Leak Troughline 3
Something nice to work on today. A 50 year old Leak Troughline FM tuner, still with it’s final inspection ticket 11/9/69. Fitted with a Mullard decoder. These tuners are a lovely piece of ...
Something nice to work on today. A 50 year old Leak Troughline FM tuner, still with it’s final inspection ticket 11/9/69. Fitted with a Mullard decoder. These tuners are a lovely piece of ...
A nice way to end a week. Customer came in with a late ‘50s Pilot record player. Wow I hear you all shouting. This player was sporting a Collaro RC 456 deck. Now Collaro decks were more expensive ...
Friday morning project. A very tired Fender Pro185. Okay, not a hot glowing glass bulb of loveliness in site. But we need the bills paying so when the Devil shits in your handbag, we need to become ...
Nice big Rivera 120 Watt amp came in today. Very heavy at 5.5 tons. Blown mains and HT fuses and 4 output valves (EL34) looking decidedly unhappy. Out with the chassis, 4 softish sacrificial EL34s ...
Don’t see many of these nowadays. Early 1970s Sony TA5650. One of the first amps to use VFET transistors in the output stage. Nice amplifiers and very collectable within the audiophile community. ...
Good when a plan all comes together. Been working on the relocation of the transmitter for Breeze 97.7 FM. Prime location using one of Albox on Line’s masts. Many thanks to Kevin Pitt, owner of Albox ...
Just to set the scene. A warmer than average day for this time of year, a nice bag of oranges brought in by a customer, wild animals jumping twix palm tees, the odd shooting outside over drug dealing ...
Another day in the Zeta Services play pen, employing my enormous talent, repairing TV after TV for people that don’t realize and appreciate the honour they have bestowed upon them. Then, the monotony ...
Not seen one of these Fender variations before. basically looks like a Twin Reverb / Bassman 100 Watt, with a reverb unit and 4 basic inputs. This one lead me on a merry dance to start with and for ...
Abbey Road Recording Studios We have all seen the famous photo of the Beatles walking across the zebra crossing toward Abbey Road Studios. Where did that all begin I hear you frantically ask.In the ...
A good indication as to the build quality and a sign of overall thoughtful design, is how easily something can be dismantled and serviced and how easy it is to put together after. This Italian ...
Well that was a surprise. A nice afternoon I thought, quick check over, even with the blindfold on....Oh no...A Quad 33-303 came in with the owner saying there were a couple of faults. One easy, ...