Recent content by Rui

You might be right as today´s turntables are very bad, we are almost in the 1970 turntables technology, this between 1.000 to 2.000€ value

Yes, in part is true ,i have 64 years old and still listen well all music i have , the problems with hearing are real but not becoming deaf, also can say that a lot of youngsters before 20 years old, hear a lot less that people around my age, i see the kids in my family since early age with...

I still buy records, not every month but when some titles i have a litle destroyd , i ordered them new again, for prices from 25 to 35€, this in Lisbon, Portugal a store more known for it´s second hand records , named Louie Louie. From Ebay stores i´ve been buying from Vinyl Digital, more...

If i had to buy a new turntable today the SL-1500 C would be it, but all is a lighter version of the 70´s turntable a lot less evolved to the point of being ridiculous

might not need all of that, normally the oil and bearings do not deteriorate after only 20 years and it´s a closed system so even more protected it is, i´m saying this as i have turntables that after disassemble them were still very good, normally the belt is still there working but not at a...

I think ,the most have not dedicated music rooms the living room is where the hi-fi system is installed but the sound is not bad just not at 100% and notice that new components due to the lack of quality are more sensible to the instalation , i for years had a system in my living room, still...

The 2mred its a bad cartridges unless you have a top system and can add what is missing in the cartridge sound, it reads the records with accuracy but a very dull sound , theres the nagaoka around the same price it sounds better to me, the Grado Prestige Gold III its a good cartridge and it as...

I'm using one since 1974 in a Pioneer, sounds really good, no noises or any thing but have a Dual 1224 more old and a buzz came but from the receiver a Dual from the same year was my grandmother system only the cables on the turntable can be not that good anymore, check it by your description it...

I would choose the technics as the PL-71 is older but a good turntables, it might be better the Technics as it is more evolved and easier to put any cartridge, i have a Pioneer like that but wasn't much in use , the technics is direct drive and the arm is common to several technics models, a...

I think in the 70´s all were better but one had to choose a favorite design, i do love 76 , Sansui, Pioneer, Accuphase, Technics and Revox B series(maybe only in 77) the A was a good series too

Buy second hand, superior quality ,even more if from the 70´s it´s not that easy to find a perfect complete component system but i already bought very cheap, a 1979 pioneer component system, (PL-400, SX-700L, CT-200, CS speakers 12" woofers), a philips 1979 component system with a technics...

Mid-Fi, no such thing exists, Hi-Fi or not.(Shure was one of the best brands, in what concerns to cartridges and stylus) About old stylus and cartridges were a lot better built, the same i can say about Ortofon, that used to be a brand that you were assured to have quality, today i guess...

the CD was sold since 83 ,i think and developed in the 70´s by Philips and in a later stage Philips made a deal with Sony so it could be released sooner , i was still using a 70´s system when having my first cd player and it sounded good but only bought maybe 7 ´till 1994 when music stores...

when moving at 3rd time to a better house i was tired of putting records in boxes after put them again in shelfs this more than once as 3 houses 3times the work and each time more records ,i say 3 as the first house you leave your parents home with already a big collection, that increases by the...

i saw them live countless times before they recorded the first album and after, also bought two lps ,one as mr. crowley(or similar) from ozzy osborne , the other is the previous or next to the one i refer, but always nice to see them live, at start we even laughed of the teatrical work on the...