Jim Cathey
An appreciation for vintage audio equipment
Vintage audio is known for its warm sound, which can be attributed to the vacuum tubes and components used in amplifiers and...
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Jim Cathey
- Jun 27, 2021
- 5 min
Vinyl Record Collection...Is there a strategy?
It's often fun to see how people get into vinyl records, let alone hunt for those gems that hide deep in a record store. One can have fun...
Jim Cathey
- May 15, 2021
- 4 min
Adopting semiconductor industry technology and procedures for vinyl record manufacturing.
The UHQR Kind of Blue All-Star Panel was a live YouTube event last Saturday. The event for the most part was pre-marketing for the...
Jim Cathey
- May 4, 2021
- 5 min
MC275 vs MC2301
What I am sharing here is a comparison I had done back in 2014 in Taiwan. Now with this dedicated space, I am posting this again, hoping...
Jim Cathey
- Apr 17, 2021
- 3 min
New Turntable? Wait...
Hunting for a new Turntable is a popular sport and there are for sure many videos and articles that can help you choose an entry-level to...
Jim Cathey
- Feb 28, 2021
- 3 min
The Hickok 539B aka the Equalizer
A vintage tube-based stereo depends on strong balanced tubes. Newly manufactured tubes make this straightforward, however vintage even...
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