February 23rd, 2024
The Supatrac Blackbird Farpoint—A Tonearm Like No Other a genuine mechanical and sonic breakthroughBy: Michael Fremer
We live in a clickbait, hype-infested, hyperbolic, anything goes commercial world—even when it comes to medicine. You can buy a brush-on cure for "toe fungus". Of course, there's no such thing as "toe fungus". There's toe nail fungus that no brush on liquid cures but these telemarketing geniuses have conflated the two and are probably raking it in from people who think they can now brush away gross looking, thick yellow, fungus-infested... Read More
December 18th, 2023
Reviewing the Clearaudio Performance DC AiR Turntable with Tracer Tonearm Including the Professional Power 12V Linear Power Supply UpgradeBy: Dean Cacioppo
May 8th, 2023
What's the Magic in "The Wand"? a high performance tonearm at a budget priceBy: Michael Fremer
This is a years-in-the-making saga, but it’s not as long as Design Build Listen has been manufacturing The Wand tonearm. Inventor Simon Brown introduced it in 2011. A sample arrived here more than a few years ago and a review commenced, but shortly thereafter, the New Zealand built arm’s American distributor exited, orphaning the review. Unbeknownst to me, a short time later a new distributor entered and delivered a The Wand arm to my dear, late friend Art Dudley, who... Read More
