EXPLORING SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR FORMATS THAT DEFINED THE COMPACT DISC ERA When thinking of the CD, you probably imagine music: listening to ABBA on your Discman or creating a mix for that cross-country road trip. But while the...
FIFTEEN OF THE SCARIEST REMOTE CONTROLS YOU’LL EVER LAY EYES ON Happy October! Let’s start Spooky Season off with… A mash-up, a monster mash-up, of the strangest remote controls ever made. I hope it’s a graveyard smash with our readers....
HOW THIS BEDSIDE GADGET WENT FROM RAGS TO RICHES THEN BACK AGAIN Think about your bedside table. What’s the one thing you always have on there? For most people, it’s their smartphone. But before that all-in-one piece of technology took...
WHY THIS 1978 RECEIVER STILL WORKS AS A VINTAGE HI-FI CENTERPIECE Weighing in at roughly 23 pounds, this hefty unit was born in Japan during the late 1970s. Outputting 55 watts per channel and loaded with a direct-coupled amplifier section,...
10 FACTORS THAT IMPACT THE WORTH OF VINTAGE AUDIO VIDEO GEAR If you’ve ever compared two vintage receivers, cassette decks, VCRs, or other pieces of older electronics, you may have wondered why one unit sells for significantly more than another...
THE STORIES BEHIND OUR TOP 21 BEST-SELLING AUDIO BRANDS If we were to go into the histories of every vintage audio brand, we’d be here all day (don’t tempt us). But we thought it would be fun to dive into...
WHAT DO AMPLIFIER CLASSES ACTUALLY MEAN? If you’re shopping around for an amplifier, powered speaker, or subwoofer, you may come across terms such as Class A, Class AB, and Class D. At first, these names probably sound like quality ratings,...
HEADS UP! WHAT IS A HEADSHELL? Previously on SpenCertified, we looked at a couple of pieces that make up the Turntable Puzzle. Namely, the two choices for phono cartridges: Moving Magnet and Moving Coil. This time, we’re digging out our...
BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MOVING MAGNET VS MOVING COIL CARTRIDGES The stylus, cartridge, headshell, tonearm, and phono preamplifier are all pieces of a single puzzle. The cartridge is one of the smaller pieces (though not the smallest - we’ll get to...
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