As a newcomer to the Munich High-End extravaganza, I was blown away by the unbelievable amount of high-end audio jewelry on display. Not only does Munich dwarf whatever is going on at CES, it dwarfs ...

The following is a press release issued by Gold Note. May 3, 2018 - The Munich High End Show is coming and Gold Note is bringing its entire line of turntables to the event. For ...

The following is a press release issued by SME Limited. May 1, 2018 | Steyning, England – SME, the British engineering and specialist Hi-Fi company, has acquired the rights to the Garrard audio brand from ...

AXPONA 2018 starts out with a new location and a new attitude. The new location is the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois, which is a 15–20 minute ride from O'Hare International ...

The following is a press release issued by Sumiko. Berkeley, CA | April 16, 2018 – SUMIKO is proud to announce six new phono cartridges, the outcome of a 3-year development effort. The new line ...

The following is a press release issued by Speakers Corner Records. March 14, 2018 - Speakers Corner Records celebrates its 25th anniversary this year - we released our first LP productions in 1993. With this ...

At AXPONA 2016 in Chicago, I met the man (A.J. van den Hul) himself. In addition to introducing two new cartridges at that show, the Crimson and the Colibri Stradivarius (both precursors to the cartridges ...

February 19, 2018 - World-renowned music system manufacturer Linn launches two new LP12 upgrades to kick off the 45th anniversary year of the legendary Linn Sondek LP12. The 1973 Sondek LP12 is the iconic model ...

Taking High-Resolution Mainstream The biggest event at CES, at least for the high end, was a press gathering at the Las Vegas Convention Center to promote high-resolution audio. Organized by the Digital Entertainment Group, the ...

Excel Sound Corporation Hana SL Moving Coil $750 In a sea of $10,000-ish super-cartridges, what’s a vinyl-playing audiophile with discriminating tastes to do? For that matter, what’s a sub-$999-budgeted audiophile to do? The $750 Hana ...

Something is definitely afoot in the Japanese audio industry. For a country whose culture encourages cautious evolution, there have been a whole lot of big changes in a short time. The first was in 2011, ...

Allan Moulton is North American Sales Manager at U.S.-based equipment distributor Musical Surroundings. Why do people still listen to records? It’s the question instinctively asked by nearly all those outside our hobby (and many within) ...

A long time before most of you were born, grandpa here used to use a phono cartridge called the Decca London, whose chief virtue was the elimination of what Decca called “cantilever haze.” “What’s that?” ...

In October 2012 my old pal and colleague Jonathan Valin waxed enthusiastically in these pages about AMG’s Viella 12 turntable and companion 12J2 tonearm, the first product releases from Bavaria’s Analog Manufaktur Germany. Jon titled ...

The following is a press release issued by The Sound Organisation. July 12, 2017 - Rega Research and The Sound Organisation are pleased to announce the availability of the entry level Ania moving coil cartridge ...