Pro-Ject Debut Carbon$399 The most significant upgrade to Pro-Ject’s latest Debut is found in the model’s name, which refers to the lighter, more rigid, single-piece 8.6" carbon-fiber arm tube that replaces the Debut III’s aluminum ...

Friday, July 25, 5 – 8pm: Please join Music Lovers (2295 Bush Street, San Francisco) for an open house with AudioQuest’s Bill Low (founder and CEO), Joe Harley (SVP, Marketing and Product Development), and Skylar ...

The Feickert Woodpecker was first introduced in 2008 and has gone through some performance upgrades and refinements over the past few years. In 2012–2013 the Woodpecker received a bearing update, a motor/controller/hardware/software update, and a ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? It came from the music side. My family has always been music-oriented, so it was natural ...

Because it is a thing of beauty to witness and because the results make such a huge difference in sonics, I’d like to take you through the process of mounting, aligning, and optimizing a moving-coil ...

AudioVision San Francisco has gained a reputation in the Bay Area and the West Coast as one of the best high-end retailers as well as an audio enthusiast’s paradise. Owned and operated by Antonio Long ...

Danish cartridge manufacturer Ortofon working closely with Universal Music Group designs new mono cartridge celebrating Apple Corps Ltd’s and Universal Music Group’s release of The Beatles Mono Box Set. Thanks to a cooperative effort between ...

Blue Note records is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. To help mark it, Ron Rambach of MusicMatters is remastering, together with Kevin Gray, twenty-five Blue Note albums at 33rpm, to accompany the numerous ones ...

We at The Absolute Sound are proud to announce the latest addition to our line of popular Buyer’s Guides, the 2014 Guide to Affordable High-End Audio—available as a FREE download right now. We worked long ...

It’s hard to believe but it’s been over five years since the Ortofon 2M collection of moving-magnet cartridges was introduced—cleverly color-coded to indicate entry-level to top-tier pricing. I reviewed the 2M Red and 2M Black ...

T.H.E. Show at Newport in Southern California is a far more relaxed and convivial affair than the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Not least of its attractions is that it remains for the most ...

Who would have thought that at T.H.E. Show Newport–the 2014 edition–LP playback would continue to assert its dominance as THE sexy audio medium. Meanwhile there were attendees bearing their trusty CDs who, with fingers crossed, ...

What’s the ultimate purpose of a turntable? To spin a vinyl record at a precise speed without introducing any vibrations into the cartridge. Of course, this is the holy grail of turntable design, and basically ...

The Munich 2014 High End Show featured more turntables on display than any other show I’ve attended this year—perhaps as many as I’ve see at all the major U.S. audio shows in 2014 combined! Companies ...

The best time in an audiophile’s life must be when he or she discovers a truly great product that doesn’t completely ruin the budget. It’s like the car enthusiast who dreams of owning a Bugatti, ...