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Spin-Clean Complete Record Washer System Mk2 from Music Direct Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson • May 21, 2013 • 25 comments
Register to win a Spin-Clean Complete Record Washer System Mk2 from Music Direct (MSRP $125.00) we are giving away.

According to Music Direct:

"Music Direct is proud to offer the Analog Planet readers a chance to win one of the best-value record cleaning systems ever devised. In fact, the Spin-Clean is the most effective and least expensive record cleaning kit Music Direct has ever offered. "

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post. Click on the picture above for details on how to enter.

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Thales TTT-Compact Turntable and Simplicity Tangential Pivoted Arm Is A Match Made In Musical Heaven
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 20, 2013 • 2 comments
The compact, Swiss-made Thales TTT turntable exudes a subtle, soothing beauty and refinement. The Simplicity tangential pivoted tonearm complements the 'table's "refined to the essentials" design and together they create a vinyl playback system that seems destined to produce great sound, though I really didn't get a chance to listen
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Schuch Tronic's "The Perfect Pick-up Arm
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 20, 2013 • 1 comments
I found Mr. Daniel Schuch exhibiting his girder-like tone arm on the floor of one of the big main halls. As a group of fascinated Japanese audiophiles looked on, Schuch demonstrated the workings of his pivoted tangential-tracking tonearm, which he modestly characterizes as "The perfect pick-up arm."
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Music Hall Introduces New MMF 11.1 Turntable And "Moo-sical" Platter Mat
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 20, 2013 • 1 comments
Music Hall's new top of the line MMF 11.1 turntable incorporates some familiar design features.
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Danish Hartvig Turntable Shown With Mørch DP-8 Tonearm Now Imported to America
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 20, 2013 • 0 comments
The Hartvig TT Signature turntable features a 30 pound platter of aluminum and acrylic and a hardened steel bearing shaft with an aluminum base, plus a precision honed bronze bushing with a ceramic ball and Teflon thrust pad.
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A Kensington Garden Run
Features
Michael Fremer • May 19, 2013 • 2 comments
While in the U.K. last week I took a run in the famous Kensington Gardens with the GoPro on my head.
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Da Vinci Audio's AAS Gabriel MK2 Reference Turntable and Master Reference Tonearm Virtu
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 19, 2013 • 1 comments
The Da Vinci Audio AAS Gabriel MK2 Reference Turntable is a thing of beauty to be sure. It is obviously a mass-loaded design and the build quality appears extremely high with a commensurate price tag of around $50,000.
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Bergmann Audio's Sleipner Reference Turntable/Tonearm: Not Horsing Around
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 19, 2013 • 0 comments
Named for a mythical Nordic eight legged horse whose name means "smooth" or "gliding", the Sleipner Reference looks and feels as smooth as its true air bearing, belt driven 20 pound aluminum platter floats and its air "bearing" arm slides.

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Acoustical Systems' New Axiom Tonearm Appears to Break New Ground
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 13, 2013 • 8 comments
New tone arms on display at Munich's High End 2013 point towards a renewed interest in their design and execution, especially among German enthusiasts.

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AMG Introduces 9" Version of its Tone Arm
Munich 2013
Michael Fremer • May 13, 2013 • 0 comments
At Munich High End 2013 German manufacturer AMG (Analog Manufaktur Germany) introduced a new 9" version of its innovative tone arm that the company has been packaging with its Viella turntable. You can see cutaways of the arm's innards in the CES 2013 show report.

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