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Analog Corner #290: The Haniwa LP Playback System
Haniwa's Dr. Tetsuo Kubo is an interesting fellow. If you go to shows, domestic or overseas, you've possibly encountered him in his room a space known for being strewn, shrine-like, with LPs that once...
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Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO turntable
A few months ago, a friend asked me to recommend a record player. This friend knows and loves music as much as I do; when he visits, we spend our time drinking wine and listening to records. Last time,...
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Schiit Audio Sol turntable
Many established audio manufacturers owe their success, at least partly, to their components' signature sound. Consider the laidback "pipe and slippers" mien of my 1978 Spendor BC-1 loudspeakers, the...
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Mark Levinson No.5105 turntable
Before returning home from the EISA convention in Antwerp two years ago, I spent a quiet, relaxing afternoon in The Loft, a luxurious shared space reserved for first- and business-class travelers,...
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Analog Corner #309: SME Model 6 turntable, Sculpture A.3L phono cartridge
"I got some Audio-Technica ATLP120X turntables in the other day, which had been back ordered for maybe 6 or 7 months, so I called to see if they had more. I was told there were 17,700 of that model on...
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Two June FollowUp Reviews
The June 2021 issue of Stereophile included followup reviews of two recommended components, both which deserved further investigation of what they had to offer: the dCS Bartók D/A processor and the...
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Clearaudio Concept Active Wood turntable
My friend Courtney Grant Winston has led a storied life. A photographer by trade, Courtney has a gift for revealing his subjects' spirited personalities. He has photographed actor Morgan Freeman, Le...
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Analog Corner #280: VPI Avenger Reference turntable, VPI Fatboy tonearm
Turntable manufacturer VPI Industries is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Despite analog playback's ups and downs (pun time), VPI has managed not only to survive but to prosper and grow, thanks...
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Thorens TD 124 DD Record Player
In 1957, Switzerland-based Thorens introduced the TD 124 turntable, a record player destined to become a classic. (TD is an initialism for tourne disque, French for turntable.) A Thorens brochure from...
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Analog Corner #279: Technics SL-1000R turntable, Swedish Analog Technologies...
Technics' sudden decision, in October 2010, to stop making its iconic SL-1200 direct-drive turntable, then in its MK6 iteration, took vinyl fans by surprise. At the time, although sales of vinyl and...
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TechDAS Air Force Zero turntable
The Air Force Zero turntable is very large for a turntable, but it is not as large as a house. At $450,000 for the base model, it does, however, cost as much as many houses and more than many others...
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Analog Corner #314: OMA K3 turntable & Schröder tonearm
If you're going to spend a year-plus in COVID lockdown, it doesn't hurt to have a million dollars' worth of turntables keeping you company, right? That's been my good fortune. Sounds like a roomful,...
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Analog Corner #275: Bergmann Audio Galder turntable & Odin tonearm
Bergmann Audio (footnote 1) launched its first turntablethe Sindre, which featured an integrated tonearmin 2008. The Sindre's acrylic platter and tangential-tracking tonearm both floated on air...
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Acoustic Signature Montana NEO turntable
You may be moving to Montana. Acoustic Signature is not an overnight sensation, nor are its turntables driven by dental floss. If you're not a Frank Zappa fan, you probably have no idea what any of...
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Pro-Ject Debut PRO record player
I enjoy few things more than setting up a turntable. Whether it's for myself or for a friendwhether it's a budget model with a layered MDF plinth and nonadjustable tonearm, or a megabuck,...
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Analog Corner #320: DYLP phono cartridges, SME Model 6 Classic turntable,...
What? Suddenly a new Japanese cartridge manufacturer? That's what I was thinking when Mockingbird Distribution's Phillip Holmes dropped three cartridges on me from DYLP Audio. Never heard of thembut...
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Analog Corner #270: Rega Research RP10 turntable and Aphelion MC phono cartridge
In February 2017, for the first time in almost 20 years, I visited Rega Research's factory in Southend-on-Sea, UK. I found a company that had added to its just-built factory a second building of the...
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Analog Corner #269: TechDAS Air Force III turntable and Graham Engineering...
It was great fun having our editorial coordinator, Jana Dagdagan, shoot a video profile of me in my listening room. As I write this, it's had more than 88,000 views. While the ratio of thumbs up to...
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Linn Klimax LP12 Record-Playing System
Playing records is a delight-filled chore. The simple, quiet act of lowering a tonearm places one's mind at the ready for something marvelous to happen. Surely, this gentle ritual initiates a higher...
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Analog Corner #323: J.Sikora Reference turntable and KV12 VTA tonearm
Lublin, Poland, is about 130 miles from Lviv, Ukraine, a town that has been in the news lately. That's about the same distance as Hershey, Pennsylvania, is from my desk in northern New Jersey, where...
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