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Where There's A TechDAS Air Force One Turntable There Must Be Other Good Stuff
Vinyl simply wasn't a major event at this show, though it was there. When I noticed the Pure Music Group was demoing the TechDAS Air Force One turntable with the Thales Simplicity II tonearm I figured the room might have some other interesting analog gear.
Living Large With Osborn Grand Monument Reference Loudspeakers
The "one man" Osborn No Compromise Loudspeaker Company displayed only a small part of its 40 model range, including the top of the line Grand Monument Reference a very large monolith of a speaker weighing in at approximately 385 pounds each.
Australian Audio & AV Show Melbourne, Small But Lively and Well Attended
The venue for the 3 day Australian Audio & AV Show was the stunning Intercontinental Melbourne The Rialto Hotel a former wool storage facility turned into a glass covered atrium with dual antique brick facades and gothic style glass windows facing and connected to one another via cross-bridges. An elegant ground floor restaurant is on the lower level.
Is Kyron Audio's Kronos the Best Sounding System You Will Ever Hear?
Kyron Audio's Kronos system consisting of a pair of open baffle 3 way speakers and a dedicated amp/preamp in a single box is everything I can honestly say I hate about audio: the amplifiers are Class "D", the system uses DEQX™ digital room correction and there's enough processing going on here to befuddle a mainframe.
High Tech Mola-Mola Makua Preamplifier Has Equally High Tech MM/MC Option
Netherlands based Mola-Mola describes its Makua as a "transparent gain stage and a programmable routing matrix". We might call it a preamplifier but that would be selling it way short.
Jasmine "The Dragon" Cartridge Has Porcelain Body
Jasmine, better known for its phono preamp has recently developed a cartridge line. The porcelain-bodied $2800 "The Dragon" features a boron cantilever. We hope to have one soon for review. Imported by Mockingbird Distribution LLC.
TriangleArt's Gleaming Flagship Turntable Has Max Bling Factor
Excess is in the eyes (and bank accounts) of the vinyl loving audiophile. California-based TriangleArt debuted at RMAF its new $129,000 Flagship Ultimate LE turntable.
VPI Launches New Limited Edition Avenger Turntable at RMAF
Another new VPI turntable? Yes. These guys are prolific! The new Avenger is best described as a "chopped" HRX, re-shaped and re-purposed to be 3 arm capable.
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RMAF and Melbourne, Australia Audio Shows Coming Up!
Though analogplanet will not be conducting or participating in any seminars at this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival (not our choice), we'll be covering the analog comings and goings at the first audio show in the world where the buzz will be more from legal marijuana than from bad A.C..
Which Is the "Better" Record? Question Unanswerable
As you can see by the results there is no clear answer to the question "which is the "better" record?" The results are really too close to call.
Which "Scheherazade" is the "Better" Record?
Over the past few years a few audiophile/record collectors have played for me records they'd purchased, some at considerable expense, from Tom Port's Better Records, which advertises on this website.
VPI "3D Printed" Tone Arm Price Drop
At next week's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival VPI will announce a $500 price decrease for its 10 inch "3D Printed" tone arm tube from $2500 to $2000.
Phono Equalization B.S. Continues!
A recently posted review of a phono preamp on a website that is not deserving of mention here once again makes the specious claim that curves other than the RIAA were used in the mastering of stereo records. This is simply not true.
Got Beatles If You Want It!
Due to popular demand, we've started a new "Beatles" site listing. What does "popular demand" mean? It means that well in excess of 13,000 people have already viewed the Beatles box opening video, which makes it the most popular story posted so far on this site.
Despite Stacked Odds, New York Audio Show Was a Great Success
The naysayers were wrong, the show organizers were correct: Brooklyn was a good borough in which to hold a hi-fi show, the holiday weekend didn't greatly (if at all) suppress attendance and even the glorious weather proved not to be factor. The above photo was snapped Sunday afternoon in the VAC/Focal room.
NY Audio Show 2014
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Blue Note 75th Anniversary Portfolio From Mosaic
Every Blue Note fan is familiar with Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff's spectacular black and white photography.
Kickstarter Vinyl Project Now Funded (Revised Story)
While the original post here described this as an AAA project it is not. Mr. Sabbagh's email this morning clarifies the process...
Does Setting SRA at 92 Degrees Work?
Hi Michael, Ever since I set up my Benz Micro Gullwing SLR to 92 degrees VTA w/ the corresponding proper Azimuth set up. As you've lectured in the Hifi show & your DVD. I've been enjoying my system ever since and had no desire to upgrade my system.
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