2nd Edition
Setting "Overhang" Using a "Double Null Point Grid" Type Alignment Gauge
The animated graphic here is taken from the DVD "21st Century Vinyl: Michael Fremer's Practical Guide to Turntable Set-up". The gauge is similar to the kind supplied by Pro-Ject and other turntable manufacturers. It's accuracy is predicated upon the correct pivot-to-spindle for the particular tonearm.
"Soular Energy" Sounding Better Than Ever!
Soular Energy with the Ray Brown Trio, originally issued on Concord in 1985, has long been considered both great straight ahead jazz and an audiophile treasure.
"In A Silent Way" Finally Reissued AAA By Mobile Fidelity
Maybe the soundtrack to your life didn’t exist in 1969 or if you’re fortyish was filtered through an amniotic sack. 1969 was an unsettling year. The Fall was post-Woodstock and spelled the end of the ‘60s, though what we now think of as “the ‘60’s” arguably didn’t happen until the ‘70s.
Wes Montgomery In Your Room "Smokin' At The Half Note"
Only side one was actually recorded live at New York's now shuttered Half Note back in June of 1965; the other side was taped during an Autumn studio date at Van Gelder's place in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" Is Retro-Disco Ear Candy
What do I mean by "Summer of Blah"? Is this not the most, compliant, passive, drippy, "blah" generation to come down the pike in decades?
The Two New* Rolling Stones Box Sets: Deal or No Deal? Part I
In unprecedented music business collaboration, ABKCO and Universal Music Group combined production and marketing might to produce numbered, limited edition vinyl box sets covering forty years of Rolling Stones recorded output.
1st Edition
Origin Live Resolution Mk3 Turntable and Illustrious Mk3C Tone Arm Still Captivates
U.K. based Origin Live has been building its iconoclastic line of turntables and tone arms for decades now and though its American visibility remains relatively low, it has managed to attract a small but enthusiastic and growing consumer fan base.
Tri-Planar Tonearm Owner Alert!
Back in the fall of 2008 I attended an audio show in Trondheim, Norway where I presented two turntable set-up seminars. The show organizers procured for me a Tri-Planar tonearm mounted on a turntable, the brand of which I forget.
Good Sound For Under $6000 From A System Comprised of Unfamiliar Gear
I've chosen to limit coverage to Cap Fest analog gear, but there was plenty of good sound at the show and plenty of awful sound too. I'll skip the awful and the great, making an exception for the Odyssey Audio room. The gentleman responsible, Klaus Bunge, is an industry veteran I've known for decades. He helped establish in America, the high price, high performance Symphonic Line brand.
Analog Instruments Limited's Siggwan 12 Tonearm From New Zealand
The "cult of tonearm" grows, particularly with but not limited to wooden arms. I'd heard of but never seen in person one of James Grant's tonearms (Analog Instruments Limited).
TW Acustic Introduces Triple Motor Module For Raven AC Turntable (Price Corrected)
Highwater Sound's Jeff Catalano, TW Acustic's American importer debuted a new triple motor module (circa $5500) for the Raven AC turntable similar in concept to the motor system in the company's flagship Black Knight 'table.
Miyajima Labs Debuts EC 5 All-Tube Line/Phono Stage
Robyatt Audio debuted the new retro-looking Miyajima Labs EC 5 all-tube line/phono preamp featuring two independently loadable transformer-based MC inputs, one MM input and five line inputs.
Miracle Audio's Phonatic Phono Preamp Available in 3 Versions
College Point, NY (Queens, L.I.) based Miracle Audio demoed its Phonatic phono preamp priced from $4500 for the MM version to $6200 for the "xr" version featuring 70dB gain, an enhanced power supply, Vishay Z-foil R's and Clarity MR caps.
Arion MM/MC Phono Preamp From Luminous Audio
Richmond, VA-based Luminous Audio demoed its soon to be introduced Arion phono preamp. The two stage design features an IC based JFET input and a discrete, cascaded/JFET second stage and JFET based servo coupled output. Low level signal relays handle gain switching.
Ultrasonic V-8 Record Cleaning Machine Cleans 8 Records in 10 Minutes
In the Magnolia Ballroom at Capital Audiofest 2013, along with a great selection of used vinyl, David Ratcliff, the inventor of the Ultrasonic V-8 ultrasonic record cleaning machine demonstrated how it works.
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