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The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more -
Burmester Audiosysteme 175 turntable system
|It took 41 years for Burmester to make its first turntable, so the 175 had to be something really special. The company showed the world the 175 in prototype form in Munich 2017, with a ...read more -
Continuum Audio Labs Obsidian turntable and Viper tonearm
|Afew years ago, Continuum Audio Labs made the Caliburn turntable. It was an air-suspended, air-bearing, air-and-vacuum everything design that pushed the frontiers of both what you can get out of a record and – let’s ...read more -
Kuzma 4Point 9 tonearm
|OK, so regular readers already know the score here. We’ve loved the Kuzma 4Point tonearm in all its guises since first we saw it. And the 4Point 9 – the latest, smallest, cheapest, and possibly ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards: Analogue Audio
|Turntable VPI Prime Signature With the Prime series, VPI has really hit something of a modern-day sweet-spot for turntable users. The products have that right combination of authoritative sound quality coupled with great modern style, ...read more -
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (Part One of Two)
|Hi-Fi+ dispatched a team of reviewers to Denver to cover this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The show, bigger than ever, falls into two distinct camps; the original audio show and CanJam – the headphone ...read more -
TechDAS Air Force III turntable and SAT tonearm
|The very top end of turntsablism is dominated by a few great names, but perhaps the biggest one at this time is the Japanese brand TechDAS. Coming from good high-end stock (chief designer and CEO ...read more -
Rega "A Vibration Measuring Machine" book
|Rega Research knows its way around a turntable. After more than 40 years of building high-quality and often very reasonably priced turntables, tonearms, cartridges, and even phono stages, the company has earned its vinyl spurs. ...read more -
Vertere Acoustics MG-1 turntable, SG-1 arm, and PHONO-1 phono stage
|Even by the standards of the average workaholic, Touraj Moghaddam of Vertere Acoustics has had a busy few years. First came the cables, then that tonearm (the one that costs as much as a new ...read more -
Helius Designs Alexia turntable and Omega tonearm
|One of the great woes of this period in the audio industry is that we seem to be coming to the end of the Age of the Personality. The audio world used to be littered ...read more -
Munich High End 2017 – Analogue Sources
|Most Promising Newcomers Acoustic Signature Merlin turntable & tone arm In the pantheon of fine turntable/tone arm rigs from the German firm Acoustic Signature, the entry-level models have traditionally been affordable, but not too many ...read more -
Gold Note Giglio turntable with B-5.1 arm and Donatello Red cartridge
|In the oft-parochial world of audio, some good brands can go almost unnoticed. So it is with Gold Note: the Italian company commands a strong reputation in many parts of the world as a ‘stem ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Marc Gomez of SAT
|The Swedish Analog Technologies tonearm caused quite a stir when first seen a couple of years ago. Primarily that stir came about because of the arm’s very high price (it is one of just two ...read more -
Origin Live Sovereign turntable with Enterprise-C tonearm
|The British have two very galling character flaws. We are not good self-promoters, and we love a bit self-deprecation. So, when it comes to a turntable brand like Origin Live and it’s flagship tonearm and ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Analogue Audio
|Turntable of the Year Origin Live Sovereign The Origin Live Sovereign is a belt-driven turntable design featuring a high tolerance bearing, and a non-suspended chassis sitting on three adjustable towers. The platter is a composite ...read more