Recent content by pd44

Good advice, thanks; we can't really audition here, have to buy & "sell" back within 14 days; but I'll give that a try. Thanks again :)

Ok, they only have the A10 and A12, the latter having a lot of bells and whistles, but appears to lack tone controls .... but the A10 looks ok I guess?

Within my budget - Rega, Hegel, Marantz, NAD, Denon, Bowers & Wilkins, Yamaha, Cambridge Audio, Cyrus, Leak, Quad, Rotel, Musical Fidelity

I have, but in that everything breaks (condensers, circuit boards) and I have limited knowledge about re-furbishing or free time to learn, I'm leaning towards buying something new for the next 35 years - to take me to 90 :)

Ah, not stocked by the two shops here.

Hi, My 35 year old Technics integrated amp SU-V1X (40 watts/channel into 8Ω) is probably past it's best, although still pretty good. I read reviews and have tried some amps that are available here where I live. First I tried Rega Elicit-R (105 watts/channel into 8Ω) but the treble really hurt...

Sorry for the delay; I shall clarify. I did mean cartridge head (or headshell?), not phono stage. I previously had a Technics direct drive from '86, can't remember which, but it got stolen; it had a much lighter & smaller tonearm. Anyway, I read this article about setting up a tonearm -...

Hi, We bought a secondhand turntable as described above. I’m wondering if the combination is bad for my records? Quite tinny treble that even hurts my ears quite often. Afraid I don’t know much about turntables, but remember that most of my records used to sound nicer than this.