Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Minor maintenance of a Quad 33 (on behalf)

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Was assisting a friends' friend with minor maintenance on his Quad 33. Sounds ok initially after power-up but takes about 25-...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Alternate analogue FM reception for the living room (***Update#2a***)

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First a background of the change in the existing setup. In Singapore, most of the population (>90%) live in a Housing Development ...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

JVC XL-MV33 (Part-2)

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Continuation from JVC XL-MV33 My skeptical friend finally decided to get his toes wet with minor recapping on the MV33 to improve rep...
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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Alternative universal RC

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I had recently bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 smartphone. One unexpected bonus for this average smartphone was it's RC app. The RC ap...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Another budget CD source - LG DV522P

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I was introduced to this budget CD source, the LG DV-522P (with co-axial digital output) by a neighbour. He wanted to determine the quality...
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Monday, October 1, 2018

Technics RS-M02

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The RS-M02 was the top end cassette deck for the Technics Concise series (small-size or micro components). Pix from VintageTechnics...
Saturday, September 1, 2018

Celestion SL-6s

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In the late 1980's I literally fell "head-over-heels" for the Celestion SL-6 after listening to a pair at my friend's pla...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Carver C-2 pre with M-200t power amp

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While in NZ, I finally settle on the combination of a  Carver C-2 pre-amp partnered with a Carver M-200t power amplifier. Could only affo...
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Sunday, July 1, 2018

McLaren 602 pre and 702 power amplifier

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Continuation from McLaren A150B While at that hifi dealers home on the North Shore* (basically the district across the bridge, on other s...
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Friday, June 1, 2018

Onix RA-65

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I visited  The Cathay  (in Singapore) not long after it was newly opened at the end of Orchard Road. There used to be a largish CD shop (thi...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Another budget EL34 integrated

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Could not resist buying the following budget integrated EL34 SET amp from China - 8W per channel, about 7.4kg and with a toggle input selec...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

Revisit - DIY TDA1541A DAC with USB interface

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After a couple of years, the unit began to sound more and more bass-ier? Discovered the PRC made TEAPO capacitors had an oily film on t...
Thursday, March 1, 2018

UPDATED - McLaren A150B (not Tag-McLaren)

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Many would not have heard of the McLaren brand of amplifiers from NZ. I certainly didn't till I was looking to setup a proper hifi set o...
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Monday, January 1, 2018

Lambert SP260T Timekeeper speakers

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My 1st encounter with these particular Lambert speakers were at a record shop in Singapore. The pair in that record shop were in plain blac...
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Friday, December 1, 2017

Denon DRW-585

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A friend who is giving up his cassette deck asked for help to rate and sell the item on his behalf. I then used the deck to transfer some o...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

DIY - How to transfer audio material from cassette or vinyl to MP3

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Since my friend wanted to dispose of his Denon cassette deck, I asked for a loan of the deck to transfer the remainder of my audio on casse...
Sunday, October 1, 2017

Craft Audio C3 pre and C4 power amplifier

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After moving out and flatting alone in Auckland in the late 1980's, I was searching for a hifi set to call my own. I have good memorie...
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Friday, September 1, 2017

Experiment - Soundmate M1 Wi-Fi music streaming receiver (low cost)

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As the local SG prices for a proper audiophile grade streamers costing a bomb, I decided to give this low cost streaming receiver a try. Dis...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Plinius 3100B

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Continuation from Plinius 2b and VII As per the Plinius "Plint", there does not seem to be much information or pictures of the ...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

JVC XL-MV33

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A friend who knows of my hobby asked for a "loan of them ears" to rate the reproduction from his JVC Karaoke VCD player Model XL-...
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Rotel RA-820AX

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Continuation from Plinius 2b and VII This was the original amplifier my flatmate was using at the time, the Rotel RA-820AX. Pix ...
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