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General Sound Micron 631 + 1011 2.1 Speaker System

This is an impressive set of speakers.  Made in the USA, with beautiful workmanship, innovative design and excellent sound.  There is not a lot of information about this company other than a few pieces that people may have commented over the internet.  But, regardless of how little information there is about this company, the sound quality and build quality of these speakers are highly regarded.  Not to mention, they are well designed and look very elegant.  This happens to be our second pair of Microns, the first set we had was the 421 with the same 1011 passive sub and found a loving home.  Not to mention, wood lovers will love the look as they are wrapped in real wood veneer. From what I can find the 631 was their TOTL bookshelves speakers for this particular series.  The bookshelves are 3-way, featuring a 6" woofer, 2.5" midrange cone driver and 1" dome tweeter.  They are wrapped in a well made cabinet with rounded edges and the front are fitted with a beautiful

Harman Kardon T-65C Turntable

I've owned several different belt drive turntables from AR to Thorens and of course tons of Japanese belt drive turntables but my experience is still limited.  However, from all the belt drive turntables I've owned, serviced, and heard, the Harman Kardon T-65C is definitely a superb deck.  I know many belt drives are subjected to plethora of modification the HK T-65C is one of the better sounding and better decks in stock form for several different reasons. 1) Suspension adjustments are done up top, underneath the platter 2) Pitch control 3) One of the quietest motors I've "heard" it's really a well engineered deck 4) Subjective: auto life at the end of the record While it's no giant killer by any means, it's truly a giant poker.  This is a 2-speed, belt drive w/ quartz lock, auto life turntable.  It also has adjustable capacitance for cartridge loading and a low mass carbon fiber tonearm.  The tonearm is more likely a Japanese design due to HK

Realistic LAB-400 Turntable

These have to be one of my favourite fully automatic turntables.  Why?  For one, they are relatively simple inside which equates to ease of servicing, reliability and longevity.  They are truly well made machines and you gotta love that.  Good size motor, good and simple mechanics, good quality parts and very little plastic inside. Second reason is the look.  I've always enjoyed the look of these tables, the simple clean wood grain look with the metal plate on the left for contrast makes it a very elegant looking turntable.  Actually, many people who have bought these turntables off us love the look and you can't blame them, it is truly a great looking turntable. This is a 2-speed, fully automatic, direct drive turntable with repeat option and disc size.  If you have been following my previous information about Realistic turntables, this was made by C.E.C., a OEM company in Japan (which still exist today) that made turntables for various companies in the 70s and 80s.  I had