Your Music, Everywhere
Technical soul for the modern and vintage listener.
System Setups
RCA vs. XLR
You see shiny, thick cables labeled "XLR" and standard, smaller cables labeled "RCA." Do you need to buy the expensive ones? The short answer is: It depends on your system and your ears.
Your first HiFi
You don't need a brand-new $600 integrated amplifier. Look for older Home Theater Receivers (AVRs) from the late 90s and early 2000s.
Vintage Corner
Restoring the analog soul.
Rotel RCD-965BX
The Rotel RCD-965BX is one of the more respected budget CD players of the early 1990s. Built around the Philips CDM4/19 transport and a Rotel-sourced XRS534A output stage, it earned a reputation for being musically forgiving — particularly on the harshly mastered early digital recordings that plagued the era. Units are plentiful, inexpensive, and genuinely worth restoring.
Kenwood KR-3130 Restoration Part 2 — Recap & Alignment
Full recap, transistor replacement, and FM alignment on a 1970 Kenwood KR-3130. $20 estate sale find restored with $500 in parts and labor to keep it out of a landfill.
