My trusty old TEAC RV-210 AM/FM Stereo Tuner Amplifier finally crapped out on the left channel about a year ago due to the input selector switch being faulty so I have not been able to enjoy my collection of vinyl LPs.

The collection consists of about a hundred discs, half of which I inherited from my dear old mammy, mostly classical and includes Mozart, Mehdellson, Bach, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and a very healthy sprinkling of Beethoven including a boxed set of the five piano concerti.

The vinyls I have collected include the two Woodstock Albums (5 discs), The Concert for Bangladesh, more than a smattering of the Rolling Stones and Jimi hendrix and a rare boxed set of Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall.

Much of my favourite music I have been able to find on the choobe but sitting at the computer with the head phones on just ain't the same as getting it analogue off your discs, blasting it out through a good amp and speakers, rattling your windows and annoying your neighbours.

So understandably I have had a weather eye out for a good amp during my daily slide through life. One of my frequent slides is through the local "Cash Converters" shop in which most goods are over rated and over priced. Yesterday was different.

There I found a Yamaha NS Series Natural Sound Stereo Amplifier CA-610 for $109. The lady asked if she could help, to which I replied "No not yet. I am interested in this but I will look it up on the world wide wobbly tonight." That I did following which today I bought it for $100 with an assurance that it carried a 90 day return warranty.

Imagine the pure pleasure, after plugging in my Technics Quartz SL-5200 turntable and connecting my Sharp speakers rescued from the skip bin, listening at 8 on the volume scale to the tinkling piano and thundering orchestra in Beethoven's No 5 piano concerto followed by Carlos Santana's "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock and Ten Years After's "I'm Going Home" with NO distortion from the speakers.

It pinged the bogan nieghbour of too who only plays nigger rap doof doof crap all the time because he now knows I have a system that will blow his ears off. He is going to love it when I play Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock performance.

The amp was manufactured in Japan in 1977.



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