Hobby projects including cars, photography, woodworking, restoration, and many other things of interest.
I was recently given a pair of Boston Acoustics A70 speakers because they were thought to be broken beyond repair. Boston A70 speakers are very good and have a strong following among the vintage HiFi crowd. From the outside, the speakers appear to be in very good condition. After taking …
A lucky day at the Polish Community Center where Record Riots was held one of there periodic record shows. The place was jammed with folks looking for music gold, and the trip through the rain/snow mix was worth it. I managed to snag several great finds, including this one, The …
Facebook followers know that I have recently been working on some CD players that I have acquired periodically over the last several months. Many of these non-working machines need nothing more that a new belt or two to get them back into first-class shape. Because I have been asked about …
The last post featured a cute little dog looking at a pumpkin, both of which were generated using artificial intelligence. In this case the two cats here are supposed to be a pair of Manx, but they seem to be a little generic. The descriptive phrase used was “Two Manx …
The story here is rather interesting, if I do say so myself. I acquired a Sony CDP-C345 5-disc CD changer. It supposedly did not work, but the exact nature of the failure was not known. I checked it out and discovered that the drawer would go in and out over …
I don’t know where I picked up this little gem. It seems I have had it a very long time. It is a 45 rpm record of Rockin’ Jerry Lee by Jerry Lee Lewis. Interestingly, if you look closely at the label you will see that it is a promo …
The Backstory Collecting LP records has been a “thing” for a long time. In the 1980s it was thought that the new fangled CDs would replace them, and for the most part Compact Discs did just that. Then digital files, such as MP3, replaced CDs, or just about. But downloading …
