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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 …
I can’t believe it! I ran across this LP recently and had to have it, you know, just had to have it. Anyway, it is on the Audio-Technica disc spinner as I write this and it sounds fantastic. It is like new and I have to tell you that I …
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 …
Well, here they are! The re-foaming is done and now the Advent Graduates are ready for testing. You will see that I did not replace the grill cloth and I am missing one of the badges. So far I have not been able to find a replacement badge! Apparently, that …
In my previous post I discussed the cleaning of the Advent Graduate speakers that you see on the right. Now that they are all nice and fresh, the time has come to replace the foam rings that surround the woofers. Remember, these foams are extremely important and without them the …
In my last post I mentioned that I had acquired a pair of Advent Graduate speakers at a community give-away event. Cosmetically, they were in pretty good condition, but the speaker foams were destroyed. I decided that repair was in order, so at the first opportunity I got on the …
I recently was visiting a community “give-away” event and this pair of Advent Graduate speakers caught my eye. The giver said they were in good condition and was appreciative that I was interested in them. I didn’t even bother to remove the grills to check them out, I just snagged …
There is a little bit of happiness when one is in the right place at the right time. In this instance I was able to purchase a rather nice reel-to-reel tape published by Columbia. The tape is Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic performing West Side Story and On …
