JE Labs

Over two decades ago, I ventured into single channel music reproduction to trace the roots of high fidelity. From that whole experience, I ...

Kenwood PC350 - a Japanese TD124 spinning a jazz tune!😉 This ca. 1969 Kenwood turntable adapted the Thorens TD124 drive system sans  eddy c...

L>R: 6AH4 + AliEx, 12B4A + Sony/Tamradio and 6AH4 + Hashimoto HL20K6 The last time I saw my buddy J-Rob was pre-COVID, but we keep in to...

Keen-eyed readers and visitors to my YouTube channel may have noticed the two octal phono preamps I've been using in my recent uploads....

from  Western Electric Oscillator July 1947 Whether it's an  open baffle  as conceived by  G.A. Briggs  or an  enclosed box  like the We...

Just like cars, a new turntable model has to be introduced every year or two to keep consumers' interest and convince them that newer is...

My dad would've turned 97 today. To celebrate his birthday, the video clip above features a recording of his favorite violinist, Nathan...

Canon P + Canon 50mm f1.8 LTM  Foma 100 in Rodinal Inspired by my  plate choke-loaded 76 line stage preamp  adventures, I was curious how a ...

I bought this Lafayette PK300 idler-driven turntable because it looked like an improved  Shield MO-19 (aka NEAT P58H)  with the added featur...

One morning, I discovered the right channel of my Ortofon STM-72 was dead. While waiting for the Weller WTCPS soldering station to heat up, ...

Here's a tale of two idler-driven turntables of Japanese origin sold by Radio Shack in the late 50s. They share the same model badge and...

I acquired this pair of James JS 4120N, 200H @ 15 mA nickel plate chokes from Keith Tan of Euphonia Audio in late '04. Due to my busy pe...

  Page 12 of the 1958 Lafayette Radio Catalog This is a Lafayette branded turntable manufactured by Teac of Japan in the late 50s. The drive...