CES 2015

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This $430 Electric Recording Company Record Mesmerized Listeners at CES 2016
AAA Vinyl, CES 2015
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2016  |  28 comments
I brought to CES 2016 this £300 Electric Recording Company reissue of Recital Magda Tagliaferro because as well as sharing the experience with friends and colleagues I wanted to watch their reactions to it.

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Audionet PAM G2 MM/MC Phono Preamplifier Available With Multitude of Options
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2015  |  0 comments

The Audionet PAM G2 from Germany is a single input MM/MC phono preamplifier costing $10,100 but that's just for starters.

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Hanss Acoustics T-60 Belt Drive Turntable
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  8 comments
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Jonathan Monks Shows You the New Keith Monks Discovery One Mini Record Cleaning Machine
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  1 comments
Jonathan Monks gave me a "tour" of the new, limited edition Keith Monks Discovery One Mini record cleaning machine.

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Mobile Fidelity's Kind of Blue  Test Pressing Played at CES
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  18 comments
One of the most long awaited reissues will soon come from Mobile Fidelity. Selected room visitors had a chance to listen to a test pressing of one mastering of the legendary Kind of Blue most likely sourced from Mark Wilder's 1997 mix to analog tape from the 3 track safety copy.

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All Points Bulletin! Have You Seen This Turntable?
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  25 comments
The photo shows Clearaudio's top of the line $170,000 Statement turntable.

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Music Hall Demos New Soundsmith Designed Moving Magnet Cartridge
CES 2015
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  4 comments
The news here is twofold: first, Music Hall will soon introduce a line of moving magnet cartridges designed by Soundsmith and second Soundsmith is manufacturing a line of moving magnet cartridges.

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Furutech Shows SK-III Version of Electrostatic Brush
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  2 comments
Furutech introduced at CES 2015 a MK III version of its effective de-stat brush made of goat hair and Corona discharge fibers. The new version features a Rhodium coated metal grounding sleeve that improves conductivity.

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Vana Ltd. Now Distributes E.A.T. Line of Turntables and Electronics
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  7 comments
Vana Ltd. now distributes the E.A.T. (European Audio Team) turntables and electronics. The company was founded more than ten years ago by Jozefina Krahulcova (now Lichtenegger) to produce and distribute vacuum tubes.
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Thorens' New Entry Level TD 203 Turntable
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  5 comments
Thorens introduces a new entry level turntable.

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PBN Updates Denon Direct Drive Turntables
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  6 comments
While PBN still offers its curvaceous version of VPI's Classic Direct Drive turntable, designer Peter Noerbaek's current obsession is buying up vintage Denon DP-2000, 3000, 6000 and 80 direct drive turntables and completely rebuilding them.

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Pass Labs Delivers New xS "State-of-the-Art" Moving Coil Phono Preamplifier (Video Enhanced!)
CES 2015
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  1 comments
Five years after introducing the XP-25 phono preamplifier, Pass Labs's phono preamplifier designer Wayne Colburn debuted the new xS.

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Spiral Groove Introduces New Revolution Turntable
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  3 comments
Allen Perkins, one of analog audio's most talented designers, walked me through a second generation prototype of the new Spiral Groove Revolution turntable that he says represents, with but a few minor changes, the production version that will soon be in production and for sale.

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Rega's New RP10 Turntable Replaces Discontinued P9
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  12 comments
Rega's current "top of the line" RP10 features the RP8's "skeletal" frame but ups just about everything else. It features a ceramic platter similar to the P9's as well as an aluminum alloy sub-platter and pulley, a new iteration of Rega's venerable cast tonearm and an upgraded power supply that allows for speed adjustment.

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Is the New Fuuga MC Cartridge a Re-imagined Miyabi?
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2015  |  First Published: Jan 08, 2015  |  5 comments
The lineage of this cartridge was explained to me over dinner by Lyra cartridge designer Jonathan Carr, but due to Sake the details escape me. As i remember the conversation, the Miyabi's fate was sealed when the designer retired some years ago.

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