Just For Fun: "Let Life Be Like Music"

The title of this post comes from a short poem by Langston Hughes. That line fits so perfectly with this month's topic: songs I use for...

Thorens TD280 MK IV

I like to  fix up old turntables, especially odd or unloved examples. I've posted blogs on other decks , and back in November I saw a Th...

Cleaning vinyl records - update

Well my interest in collecting vinyl records has continued , I enjoy nothing more than sorting through crates of LP's in Junk shops, cha...

Just for Fun: I'm a Believer

For a very long time, I let myself feel shame about my love of one particular music artist, but at some point in the last couple of years I ...

NAD 5120 or Tesla NC470

Introduction I got back into vinyl records via my son, who started to collect LPs and i decided he should get a turntable as a surprise Chr...

Restoring a Pioneer PL-12D Turntable

 I got back into vinyl records about 18 months ago, and have collected a few hundred albums, mostly second hand. I have a number of turntabl...