Hobby projects including cars, photography, woodworking, restoration, and many other things of interest.
A few weeks ago I picked up this very cool reel-to-reel tape, American Caravan: A Columbia Musical Treasury. You can see in the photo to the right that is was “Recorded in Dynamic Dimension Sound”, whatever that means. My best guess is that it is Columbia’s term for some sort …
Setting the Scene Not too many years ago “everyone” knew the differences between record players and turntables. Record players came first while turntables as we know them are really a product of the HiFi rise of the 1950s. Over the last decade or three, as portable music players became popular …
My vintage Technics SL-BD20 turntable has worked perfectly for a very long time. In fact, since the late 1980s this turntable has been absolutely fantastic! Unfortunately, some weeks ago the tonearm suddenly stopped performing an automatic return at the end of a record. This was a big mystery and I …
I must be on a roll because here is another LP that I turned up for a mere $.99. Montovani’s Golden Hits is really a very good album, if you like easy listening, of course. I figure that an $.99 I couldn’t go wrong. Very mellow, you know.
If turning it up to 20 is a big deal (“because it’s louder”), then turning it up to 20 must be outrageous! Here we see the markings on an Onkyo TC-2500MKII, and, sure enough, they go all the way up top 20. Batten down the hatches because it is going …
On a hunch that I might find something cool, I stopped into the local Goodwill store. Luck was on my side and I discovered this LP, ShaNaNa’s ShaNaNow. I have been looking for something from ShaNaNa for some time, but it appears that their records are a little hard to …
I dropped by the local Habitat for Humanity Restore shop the other day and came across this gem for only $2. It sounded pretty good, but after I cleaned it up with the Secret Sauce from Last Vestige it sounded even better. Check out Montovani Magic below.
A bit of a disclaimer before we go in- This is not a “how to” post. It is merely a story about what I did when I refurbished this old turntable. If you decide you want to try doing the same, be sure you have the knowledge, tools, and service …
By now you should know that Windows 10 will be not updated, etc., by Microsoft anymore. The end is not only in site, but it is here right now. I mentioned a while back to friends and family that Linux is an option to Windows This is the computer we …
A series of posts ending a couple of weeks ago discussed how I refurbished a pair of Advent Graduate speakers. After thorough cleaning and re-foaming, the only thing missing was the grill badge for one of the speakers. You can see this problem in the photo on the right where …
