I am the proud owner of a 1978 Toshiba Music Centre ( thank you Terry) and after replacing the belt which had perished and a gentle straightening of the original Shure stylus it great especially with heavy tracking arm and cartridge for those ‘well-loved’ monos I have been piling up in the corner. It has a mono/stereo button too so some older stereos that too loved also sounding good.

I had previously tried to replace a ceramic cartridge on a wooden schools mono because knobbled stereo Garrard Deck from 1976. Having seen the error of my ways (all electrics were under the bonnet state of art 1976 and it only mono by default) and had a repalcement stylus which correct one for the deck it now my singles bar deck as the auto return etc shot. Still sounds great with singles.

So first up I tried a recent Pound of Wax (£1 Arnold) Charlie Christian LP sounded great with a pair of Wharfedale Delta bookshelf speakers.