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Thorens TD 1601 suspended semi-automatic turntable
|As a teenager my close friend had a Thorens TD 160 with a SME Series 2 arm. I was jealous. All that I could muster from my meagre pocket money was a Trio KD1033B, and ...read more -
Mark Levinson No. 515 turntable
|It says something about the state of the vinyl revival that established high-end brands which existed in the day of vinyl supremacy are building its first-ever turntables. That is the case with the Mark Levinson ...read more -
Technics SL-1210GAE Limited Edition
|Editor's note: Like much of the EU press, we were invited to an exclusive Vimeo Webinar to present this product, which would have normally been launched at Munich High-End. Obviously, we were not able to ...read more -
MoFi UltraDeck +M turntable package
|MoFi or Mobile Fidelity as they started out have a long history of making audiophile quality pressings of popular albums. They were surfing the crest of the vinyl wave back in the late seventies and ...read more -
Lyra Etna SL moving coil cartridge
|I had intended this to be a long-winded review, but then realised the shortest, simplest review is all that’s needed. The Lyra Etna SL is, quite simply, the best cartridge I have ever used. There ...read more -
Acoustic Solid Wood Round MPX turntable
|A visit to the High-End show in Munich, Germany feels like being assaulted by the sheer range and variety of turntables. What’s more, between German brands in particular, there’s lots of competition to produce the ...read more -
Technics SL-1000R turntable
|For all the talk about the wonderful return of the Technics SL-1200 turntables, the tale masks aspects of the bigger story. The tale highlights the significance of the DJ's delight, skipping somewhat over the fact ...read more -
Kuzma Stabi S turntable, 4Point 9 tonearm, and CAR‑40 MC cartridge
|There’s an established hierarchy in vinyl replay that is almost inviolate. The expenditure goes from top down; spend most money on the turntable, then the arm, then cartridge, and so on. This comes from the ...read more -
The Funk Firm Rage 1 modifications to Rega turntables
|The Funk Firm makes turntables, tonearms, and Achromat pure vinyl replacements for the often-ghastly fuzzy slip-mats on turntables. But what it is also produces is a range of upgrades for popular turntables. The Rage upgrades ...read more -
TechDAS AirForce V turntable
|TechDAS? That’s the ‘open your wallet and repeat after me... help yourself!’ turntable brand, isn’t it? Everything rides on a column of money powered by several air compressors. That’s not for real people, that’s for ...read more -
Hana MH and ML moving coil cartridges
|If you are into vinyl and haven’t been holed up in an Ecuadorian embassy for the last few years, the name ‘Hana’ will probably not have escaped your attention. A small, Japanese expert brand making ...read more -
Cambridge Audio Alva TT turntable system
|It’s a bold manufacturer who underestimates the appetite amongst audiophiles for pain and aggravation. The belief that optimum sound is truly worth suffering for – in fact, can’t be achieved withoutsuffering – is all too ...read more -
Goldring Ethos moving-coil cartridge
|In 1906, two Czech brothers – Heinrich and Julius Scharf – formed a company called Gebrüder Scharf in Berlin to make parts for the highest of high-tech devices of the age; the gramophone. The company ...read more -
European Audio Team Prelude turntable
|You have to imagine that dinner round the Lichtenegger table must be a fun experience. In the blue corner, you have Heinz, top dog at Pro-Ject, in the red corner, you have Josefina, the boss ...read more -
Technics SL-1200GEG-S turntable, SU-G700E integrated amplifier, and SB-G90E loudspeakers
|It’s hard not to think about Technics without thinking about THAT turntable. Although the brand has a long and illustrious career in domestic audio (and home-grown ultra high-end in Japan), it’s the SL-1200-series direct drive ...read more