Recent content by Steve983

This was our Ferguson model, probably got it in 1975. Which reminds me that its 50 years ago this summer that I bought my first proper LP; Elton John's Greatest Hits - still have it!

I wouldn't call it hi fi but when music centres appeared in the 70's they were a slight step up from the previous radiograms. My family had a Ferguson one, my cousins had a Sanyo one. Then in about 1980 I saw an advert for an Akai rack system that was made up of separates with amp, tuner...

Back in the early 70's my sister bought my Dad Holst's Planet Suite and my Dad bought my Mum The Carpenters Singles Collection LP's. Since they passed away I now have them both and have got them on cd too. They mean a lot to me.

Thanks for the advice although its the homemade tapes that are most affected speed wise (not surprisingly) and pre recorded tapes that sound the best which makes sense.

Good luck with the deck. I bought an 80's deck that has been fully serviced and works fine. My problem is though that most of my tapes have not aged well, a couple play fine but the majority sound very quiet, sound garbled or sound as though they are running too slow. Looking on E Bay everyone...

CD. No contest for sound quality.

It wouldn't surprise me if they were identical inside the outer case!

As someone who has three current cd players I would say the Marantz CD6007 and Denon DCD900NE sound identical, while the Cambridge Audio AXC35 sounds nearly as good but not quite. Opinions will vary of course. I also have a 25 year old NAD cd player which when put through the Cambridge Audio...

Thanks for that clarification guys 👍

Another idea I have is to try out my 3020B as a pre amp and my 3240PE as a power amp with my second set of speakers. This seems to be the best way around to do it, any thoughts welcome. Just to double check, the connections would be as follows? From the 3020B (Pre Amp) 'Pre Amp Out' to 3240PE...

Oops, I did it again. I got a NAD 302 amp from the early 90's for £120 on Ebay. The successor to the long lived 3020 this has been serviced, partly recapped and is in pristine condition. Most importantly it sounds excellent, the headphone stage is particularly good too. Very pleased but now I...

Not sure how many people are familiar with Bandcamp but there is a ton of modern independent synth music there. Whether ambient or more sequencer based sounds are your thing, there is plenty to choose from. I can certainly recommend the following artists, have a listen and if you find something...

One of my first albums was Albedo 0.39 by Vangelis and love many of his albums like Heaven & Hell, Spiral and the Bladerunner soundtrack. Also of course Jean Michel Jarre and Oxygene although I never cared for his following albums. Lately I've been exploring Bandcamp and discovering a lot of...

Since I started buying vinyl again a few years back I have found the quality of pressings to vary greatly, from the very good to the very bad. I don't remember this problem in the old days and with vinyl prices heading skyward I will not be buying any more.

I have a NAD CD player connected to a DAC that is sited under my tv. From the DAC I have a 5 meter run phono lead connecting to my amp. When I compare the sound to another cd player(Marantz CD6007) that is connected to the same amp with 50cm phono leads there is zero difference in...