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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 -
CES 2013: Analogue Audio - Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on analogue audio components seen at CES 2013. You can access Part 1 of the report from our home page. Music Hall Key Products: MMF-11.1 turntable/tonearm ...read more -
CES 2013: Analogue Audio - Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|Many listeners assumed that ours is the era of digital audio and yet it seems that more people than ever (at least in recent decades) are enjoying LP playback than ever before. As evidence of ...read more -
Artemis Labs SA-1 Turntable and TA-1 Tonearm (Hi-Fi+)
|Frank Schröder – the designer of the Artemis Labs turntable and tonearm – is something of an authority figure when it comes to vinyl. In fact, he’s a walking, talking vinyl Wikipedia. So on the ...read more -
Munich 2012, Part 1 (Vinyl)
|Despite being more subdued than most years, High End at the Munich M.O.C is still the high point in the audiophile show calendar. Two exhibition halls, two atria and four corridors of the latest in ...read more -
Bergmann Sindre Turntable & Arm (Hi-Fi+)
|Air-bearing tonearms are rare, air-bearing turntables are very rare. The combination, especially from one company, is almost consigned to history. So Bergmann's Sindre pairing is one of the most important new decks to have hit ...read more -
VPI Classic 1 Turntable (Hi-Fi+)
|When the late, great Edgar Villchur designed the three-point suspended sub-chassis turntable, first seen in the compact shape of the AR-XA, he could have little dreamt of the dominant effect his design would create across ...read more -
Well Tempered Amadeus GT Turntable & Tonearm (Hi-Fi+)
|The Amadeus GT truly is a wonderful machine to behold: a record player whose design elegantly combines genuine innovation and extreme pragmatism… and a complete absence of BS. Its designer, William Firebaugh has worked for ...read more