I was pretty early to the MP3 (or “empty tree” if you’re a fan of the show Corner Gas) scene. It was in sometime in 1999 when I first heard about this new digital music file format. And when I started researching it, something told me right away that it was going to change the industry.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
New Berkeley bookshelf speakers from Electrohome
I noticed that Electrohome had a special “early bird” deal on their new model of compact powered bookshelf speakers, so I took them up on their offer. There were two models available, the 20 watt Huntley and the 30 watt Berkeley; I got the Berkeley EB20s.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Time for some Christmas music
It that time of year again to enjoy some wholesome and heart filling Christmas music. And there’s no other form of Christmas music that means so much to me and fills my heart with gladness than Christmas music recorded onto vinyl.
Sunday, October 2, 2022
How to care for your all-in-one nostalgia turntable
I thought I’d share with you some of the things I do to help keep our collection of all-in-one / nostalgia turntable stereos in tip-top shape. The kind of stereos I’m going to write about here are those with MDF (medium-density fiberboard) and real wood veneer style cabinets.
Saturday, August 6, 2022
The Sylvania turntable gets an upgrade
With a new drive belt and diamond tipped stylus needle installed, my Sylvania SRCD838 “nostalgia” turntable is sounding better than ever!
Friday, June 17, 2022
Let’s not forget the portable LP players
I wrote a little bit about our collection of all-in-one turntable consoles, here. So now, let’s take a look at the handful of portable record players we’ve been able to collect over the last few years.
Friday, April 29, 2022
The Electrohome Kingston RR75 Turntable
This is a personal review of Electrohome’s newest All-in-one turntable stereo, the Kingston RR75. For this review, I’m really going to try to control my enthusiasm and present some objective opinions and reasoning.