PRO-JECT DEBUT PRO 30TH ANNIVERSARY TURNTABLE LAUNCHED Pro-Ject Audio has released the Pro-Ject Debut PRO, they have designed not only a new turntable but also a completely new cartridge for their 30th anniversary.
ROTEL CELEBRATES 60 YEAR ANNIVERSARY The family-owned Japanese Brand Rotel commemorates 60 years in the Hifi Audio business.
WILSON BENESCH GMT ONE SYSTEM TURNTABLE UNVEILED Sheffield based Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989 and in 1990 the company unveiled its first product, the Wilson Benesch Turntable. Now it is unveiling the Wilson Benesch GMT ONE SYSTEM Turntable, featuring newly developed technologies.
DS AUDIO DS003 OPTICAL CARTRIDGE LAUNCHED Japanese high-end brand, DS Audio, has released the new DS Audio DS003 optical cartridge.
TECHNICS SL-100C ENTRY-LEVEL DIRECT DRIVE TURNTABLE ANNOUNCED Technics has announced the launch of the new Technics SL-100C Direct Drive Turntable.
IOTA AUDIO DESIGN TURNTABLES REVISED FOR 2021 British brand, iota audio design, has updated their turntable lineup for 2021 with new iota Jot and iota QT turntables.
GOLD NOTE PH-1000 PHONO STAGE RELEASED The Gold Note PH-1000 Phono Stage is the high-end Italian brand’s new premium phono stage and we have one here at Hifi Pig Towers, watch out for the review soon.
Vertere, the high-end British record player designer and manufacturer, has launched the Vertere Iso-Paw Isolation Footer designed and made to enhance the performance of the DG-1 record player and/or Phono-1 cartridge amplifier.
Chris Feickert has been building his handmade Dr Feickert Analogue turntables in Germany for over twenty years.
Since 2013, DS Audio has been pioneering the world’s only optical phono cartridges. Now, the company is releasing details of its technology so that others can join the optical audio market.
The new Tentogra WOWO turntable is the third model from this Polish brand.
Soulines turntable model tt42 is the Serbian brand’s new flagship reference turntable.
Last year, we brought you the news about British cable manufacturer, Wire On Wire’s new Vibe spacers for their ‘tuneable’ cables. Now they are applying the Vibe technology to tonearms.
Serbian brand, Auris Audio, has tipped its toes into the world of vinyl with their first tonearm, the Auris Tangenta Hawk.
The Portuguese manufacturers say that Shaknspin is “probably the first small, affordable, fully contained Wow&Flutter analyser for turntables”.
There’s a meme, or rather a cartoon, that’s been doing the rounds recently that has two characters looking over a HiFi system with the caption “The two things that really drew me to vinyl were the expense and inconvenience.” If you spend any time on social media, and particularly audiophile groups then I’m sure you […]
Norwegian brand Hegel has just launched the V10, their first ever Phonostage, read on for more info and find out what we thought in our review.
Pro-Ject Audio Systems of Austria has announced a new flagship phono stage to complement their range of turntables and electronics.
Russ Andrews is expanding its range of accessories for vinyl with the launch of two new cleaning brushes designed to keep records and styli in top condition.
Henley Audio, unfortunately, have had to report that on a recent shipment into the UK, a quantity of ProJect Audio Systems turntables was stolen in a night-time breach of a shipping trailer.
Matt McNulty is well known for his refurbishing work on the classic Townshend Rock turntables and has moved into re-bodying cartridges. Stuart Smith has a chat with him.
Bang & Olufsen has unveiled the rebirth of an icon with the launch of its Beogram 4000c Recreated Limited Edition. This turntable, originally introduced in the early 1970s, is the first product to be released in the company’s new Classics initiative: restoring and reimagining classic products to demonstrate the timelessness of Bang & Olufsen’s capabilities […]
German turntable manufacturer, Acoustic Signature, say that they have been achieving “significant technology breakthroughs” over the last 18 months which has led to them developing the all new 2020 NEO line.
VPI’s new Prime 21 turntables build upon the Prime series to deliver improved performance and offer a simple set-up procedure.
Techno mat is a new accessory to the Vertere range designed to both improve the performance of most turntables but also comfort some audiophiles who had expressed concern when changing records sitting directly on a hard Acrylic platter mat.
The HANA-Umami Red hand-built MC cartridge is named after the word Umami, officially coined in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda-san as a very pleasing or delicious flavour on the palette, a synergistic effect resulting in higher taste intensity.
The Grand Master cartridge is a completely new design. The third generation of DS Audio’ s optical cartridge features a comprehensively re-designed optical system that provides the following improvements and benefits.
Elipson Audio has announced the introduction of their new Chroma Series range of turntables, replacing previous Alpha and Omega versions.
