend leaky retinal blood vessels, and punch pinholes in steel blocks. Dr. Hill earned his […]

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