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Also, I don't get on audiokarma as often anymore, if you don't mind, would you please email me at aage@live.ca? Thanks again.

Hi there! dnewman (Dave) tells me that you have some Quad stuff for sale. Is it still available? If so, please let me know where you are (city)? Thanks, Aage Johansen Ottawa, Ontario

My mistake, I forgot completely about the instructions to "slightly dampen" the roller. I apologize to those whose feelings were apparently bruised by my assertions. I used Dust Bugs (and Preeners) for many years, from the mid-'60s till I put my TTs away in 1985. All that time, I never used...

Hey, congratulations! They look pretty good, under the grills. The woofer doesn't look beat up, is it the voice coil that's fried? Even if the spider got overpowered and knocked loose, still could be repairable. It would be a shame to "pollute" them with some other woofer, wouldn't it...

Super! One trick I saw done was to add weight (gob of solder, for example) to the lighter cartridge/cartridge holder so that both cartridges had the same mass. Then the re-balancing part was not necessary. Of course, to do this, you need a second cartridge holder, something that I guessing...

Good to hear that, holmesuser01. You know that playing 78s requires a "fatter" tip on your stylus, right? Let me clarify that: you can play them with an LP-type stylus, but what is happening is that you are playing the bottom of the groove, which will result in a lot more ticks, pops, and...

Click here for the New York Times story. Here's the first paragraph of the article for the inevitable day when the link dies: "For decades jazz cognoscenti have talked reverently of “the Savory Collection.” Recorded from radio broadcasts in the late 1930s by an audio engineer named William...

Nice, but how about some photos...?

Yes, and yes. For over three hundred dollars, it should come with a book. Look up the "Sound on sound" feature and go crazy making your demo. Oh, and haggle like crazy, that's a lot for a R2R these days...

Just sold this, after owning it for something over 25 years. I miss it, but the dollars are nice to have, too :D

Well, I can't tell much about its condition by the cell-phone quality photo, but I can tell you that it's one of the ones made by Sanyo. Not that it was a bad receiver, but IMHO I would say that you overpaid for it. For example, without even knowing which Kenwood you have, I would venture to...

Track pitch is also a determining factor.

That TT was a watershed for Thorens, IMHO. It marked the beginning of their acceptance into "modern" hifi. It paved the way for the TD-125 by putting a great suspension idea into a unit with sleek, simple lines...

Some shots of my Fisher FM-1000 that I am trying to sell on that auction site. It's tough to say good-bye to something that I've had so long, although I've rarely played. It was fun shooting it though...

Innards of my Fisher FM-1000. Always reminds me of a downtown street full of apartment buildings...

Indeed. I owned two different Peugeot 504 in the day, a '72 sedan and a '76 "Familiale" (station wagon). Marvellous cars, super comfortable, great cruisers. But the King of French cars was Citroën. The DS21 was a fantastic car, but the SM could not be beat.

My daughter's dog "Ruby". Never knew a smarter animal...

Lazy afternoon...

In these collections, do the 1960s count as mid-century, then?

Shamrock was definitely Low End recording tape back in the day. My memories of it are full of dropouts. Scotch 203, OTOH, was top grade in its day.

Dunno about "cult-like" popularity, since like most heros of young kids, he was just plain goofy. I mean, the pie in the face joke was old when Moses came down off the Mount. But he did make me laugh a lot back then. RIP, Soupy.

In my experience, Tape Monitor circuits have a tendency to bleed signal, but it seems that you are having the exact opposite experience. "Interesting." — Spock

Blackbird.

Hold your breath, or dive in...

Photo below is of a building put up in 1848, used for the first hundred years or so as a mill, and today is a private residence on an eleven acre lot, surrounding the pond you see. It's in a particularly beautiful part of Ontario, and is situated just off the historic Perth Road. It also...