Turntables: Old vs New
Two vintage record players. One modern turntable. Three copies of the same record. And one answer to the question: How do vintage turntables compare to today’s models?
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Receiver Shoot-Out: Vintage vs. High-Tech
What piece of audio gear has changed as much as the receiver? Since the early 1980s, receivers have grown from friendly devices into monstrosities almost no one can figure out. It used to be that the toughest part of designing a receiver was finding cool new features to add. Now it’s figuring out what features you can afford to cut because there’s no room for any more jacks!
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The Shock of the Old
As an electronics journalist, I’m around audio enthusiasts a lot. But I’ve never seen so many of them get so jazzed about a single piece of gear as I did when a 1978 Pioneer SX-1980 receiver recently came through the doors at Innovative Audio, a Vancouver, BC vintage audio dealer.
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Back On Track
When did you throw out all your 8-track tapes? Mid eighties, right? I remember the day. I’d already switched to cassette and was contemplating a move to CD.
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$1000 Worth of Sound for $100: Refurbishing a Vintage Turntable
The following article by Ed Kobesky is re-printed by permission of Audio Discourse (with a big thank you to Mr. Dave Clark). Analog is a smarter bet than ever for audiophiles on a budget. Excellent turntables are available from Pro-Ject and Music Hall for around $300, although that may still represent a big investment for…
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An Interview With Gordon Sauck
What’s innovative about Vancouver, BC’s Innovative Audio isn’t the products it sells, but the products it refuses to sell. Instead of offering brand-new, state-of-the-art products, Innovative Audio focuses exclusively on vintage audio gear.
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Ebay Do’s And Dont’s
Special thanks Paul Gill, and to guest eBay author, Joanna Gurnitsky, for this list. This is part of the Become a Power eBayer reference series. This article is written with permission from the author.
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How To Buy Vintage Audio
All right, before you begin you should know that this is NOT your simple 4 paragraph ‘buyer’s guide’ so often seen everywhere else. This article contains reams of information and is very, very long. If you wish, you can simply skip to certain areas but I strongly recommend reading this article in its entirety at least once.
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Record Care and Cleaning
Believe it or not, even stored records will still accumulate dust, and when that happens, you’ll have to clean your records before playing them.