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Category: retro hi-fi

Revamped amps part 2 – tube or solid state?

  By toneburst 28th August 2020 28th August 2020 amplifier, retro hi-fi, Uncategorised, vintage amplifiers, vintage hi-fi

You’re looking to buy a good vintage or second-hand amplifier, so do you go for tube (valve) or transistor? This is a difficult question to… Read more

Tagged   EAR, Quad, Quad 2, Radford, solid-state, tubes, vintage amplifier

Revamped amps part 1 – buying a vintage hi-fi amplifier

  By toneburst 7th August 2020 28th August 2020 retro hi-fi, vintage hi-fi, vinyl revival

The recent Vinyl Revival series of blogs has received a lot of attention, including coverage in the hi-fi press. It seems that there is a… Read more

Tagged   amplifier, Naim, Quad, Radford, vintage amplifier

Vinyl Revival – part 3

  By toneburst 10th April 2020 10th April 2020 retro hi-fi, vinyl, vinyl revival

So far in this series, we’ve looked at what older turntables are worth considering and what to avoid. Now it’s time to look at turntable… Read more

Tagged   LP, record player, turntable

Vinyl Revival – part 2

  By toneburst 8th April 2020 10th April 2020 retro hi-fi, vinyl, vinyl revival

If you are interested in playing LPs, either for the first time or as a return to vinyl, it’s can be difficult to know where… Read more

Tagged   autochanger, LP, record player, turntable

Vinyl Revival – part 1

  By toneburst 6th April 2020 10th April 2020 retro hi-fi, vinyl, vinyl revival

Today we start a series of blogs celebrating the vinyl revival. It isn’t just younger audiophiles rediscovering the tactile pleasures of the LP, more experienced… Read more

Tagged   Garrard, lenco, Linn LP12, LP, Nottingham Analogue, thorens, vinyl

Cut your own vinyl

  By toneburst 3rd April 2020 4th April 2020 retro hi-fi, Uncategorised, vinyl

We’ve written before about the resurgence of interest in vinyl and we’re going to be featuring a series of blogs about this next week. Meanwhile,… Read more

Tagged   LP, pentagram, vinyl, yuri suzuki

Sequerra – a rare vintage

  By toneburst 13th September 2019 14th September 2019 retro hi-fi, Ted Jordan, vintage Jordan

Of all the legendary hi-fi products, one of the best known is the Marantz 10B FM tuner. Renowned for its fabulous performance (and its built-in… Read more

Tagged   DaySequerra, Dick Sequerra, Jordan JX150, JX53, Marantz 10B, ted jordan

Welcome to the Reel World

  By toneburst 14th June 2019 2nd August 2019 open reel, retro hi-fi, Uncategorised

The analogue revival is no longer confined to vinyl LPs; welcome back, the reel-to-reel tape recorder. It’s a surprising development given that pre-recorded open reel… Read more

Tagged   ballfinger, open reel, revox, thorens

Vintage Hi-Fi Receivers

  By toneburst 31st August 2018 23rd August 2018 retro hi-fi

Whilst digital audio broadcasting (DAB) and internet radio continue to spread into homes, there is no denying the allure of the classic FM stereo tuners… Read more

Tagged   hifi receivers, retro hifi, vintage stereo

Honeytone retro open reel tape recorder

  By toneburst 11th November 2017 6th July 2020 open reel, retro hi-fi, vinyl

Vinyl and turntables are becoming all the rage at the moment, and not only among audiophiles. Turntables have a retro appeal that reaches a wider… Read more

Tagged   open reel, retro hi-fi, tape recorder, turntable, vinyl
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