Howard Popeck: I sold loads of these. Always new, because nobody ever traded one in with me. They were 100% reliable, beautiful to look at, magnificently engineered and looked like $1m. However, truth be told, sound quality was good, very good in fact – but not terrific. Not terrific in absolute terms nor indeed for […]
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Contents: Comparative pricing Buying advice Minimalist power cord The tone balance control Headphone jack FM section Amplification section Suitable partners For and against Should YOU buy? Where to buy Howard Popeck writes: Even before I founded Subjective Audio Ltd I was an enthusiast of Technics gear. The Tottenham Court Road audio bullrings had visually impressive […]
5-CD set brings acclaimed series to an end, with 100 classic & rare tracks. The Complete Motown Singles, an acclaimed, multi-disc series covering the companys wide-ranging and massively successful output from 1959-1972, comes to its conclusion with the release of Volume 12B, a 5-disc set of the companys output from the last half of 1972. […]
Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Howard Popeck / Features Editor *************** We were having a discussion recently here in the office. Obviously we were chatting about Hi-fi and in particular how […]
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED GUNS N ROSES 1988 RADIO BROADCAST At the height of their popularity, the original Fab Five bad boys of Rock n Roll had their finest hour at the Ritz in New York City on February 2, 1988. Guns N Roses, in their musical peak, performed their best songs from the now legendary classic […]
A couple of years ago I replaced a cartridge (Audio Technica OC9) as it was getting a bit long in the tooth. It had always had anti-bias set matching the down force figure, or slightly less, as seems to be standard practice. Upon examining the stylus tip under magnification I could see obvious wear and […]
Am I the only person slightly under whelmed by some of the new vinyl reissues? These new expensive 180-gram offerings should be far better than the old 1970/80s records they are replacing. Often they are not. Yes, they are made of thick (and usually flat) plastic and they have great covers usually protected by up […]