Vienna High End Show No. 4, Yet More new Turntables, Phono Preamps, Cartridges and Ultrasonic Cleaning Machines

and there's at least, perhaps two more videos to follow

No.4 will not be the final video from High End Vienna 2026. There's more to come. In this video you'll see the new compact Boulder 808 phono preamplifier, the new 12" The Wand tonearm, the Mavis phono preamp from Vietnam, and one from WestminsterLab making its European debut.

Pear Audio's Odar turntable has a new configuration that puts the arm on an outboard platform, JMF will inboard transformers on its PH 7.2 phono preamp, Korf Audio introduced a tonearm featuring a sapphire armtube with ceramic head shell for under $6000, there's a new Takumi turntable from The Netherlands and KLAUDIO showed updates to its Magnezar direct drive turntable and introduced a new ultrasonic record cleaning machine that automatically adjusts for 7", 10" and 12" records and has an optional "5 disc changer" for cleaning records of all three sizes.

HSE Swiss has a new handmade $7000 DIN to RCA phono cable and showed its almost ready for sale cartridge in two versions: one with the Orbray solid diamond cantilever stylus and one using a boron pipe.

Bonus content: an interview with Stealth Audio's Serguei Timachev in which the cable designer, and manufacturer who has a PhD in mathematical modeling of physical processes and a background in aviation engineering explains why A.C. cables make a sonic difference—something I believe is easily heard, and now gets a fascinating and convincing explanation as to why!

00:00-00:15 Intro

00:16–03:14 Boulder 808 phono pre

03:15- 18:19 Stealth Cables’ Serguei Timachev explains why A.C. and other cables matter

18:20-20:40 The Wand TT&arms, Mavis phono pre

20:41-22:50 WestminsterLab

22:54- 25:09 Pear Audio,JMF

25:10-27:11 Korf Audio

27:12-29:47 Takumi TTs

29:48-34:51 KLAUDIO Magnezar TT, tonearms and record cleaning machines

34:52- END HSE Swiss cartridge, phono cable, phono preamp

Comments

2026-06-17 06:39:05 PM

Come on wrote:

Really interesting how Timachev explained the high frequency influence at the very end! And what I recommended last time exactly cares for the whole noise range above audible frequencies also in the room, even with active cancelling, not damping.

The Takumi way of isolation from spindle/bearing resonance was also interesting. Good that more manufacturers begin to care for that, it’s quite essential in my experience.