Recent content by TheLastMan

Don't go into this with any preconceptions! Use your own ears - peoples preferences are different. Also make sure you get an extensive audition - this is a big purchase and not to be done lightly. Remember I was listening to the Rega Planar 3 vs Linn LP12 in 1992. Both models have likely...

Being "vintage" myself, I have continuously owned a record player of one make or another for 45 years, so I will offer my 2p. My 18th birthday present (in 1978) was a Dual CS505. It sounded perfectly acceptable, but more "audio" than "hi-fi" to be honest. The sound could be best described as...

I am looking for some metal framed headphones (metal framed headband, metal gimble attachment to metal speaker units). The less plastic the better, ideally with a detachable / replaceable chord. I am on my third pair of Sony MDR- V300's which sound great but about as long lasting as the...