Gold Note, the Italian High-End Hifi manufacturer based in Florence, Italy, is introducing PST-10, their super inductive power supply designed for all Gold Note low voltage powered turntables.
Miyajima, the Japanese company best known for their phono cartridges, has created a simple little audio accessory for vinyl lovers, and it costs less than your average record.
Hot on the heels of the new SL 1200 turntable, Technics has announced the 1500C with built in phonostage. More »
Technics today unveiled the new SL-1200MK7 Direct Drive Turntable (European model is the SL-1210MK7). The new model inherits the traditional design of the same series and maintains the same operating ease, reliability and durability, while newly adding a coreless direct drive motor and other sound-enhancing technologies. It also features new DJ play functions, such as reverse playback. The SL-1200MK7 is launched as the first new standard DJ turntable in approximately nine years. More »
Lenco say that their Lenco-MD turntable “rethinks the classic concept of the record player”. Their Kickstarter project is just over 2000€ off their target with just over a day left to run. More »
UK distributor, Pure Sound, has announce the arrival of a new, entry level Phono Equaliser from Aurorasound, Japan. More »
Nasotec Swing Headshell 202A1 is a novel approach to achieving better results from your vinyl replay system. It costs £305 and here Janine Elliot gives it a try for Hifi Pig. More »
Just under two years ago we brought you the news that German turntable brand, Dual, were relaunching in the UK. They launched their MTR range of budget turntables in 2017. More »
Linette Smith gets into the groove with the Ultrasonic record cleaner KA-RC-1 from Kirmuss Audio. More »
Nasotec Swing Headshell 202A1 is a novel approach to achieving better results from your vinyl replay system. It costs £305 and here Janine Elliot gives it a try for Hifi Pig. More »
There are plenty of accessories out there to make playing your records easier and to solve the little problems that the format brings. More »
As a result of close collaboration with SME, the British engineering and high end audio company, Padood has announced the launch of a limited-quantity Model 10A Black Edition, made exclusively for the UK market. Featuring all-new total black detailing and matched with the popular SME M10 tonearm, the Model 10A Black Edition comes supplied with an Ortofon Cadenza Black cartridge. More »
If you’ve seen Quentin Tarantino’s classic movie, Pulp Fiction, you’ll remember that scene… the uber-cool Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) comes home to her criminally rich husband’s mansion after a night out, presses ‘play’ on the reel-to-reel deck and gets her groove on to Urge Overkill’s Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon. Meanwhile, her chaperone, Vincent Vega (John Travolta), is in the bathroom giving himself a pep talk about how to handle the rest of the evening (basically, don’t get killed by seducing the boss’s wife!). More »
Linette Smith guides you through the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2018. If you were not the show this year, then you should consider it for next year! Read on for, more on why this is such a great show, trends from the show, tips to get the most from your visit and of course, Linette’s favourite rooms of the show. More »
This weekend sees the Hifi Show Live hold it’s last show in Windsor before it moves the new premises at Royal Ascot for the 2019 show. Absolute Sounds, the high end UK distributor is taking loads of great gear and will be in three rooms in the Windsor Suites area. More »
The new Music Hall MMF 3.3 turntable launched at the Copenhagen High End Show 2018 last month. More »
The Sweep-IT E is a record cleaning arm from Pro-Ject Audio Systems, cleans as you play. Cleaning a record collection can be tiresome, time-consuming or just difficult to keep up with; but it’s an essential task if you want to ensure the best possible sound quality and guarantee a long stylus life. More »
Janine Elliot takes a listen the SweetVinyl SugarCube SC-1, a device aimed at removing the clicks and pops from your vinyl collection and costs £1500. More »
Janine Elliot takes a listen the SweetVinyl SugarCube SC-1, a device aimed at removing the clicks and pops from your vinyl collection and costs £1500. More »
Pro-Ject has partnered again with The Universal Music Group and The Beatles to bring out another Beatles themed turntable. The White album was the most anticipated Beatles record of all. Released November 22nd,1968 it contained hits like “Dear Prudence”, “Back in the USSR” or “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. More »
Rega say that the Planar 8 was inspired by their ‘ultimate’ turntable, the ‘Naiad’. More »
The Prelude is a new and, say the European manufacturer, more affordable turntable. It features a heavy aluminium platter, a low-tolerance (0.01) polished stainless steel spindle in a soft bronze bushing, an ultra-dense MDF plinth coated with eight layers of lacquer, a freestanding isolated drive motor 100% disconnected from the plinth, a precision diamond-cut pulley, a high-damping, precision-cut drive belt and a high-purity balanced copper cable. More »
NAD will be exhibiting at the RMAF in Denver, Colorado October 5th -7th, 2018. Along with sister brands PSB and Bluesound, they can be found in Room 8021 in the Tower and in A23 of the Atrium section of CanJam. More »
Henley Audio have announced two more special edition styli are coming to the Ortofon 2M range of moving magnet cartridges. After the earlier release of the Stylus 2M Blue 100 (February 2018), Ortofon have now unveiled the Stylus 2M Bronze 100 and Stylus 2M Black 100. More »