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Marantz HD88 vs KLH Ten CT38

Not all old speakers are vintage speakers.

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H/K 75+

An American amplifier.

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Good old B&O

Gear from B&O’s past are much sought after.

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From the 70s with love

A lovable B&O system from 40 years ago.

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Philips RH 545 Studio

The RH 545 Studio was Philips’ most advanced MFB loudspeakers monitoring its own playback through a feedback loop.

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The Swiss UNITON

UNITON EV-ST71 is a rare 50W power amp with a particularly interesting background.

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SABA Professional 1300

The German electronica giant SABA produced in its hay day not only radios but quality loudspeakers as well. The Professional 1300 was one of them.

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Just rumours

The Quad 22 preamp’s underrated phono stage beats many much more expensive and fancier realizations.

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David gegen Goliath

In German turntables there are Midsummer Dreams (Mendehlssohn) and flamboyant symphonies (Brahms). What happens when an elegant puny contester takes the measure of a bombastic tank (Bruckner)?

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An icon

The history of Finnish loudspeaker manufacturing cannot be written without the Gradient 1-series.

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The tactics of three holes

Binocular listening has corrupted stereo sound for 80 years. There are other options. Salora 3000 OP.

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Klangfilm KL-L405

A new home for a rare vintage driver.

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Elipson – a loudspeaker that made new music

In their hayday Elipson loudspeakers were witnessing at close range the emergence of new Western art music.

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Mercuriale FC413

Mercuriale FC413 is an interesting looking French loudspeaker from the 1970s. A pair of FC413 was refurbished in order to hear how this vintage beauty sounds.

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EV Patrician 800

If indeed “mighty” is an adjective that could be attributed to a loudspeaker, here’s one that definitely deserves it.

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Wharfedale SFB/3

SFB/3s was Gilbert Briggs’ take on Peter Walker’s Quad ESL57. Today ESL57 is by far more famous, but SFB/3s has survived as a model for numerous open-back designs.

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Relocking Marantz CD-10

Marantz CD-10 is a classic CD-player, and a good sounding one in its own right. The sound can be bettered by installing a better clock oscillator for the DAC.

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My EMT 927

Recordings can never reproduce live events/sounds fully; they always eat something from the realism and liveliness. It is in this area that the EMT 927 and EMT turntables in general excel most.

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Klangfilm Bionor

An ultimate mono speaker?

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The 2 Channel Audio Amplifier

Here’s a combo of pre/power amp that Finns can be proud of: The 2 Channel Audio Pre- and Power Amplifier designed by Matti Otala.

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Crimson Model 610 & Model 620

Crimson Model 610 preamp & Model 620 power amp were originally designed as ‘quality budget amps’. They possess sympathy that many modern amplifiers lack.

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More material

Inner-Magazines has numerous previously published and unpublished articles in its archives, and all those will be added to these pages according to schedule.