Articles
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Roksan Pug arm and VSC phono stage/PSU
|The Roksan Xerxes is a known quantity, in part because it’s been around since the 1980s. It might have undergone several changes over the years, and in fact bears scant resemblance to the original deck, ...read more -
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB
|The turntable range from Pro-Ject now extends to 23 models, so it’s no wonder that when a new one comes along, it can wind up with a rather unwieldy name. The Debut Carbon Esprit SB ...read more -
Analogue Sources – A Baker’s Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|At Munich High End 2016, one of my key coverage topics was Analogue source components. However, given that I visited over 110 manufacturers at the show, it quickly became apparent that doing a brand-by-brand show ...read more -
Kuzma 4POINT 14 tonearm
|While many UK audiophiles are still struggling to come to terms with the notion of 12” tonearms that resolutely refuse to mount on their LP12s, those driving this particular arms race are already moving on ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Products of the Year: Analogue
|Turntable of the Year: Kronos The Kronos turntable turned the tables on vinyl – literally. The floating top-down suspended turntable (hanging from four towers by means of more than 300 silicone o-rings) features two platters: ...read more -
Kronos Sparta turntable and Helena tonearm
|There is something cool about older audio technologies – it’s the large spinning parts and the engineering. But there are levels of cool – few compare to an old Studer or Nagra. The Kronos, with ...read more -
Audio Origami PU7 and Uniarm tonearms
|The call was from the inestimable Johnnie Nilsen at Audio Origami in Glasgow, who wanted to tell me about his new tonearm, the Uniarm which, you won’t be surprised to learn, is a unipivot design. ...read more -
Electrocompaniet ECG-1 turntable and arm
|At the turn of the century, LP was all but dead (every magazine was headlining ‘final vinyl’ features), CD was king, and SACD was the challenger to its throne. So who would have imagined that ...read more -
Acoustical-Systems Introduce the NEW 10” Reference Tonearm – The AQUILAR
|The AQUILAR – features: * VTA on-the-fly * 10” effective length * Very easy and swift set up * Comes w/ special 3D-alignment template * Non-touch magnetic Anti-skating – on-the-fly * Inner wiring is fine ...read more -
Be your own Vinyl Guru
|After many years when only the hard-core vinyl enthusiasts were showing much interest, playing records and using turntables has suddenly become hot again. But this renewed interest brings with it a sticky problem. Thirty years ...read more -
Linn Majik LP12 turntable system
|Writing about the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable in any of its guises runs the risk of going over old ground, because there is a lot of ground to cover in the turntable’s fortysomething years on ...read more -
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Baker’s Dozen - Analogue Sources at the Munich High End 2015
|High-End Munich has emerged as the dream show for serious audiophiles, but as a consequence it has also become not merely large, but downright huge. Spanning four large exhibit halls, two of which have elaborate ...read more -
Clearaudio Performance DC turntable system
|Clearaudio prides itself as a manufacturer of precision vinyl replay systems, offering a wide selection of turntables, arms, cartridges, phono preamps, record‑cleaning machines, and accessories. Some of its products fetch astronomical prices, with the Statement ...read more -
EAT E-Flat turntable and tonearm
|One of the big problems in 21st Century audio is a lack of long-term memory. A good product may have a life-cycle stretching a decade or more, but just a few short months after it’s ...read more