Recent content by martin47

Just to add, I'm also the proud owner of an SL-100C. Picked up on a bit of a whim, to see how good Technic's 'budget' deck could be. I needed an arm with a removable head shell to play with the vintage Shure cartridges I've suddenly found myself owning (how do these things happen?) and it was...

+2! :-)

A very good point. It will probably do very well with people who own Apple devices and force other providers to up their game, but I don't think it's going to achieve the full market penetration they would like for none Apple users. Apple's biggest problem in my opinion when introducing a...

Of the thousands of records I own, I have two that were off centre enough to really audibly affect playback to the point where they were unlistenable without attention. One on both sides, the other, strangely, only on one side.

That's the issue though isn't it? Other brands that have been established longer so take less work - no one likes work, lets be honest - and probably push and demand more from the Distributor from a sales and investment perspective. If you're handling some hulking brands who are constantly...

The DA88s is an incredible amplifier in my opinion, as are many of the Jadis products I've had the pleasure of listening to over the years. Interesting you should bring up Leben and Karan. Like Jadis, I think their lack of penetration in the U.K. was as much to do with the attitude and...

The packaging is beautiful... I think this is the first time I have experienced 'packaging envy'..

I have nothing but praise for David at Goldring, an absolute pleasure to deal with and my first point of call for all retip / rebuild related work. Martin.

Hi Uniqueid! Lovely looking turntable and fabulous to see it located in a normal domestic environment rather than a dedicated hifi divorce cave. String shelving system also... colour me envious :-)

Bose made some decent sounding and interesting 'speakers. I'd take Bose and / or B&O over many apparently approved 'HiFi' brand products.

Whitehouse. None of this Burial stuff for the soft kids.

Great information, thanks for sharing!

That's interesting, my copy sounds fine... do you have the double LP / red vinyl edition?

Mass market popularity does not have to translate into lowest common denominator products. The market for moisturisers alone proves this: - http://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/the-8.5k-face-cream

Incidentally, if anyone has a really cosmetically clean SL-10 they want to sell, I'd be interested... I'd even consider 'problematic' examples... I like a challenge!