According to Musical Fidelity, the newly introduced M6xTT combines "the inert mass" of 14.5 pound metal alloy platter and "zero resonating" hand polished double acrylic base structure plus an electronically controlled (33 1/3, 45rpm) outboard motor. The 9" aluminum tonearm features azimuth and VTA/SRA adjustability and a 5pin DIN jack output. The M6xTT sits on four height adjustable feet and includes a leather mat and high mass aluminum record... Read More

The TT-Hub turntable and its included isolation base are constructed of bamboo ply—a material chosen for acoustics, durability, and sustainability. The belt drive turntable features a quartz clock-regulated controller with fine speed tuning, feeding an outboard AC-synchronous motor housed in a heavy aluminum chassis. A precision bearing, consisting of a PEEK (polyetheretherketone) thrust pad and jeweled ball, supports a 30mm thick acrylic platter with a special... Read More

On October 28th Rega co-founder Roy Gandy (the "ga" part of the company name) gifted 100% of his shares (which represents full company ownership) to his employees as part of an EOT arrangement. Read the statement below and be amazed and if you are a Rega turntable owner, a dealer or distributor, be assured. Hopefully other companies will do likewise or follow a similar path. Given the hollowed out, sad states of some other veteran companies have become under... Read More

Rockville, MD, November 7th, 2024— Musical Surroundings debuts two significant new products at this year's Capital Audio Festival. The first, pictured above, is a vacuum tube-based equalizer for DS Audio optical cartridges. The TB-100, available December, 2024 is a dual mono, single-ended design with RCA jack outputs. It features four selectable bass curves and uses "quad-matched" ECC82 (12AU7) dual-triode tubes, measured and classified using a special... Read More

Mistelbach, Austria – October 28th, 2024 – Pro-Ject Audio Systems introduces The Classic Reference turntable. Consider it a supremely upgraded Classic EVO or an enhanced version of the VPO (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) 175 limited edition turntable, The Classic Reference merges aesthetic appeal with the latest and greatest hi-fi implements by Pro-Ject. For this latest innovation, the brand used the EVO 9 AS HG tonearm. High-precision ABEC 7 bearings are housed in a... Read More

The long-awaited third edition of Blue Note's acclaimed vinyl boxset series, returns November 1st with a celebration of Blue Note legend Lee Morgan. Curated by Blue Note President Don Was, the limited-edition set encapsulates the continuum of the legendary jazz label’s 85-year legacy, showcasing both its storied past and auspicious future. “Tone Poet” Joe Harley supervised vinyl mastering and manufacturing, with vinyl mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio... Read More

(October 24, 2024 - Los Angeles, CA) Rhino High Fidelity (Rhino Hi-Fi) continues its series of acclaimed limited-edition, high-end vinyl reissues by going punk rock! New Rhino Hi-Fi versions of The Stooges’ self-titled debut LP The Stooges and The Ramones’ seminal fourth full-length album Road To Ruin will be available on November 1, 2024, exclusively at Rhino.com and internationally at select WMG stores. Each release will be limited to 5,000 individually numbered... Read More

At a press event held at the VPI House in Old Bridge New Jersey, on Friday October 25th, VPI Industries introduced with the new Model One, a new upgradeable "Forever Series" turntable featuring a new gimbaled bearing "S" tone arm, a new 300 RPM motor and platter module and a new 3 point floating suspension. The new turntable, available with a hinged dustcover and blank armboard, includes a 10 year warranty. (I am at the Warsaw Audio Fair so was... Read More

darTZeel founder and brand creator Hervé Delétraz, responds here to a YouTube video posted by an equipment churner posing as a legit "audio reviewer" (whose understanding of journalistic ethics is null and void), based upon a rumor that Swiss specialty electronics manufacturer darTZeel has gone "out of business?" (the YouTuber added the question mark thinking it legitimized his pathetic rumor-mongering and makes hilarious his claim to be a "primary source" for audio information), spread by someone who really should know better since he is an industry veteran and his significant other is a publicist for a competing company has sparked a brouhaha second only to the ridiculous post on the Consequence of Sound website claiming "Vinyl Sales Plummet 33% in 2024", when of course 2024 is hardly over and the big Xmas season is ahead so how can he even suggest such a ridiculous headline, and the COS writer hasn't the professional chops to cite the source, which was a Billboard story that was also malignantly uninformed about Laminate's statistical modeling change that resulted in serious underreporting in the first half of 2024 and yes this is a run on sentence but so what, because as my source who knows what's really going on told me when I asked him before choosing to not publish a story based on the Bullboard story, when 2024's sales totals are calculated vinyl sales will be up by approximately 11%, which is very good considering how big the growth was in 2023 and yes I own darTZeel preamplifier and amplifiers and a phono pre-amp manufactured by the other company and the two companies, the individuals at both companies and their products work and play well together and now on with the show....

Mistelbach, Austria – October 14th, 2024 – Pro-Ject Audio Systems is immeasurably excited to announce the release of their latest Flagship turntable, the Signature 12.2. Over 80 lbs. of mass and 100+ high-precision CNC-machined parts comprise this masterpiece. All manufacturing is done in-house at the Pro-Ject factory, keeping costs down and passing savings along to serious vinyl enthusiasts. The 12” tonearm with removable headshell will keep cartridge lovers busy for... Read More

Villingen Oct. 16th, 2024:NEW! Revox B77 MK III - a new highlight in analog audio technologyThe Revox B77 is a true icon in the audio world. Famous and awarded for its outstanding sound reproduction and high-quality, sustainable construction, it sets the standard for analog audiophile excellence. As a Revox product, it reproduces music exactly as the artists recorded it in the studio.With the new B77 MK III Stereo Tape Recorder, the Revox development team has now... Read More

Paris, October 10th, 2024 - Qobuz, the music lovers’ high-quality music streaming and download platform, has announced the launch of Direct Stream Digital (DSD) and Digital eXtreme Definition (DXD) audio formats on its high-fidelity download store. Since it launched in France in 2007, and in the US in 2019, Qobuz has consistently led the field in terms of the highest-quality music files, and its introduction of DSD/DXD continues that commitment.Beginning today,... Read More

Goldring's GR3 turntable is the company's first turntable in twenty years. Developed in collaboration with a renowned British hi-fi manufacturer, GR3 is equipped with the multiple award-winning Goldring E3 moving magnet cartridge and features a built-in phono pre-amplifier. It also comes with a choice of high-quality interconnects from "sister brand" QED.Per the pleasingly spec complete press release for the $999 turntable/cartridge/phono... Read More

Mistelbach, Austria – September 24th, 2024 – Pro-Ject Audio Systems just announced the latest edition to the T Series of turntables, the T1 EVO, T1 EVO Phono & T1 EVO BT. Improvements include the Ortofon OM10 MM phono cartridge, a larger Debut-sized sub-platter as well as electronic speed change for all 3 models. The precision-machined chassis remains free of resonant hollow spaces. The high-mass tempered glass record platter is anti-resonant & great for... Read More

At an event Technics hosted at parent company Panasonic's Newark, New Jersey headquarters September 17th, Technics Business Development Manager Bill Voss walked me through all of the new $3299 SL-1300G turntable's features and mechanical and physical attributes, comparing it to the $2199 SL-1200GR2 below and the $4299 SL-1200G above. This video should clear up any and all confusion about what stepping up from the 1200GR2 gets you and what stepping down from... Read More