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I don't know why, but the slow stress and swing between decision and indecision as this one-sided thread unfolded reminded me of a certain cartoon ..
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Looks like something these two would cobble together from bits found in a shed ..

https://i.postimg.cc/zX2X6r4Y/271904318-5063059223769972-3411621740806121055-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/J4fwgSy6/qqp0x39vxmn31.jpg

Toshiba toploading CD player from the late 80s.
It was only ten inches wide and very cheap.
I know it's ugly though because I looked at one of...

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Looks more like something found in the kitchen of a high-end restaurant than an amplifier.

I realise they're probably seen as...

Keep an eye out for a TEAC.
I've had mine for thirty years and it's still going strong.

I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s one of the mags giving away some directional stickers to place on your turntable platter and even on your actual records (on the labels) to create some kind...

Yep ...

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About a year ago, I was in an unfamiliar town and I saw a Richer Sounds so I crossed the road to take a look in the window, just to see what was current I guess.

I was quite shocked with the...

https://www.retroworkshop.co.uk/

Retro Workshop just outside Southampton have a good reputation down here though I've not had cause to use them myself.

No worries :)

What I really like about them is the room underneath for books or maybe a small hanging plant or something.
Plus the cats can run around under the speakers rather than being...

I get what you're saying but they're less than twenty five quid for a pair.
There's 16 bolts on each frame and the steel is good and thick - it won't bend or flex and the rubber ends on the legs...

A while back I bought some Tannoy Mayfairs.
I'm really happy with their sound - in fact, this is the best my system has ever been, mainly because I love that Tannoy quality but also (I think)...

Probably the best speakers I have ever heard in my life.
They blew me away.

I wouldn't mind a pair of their smaller baby brothers if anyone's got some ?
I know I missed out on a pair on here a...

Perfectly acceptable behaviour, so long as you're eating curry from the foil boxes whilst wearing a lamé cape .. and I say that as a huge Yes fan :yay:

Yeah, you're about right there I think.
I know they were more expensive than the bog standard portable B&W set of the day because I had one of the latter :)

Thinking about it again now, there's...

The Guardian always publish interesting galleries taking in a wide range of subjects and this morning there's a collection of 1980s photography focusing on the lower east side of New York.
It's a...

https://www.gumtree.com/p/speakers/tannoy-canterbury-loudspeakers-/1430880152

I worked in record shops on and off for over twenty years and would hear the "modern music is rubbish" argument on a daily basis.
If you follow football you'll always hear the same thing about the...

This thread reminds me of an article I wrote for a magazine about ten years ago :

When the music stops

There’s a line in Don McLean’s American Pie that has always rung true for me:

” …the...

Hope I'm not too late, but the easiest thing to do would be to ask your local record shop to keep some boxes for you.

All the major distributors use several types with 13" or so being the default...

Might I be so bold as to suggest a change in phone tariff ??

I used to work for Orange and have always bought a handset (typically Chinese) and gone for a rolling "sim-only" deal which you can...

Cheers for the info.
I'll have a tinker, but at the mo' I like it flat.

While we're on this, what does the "Presence" control do on Tannoy speakers ??

A while ago, I bagged a bargain pair of monster Technics speakers for forty quid :

https://audio-database.com/TechnicsPanasonic/speaker/sb-4500.JPG

Being a fan of bass-driven music for the most...

Well, after giving them an initial clean I've just plugged them in, initially in front of my Regas .. and it took two songs for me to move them to where they should be, while the Regas now go...