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Hi Guys I’d believe that too Nigel, the Sony transports were good reliable but cost-effective mechanisms. Both my Arcam CD192 and Yamaha CDX-397 use the KSS-213C. I have also seen it used is many mid-priced to high end CD Spinners. This means spares parts are not going to an issue for quite...

Hi All, Good Find Stony... Looking at that table, Just be aware; the ARCAM DIVA CD72 uses KSS-240A and the ARCAM DIVA CD72T uses KSS-213C. Make sure you order the right one. Open up the case and have a look at the laser head to confirm the part number is usually shown on a sticker/label on...

Unfortunately, it will be the Laser lens / head that has probably failed as they don't last forever, it happened to my CD 192. the good news is they are not expensive to replace, I had the technician at my local HiFi shop replace mine (because I'm too lazy to do it myself) and was pleasantly...

Hi Guy’s 1: Form me, I still like physical media, so Vinyl and CD are equal First. These days its more about the music rather than the source hence the equal First rating. 2: Internet Radio feeds and ripped music steamed via Bluetooth from a Tablet for convenience over quality. 3: I want to...

Yup ... No comment required. ...Its like ohms law never existed. LPSpinner.

Linn LP12 / ITTOK LV11 with Ortofon MC30 Supper II. - It's a bit of a Pfaff to use and it needs servicing occasionally to stay at its best performance. Also, if you live in warm humid environment, corrosion on the drive pully can be a major issue. When not using the deck, I remove the belt and...

MQA is a solution looking for a problem that doesn't exist. The best solution is to just not use it. The MQA proprietors didn't do them self's any favours when they locked out people who tried to objectively verify its claims of improved performance and tried to understand how it works. Any...

Hi All, Its great to see lots of love for the QUAD FM3. It’s a brilliant little tuner in both looks and performance. For a text book circuit that uses an off the shelf stereo decoder from Motorola the FM3 puts in a fine performance. I had one for a while, sold it only to realise how good it was...

It would be interesting to see how the -14 dB attenuators interact with the 20k Ohm input impedance of the QUAD 405. I tried my QC24 into several solid-state preamps and you can clearly hear (and measure) the early bass roll-off due to the interaction of the output coupling capacitors on the...

The correct answers is there is no technical reason you can't use a nait two to drive a pair of NS1000s. The NS1000s are relatively efficient and not a difficult load, while not powerful, the nait can easily drive a four ohm load where the Yammies are an averaged load of about eight ohms...

Well, there you go... I didn't know that.. Hat's off to Andy G for designing a cracking little preamp. LPSpinner.

Yes I remember that thread, it's good to hear he got it sorted. I hope he is happily enjoying his tunes now...

Going back to the original post, IanP mentioned that he was looking at the lighter olive colour so I am assuming that these are a second hand early build. If they were going to fail they probably would have done so by now. The only thing you might want to do at some point is get a new set of...

Hi All I own a pair of the Chinese manufactured QUAD II Classic monoblocs. To my eyes they are actually well built especially when compared to some of the stuff that comes from that part of the world. The basic circuit is the same as the original QUAD II with the exception of some capacitor...

Yup, this is a typical first gen Linn from the seventies, the Linn approved combination before Linn started selling Linn branded arms. High compliance cartridges from the seventies liked low mass arms like the grace arms and they worked well. This one looks like it has a Valhalla PSU fitted...