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Vienna High End Show 2026 No. 3
By: Michael Fremer

June 16th, 2026

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Hi-Fi Shows

Vienna High End Show No.3—Even More New Turntables, Phono Preamps and Cartridges

And yes, there are more videos with more exciting news coming up!

Wow. This is the 3rd 1/2 hour video from High End Vienna and there's so much more to be edited and posted. In this one you'll see the debut of a new $54K Constellation Performance phono pre, the new circa $7500 Wattson Madison phono pre available for MM, MC or DS Audio optical cartridges, the Thales Reference TT featuring a mechanical speed regulator, and Magnifier preamp/phono preamp, the new Dr. Feickert Virgo S and Virgo SE turntables, two new Dynavector top of the line cartridges, the XV PRIMA and XV ULTIMA, the new Clearaudio Elevation turntables, a new budget N2 MM cartridge and Rammstein special edition turntable. Finally the announcement of an Uberlight alliance between the ubiquitous light manufacturer and many turntable manufacturers.

More videos coming up! It wasn't that many years ago that at a Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where audio was once covered, turntables weren't listed in the show guide. I complained about this to CEA President Gary Shapiro who told me that since turntables were going away soon anyway, what's the point of listening them?

LOL!

00:00-00:15 Intro

00:16–01:20 Constellation Performance Phono pre

01:21- 08:57 Wattson Madison Phono Pre

08:58-12:06 Thales Reference TT, Magnifier preamp +

12:07-17:09 Dr. Feickert Virgo S and Virgo SE TTs, Vero S phono pre

17:10-19;37 Dynavector ASKA budget MCs, XV PRIMA, XV ULTIMA

19:38-28:17 Clearaudio Elevation TT, PSUs, N2 MM Rammstein TT

28:18-END Robert Kahn Uberlight Alliance announcement

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