One of my first posts in this blog was regarding the servicing of the Pioneer PL12D turntable, and that has proven to be the most popular by a significant margin. The Pioneer PL12D had its competitors, and probably the most popular alternative was the Trio Kenwood KD-1033 turntable. I use both names (Trio and Kenwood) as the company operated under different names in different markets. In the UK they were Trio, possibly because the brand Kenwood was most famous here for food blenders. 95% of a KD-1033 is similar to Pioneer PL12D, and servicing them is very much the same process. Both are belt drive , have an AC synchronous motor, mechanical speed change , a main bearing, sprung top deck and rubber motor mounts. the KD-1033 uses a different type of anti skate mechanism, employing a thread and weight. The plinth is shallower with an internal cross brace. One aspect that is different is the design of the main bearing, and servicing it is a little harder than a PL12D. The ...
If you have an old Sony Playstation 1, especially the first variant (there were several iterations ) they do make pretty good stand alone CD players. Sony incorporated the ability for the Playstation to play normal audio CD's into the device and it turns out it does it rather well. Talking to people, it seems lots of them have aged Playstations either gathering dust or that they "gave to their young cousin" but they really do have a new lease of life. Now that we are on the PS3, the aged PS1 is considered by many to be virtually worthless, despite costing around £300 when they first came out. The early model (SCPH-1002) already has red & white RCA sockets on the back, and you can use a regular controller for play/skip/stop functions or you can buy a separate remote (around £5 on ebay) There are some tweaks you can do to them, and especially in Germany , people mod them even adding valve output sections. The best site for modifications is dogbreath.de However they s...