When every week was vinyl week: a look back to What Hi-Fi? 1976 issue #1

[What Hi-Fi?]

A half a century is a long time in hi-fi; and only a few venerable turntable brands have made it through the long journey.

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[Gray]

Good to see my old UA900 as a recommended amp.
Best product Alba ever made - although, admittedly, that may not be saying much

 

[robroy]

Good to see my old UA900 as a recommended amp.
Best product Alba ever made - although, admittedly, that may not be saying much

 

[robroy]

My first amp was an Alba UA 700. It was great. It’s now up in my loft awaiting repair. I only stopped using it and replaced it with an Arcam Alpha+ because the dual ganged Volume and Loudness ‘pots’ developed flat spots and loss f signal in certain positions. Shame !
Robroy.

 

[robroy]

My first amp was an Alba UA 700. It was great. It’s now up in my loft awaiting repair. I only stopped using it and replaced it with an Arcam Alpha+ because the dual ganged Volume and Loudness ‘pots’ developed flat spots and loss f signal in certain positions. Shame !
Robroy.

Furthermore the no 2 system in the first issue included the Garrard 86 SB turntable. And guess what ? I’m still using that too in April 2024. Despite everyone saying that was a right load of old rubbish too. ‘You pays yore money and you takes your choice’. Beauty is in the eye or ear of the beholder !

 

[Gray]

My first amp was an Alba UA 700. It was great. It’s now up in my loft awaiting repair. I only stopped using it and replaced it with an Arcam Alpha+ because the dual ganged Volume and Loudness ‘pots’ developed flat spots and loss f signal in certain positions. Shame !
Robroy.

They say you learn something every day - I don't - but I have today.
I had no idea that there was a UA-700 model.

My Uncle gave me a list of things to buy as my first system....which included a Philips! GA-437 turntable (still working 46 years on) and the UA-900 amp.
The day after I bought it, the price dropped.
I must have had the cheek to complain and, to their credit, good old Comet refunded the difference.

Get the 700 out of the loft Robroy - I've just seen a picture and the nice wood surround is all the rage now 😉
Hopefully those 'flatspots' are just contamination that will be cured by a few blasts of Servisol Super 10.
(Looks like you've got loads of switches and rotaries that will all benefit 👍).

 

[AndySlate]

Any chance of providing issue 1 as a pdf? I'd love to read it.