Thanks! Yea, it’s a nice bit of kit this, and still useful if you upgrade your phono stage at any point too! I own a Fosi Audio Box X2; it’s remarkable for the money but more “colored” in sound than this one is. […]

Thanks for reading and commenting. I’ve reviewed the RT85. It’s a great buy. I’d disagree that it’s as black and white as one being better than the other. The Fluance benefits from detachable headshells, which are […]

Hi Marc, just a little note to let you know that there is a less expensive alternative to a record cleaning machine which is a vacuum device called the KAB-Ev1 that is sold by KAB USA in New Jersey. It costs about […]

Hi Steve – thanks for your comment. Steve Chase, the owner of GrooveWasher had close ties to the founder of Discwasher and continues the legacy. I love the Degritter: makes very light work of restoring older […]

We have all the GrooveWasher stuff here in our showroom, and it works pretty well. I’ve found that’s it’s basically the same as the old DiscWasher stuff we had back in the 80’s. However, we have a client who […]

Indeed: off-center pressings are a pain. Better that it’s playable for you though. Happy spinning

Great addition: it probably has the greatest impact of all. Inputs are, in many ways, more important the outputs. Rubbish in, rubbish out! Happy spinning

I’m a bit reluctant to recommend Discogs, a great concept but my experience wasn’t good, record was over rated and flawed. There is an app that you can use to get the value of albums.

Great stuff. The Planar 3 is a real sweet spot I think. Keeping within the Rega eco-system helps with grounding I’ve found, and the Fono MM sounds great. Yes, the price difference in the US makes it a tougher sell […]