Yearly Archives: 2023

Collection purchase

Posted 24 March 2023
I hasten to report that we have bought a massive collection of hi-fi equipment, around 500 units. These are mainly reel-to-reel tape recorders, many amplifiers, and quadrophonic ones. Some cassette decks and turntables. A whole lot of additional equipment like system selectors, timers, dbxs and equalizers. The first batch arrives on Monday, March 27. What ...
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Ultrasonic record cleaning

Posted 24 March 2023
We add to our offer: ultrasonic record cleaning. We use an ultrasonic cleaner specially adapted for cleaning vinyl records. The washing lasts 20 minutes and removes dirt invisible to the human eye, significantly reducing crackling when playing a record. Service available from:– £1.5 per piece for over 50 records,– £2 per piece from 5-49 records,– ...
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Sony EL-7 short-lived format

Elcaset is a short-lived audio format jointly developed by Sony, Panasonic, and Teac in 1976, building on an idea introduced 20 years earlier in the RCA tape cartridge. In 1976, it was widely felt that the compact cassette was never likely to be capable of the same levels of performance that was available from reel-to-reel ...
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