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Analogue Works Turntable One turntable and Design/Build/Listen The Wand tonearm
|Turntable maker Tom Fletcher left a considerable legacy in his passing. There’s Nottingham Analogue of course, which Tom handed on to family and co-workers as his illness progressed. Then there is (was?) Fletcher Audio that ...read more -
T.H.E Show, Newport Beach, 2014 Turntables
|It’s always a pleasure to see so many turntables on display at a show. The dark days of a dozen years ago when vinyl sales were flat and everyone was considering their ‘final vinyl’ option ...read more -
Show Report: AXPONA 2014 - Analogue Audio
|Normally Hi-Fi+ show reports are presented in prose form with illustrations, but for this section we will take more of an image-intensive ‘Postcards from…’ approach. Thus, this is not an exhaustive report, but rather presents ...read more -
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Consonance Die Walküre turntable and T988 tonearm
|Consonance’s Die Walküre is the biggest record player I’ve encountered at this price point. A rounded triangle shape that, when coupled with its aluminium subchassis, will accommodate up to three tonearms. Starting at the bottom ...read more -
CES 2014: Analogue
|Given all the fuss about the ever-increasing interest in all things vinyl, you might have expected CES to be packed full of turntables. This wasn’t quite the case. Where two or three years ago, manufacturers ...read more -
Pro-ject Xtension 10 Evolution turntable
|We need to get this out in the open. There’s an inverted snobbery surrounding brands like Pro-Ject, Music Hall and Rega. Because these fine brands make fine inexpensive turntables by the palletload, there’s an idea ...read more -
Best of the Best - Nottingham Analogue Studios Space 294
|Some years back and writing for our US-based sister publication The Absolute Sound I had the opportunity to review the intensely iconoclastic and decidedly British Nottingham Analogue Studios Space 294 turntable and tonearm. Coming upon ...read more -
Roksan Xerxes.20Plus Turntable System
|Although our reviews are existential in nature (“I feel…” rather than “it does…”), we do try to take the personal element out of the story behind the product, but this time, it’s difficult. You see, ...read more -
Acoustic Signature Introduces "WOW!" Turntable
|(From an Acoustic Signature press release) Acoustic Signature introduced their newest turntable to the family of their German precision-engineered turntables. Music really does matter for these handcrafted vinyl-spinners made in Germany. The same proprietary ‘Tidorfolon’ ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Analogue Audio, Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on new Analogue Audio components seen at the Munich High-End Show 2013. For the sake of simplicity, we present products in alphabetical order, organized by the ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Analogue Audio, Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|While many would say that ours is the age of high resolution digital audio the Munich High-End Show 2013 gave ample evidence that analogue audio and vinyl playback are not only alive and well, but ...read more -
Scheu Analog Slate, Tacco II, and MC Scheu S Turntable System (Hi-Fi+)
|Even without looking at the name, you know this is German through and through. Just the first look at the turntable convinces you that you are in the presence of Big German Audio of the ...read more -
The Cherry On the Icing On the Cake--VPI Classic 4 Turntable/Tonearm (Hi-Fi+)
|The original VPI Classic was a solid-plinth, fixed motor, heavy platter design reduced the essential elements that make up a turntable to the absolute bare essentials. Nothing particularly new in that of course, except that ...read more -
Origin Live Zephyr tonearm
|In the UK, Origin Live is known as a provider of all things turntable, but the company’s repute extends beyond the shores of Blighty mostly for its tonearms. That reputation is built on products like ...read more