A step down in size and price from the bigger Thales rig, the new TTT Slim incorporates many of the big ‘table’s features such as battery powered drive.
Acoustical Systems two years ago introduced the Axiom pick up arm—one of the world’s most sophisticated and expensive. This year AS showed the arm on a "tricked out" La Platine Verdier Granito that had mistakenly been identified by someone in the room as something new from Acoustical Systems. Acoustical Systems will soon introduce less costly pick up arm.
Canada-based Kronos Audio Technology introduced its least expensive turntable. The $15,000 Sparta .5 is as the name suggests half of a $22,500 Sparta turntable. The .5 has but one platter.
Swiss built Soulution phono preamp includes two MC and one MM input. It also includes the volume control circuit utilized in the company’s line-level preamplifier, making it a full feature preamplifier for those with an all-analog front end.