T.H.E. Show Newport 2012

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Acoustic Sounds Announces New Prestige Vinyl Reissue Series and a Perennial Favorite Reissued in an Enhanced Edition
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012
Do I even have to tell you what album this is? Okay, I guess I do. It's Dave Brubeck's "time travel" masterpiece Take Five of course, about to be reissued by Acoustic Sounds as a double 45rpm edition that includes deluxe gatefold packaging

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VPI's Traveler Turntable Hits the Road After Newport Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012
VPI demoed a more polished version of the company's new $1300 Traveler turntable/tonearm combination. If this aluminum paltered turntable that new includes a removable arm sounds as good as it looks, it should be a
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What's Wrong With This Picture?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012
Nothing a clean mind and heart can't cure. Actually it's an album cover for a 1950s David Oistrach violin recital album on Parliament records (PLP 118) that includes Prokofiev's "Love For Three Oranges."
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Vinyl Vendors Rule T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012
It's official: there was more vinyl for sale at this year's Newport show than at any show in American audio show history.
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PBN Shows Olympian PX Fully Balanced Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012
PBN's Olympian PX Fully Balanced Phono Preamp features a hefty outboard power supply and is fully balanced.
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Spin Clean Shows Transparent Limited Edition "Executive Model" Record Cleaning Machine
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012
The folks who manufacture the Spin Clean record cleaning machine—the least expensive effective record cleaning device introduced a new Limited Edition "Executive Model"....
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Stein Music Exhibits Analog Accessories
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012
Germany-based Stein Music exhibited a Benz-Micro based boron cantilevered MC phono cartridge featuring a a brass mounting structure encased in a sandwiched body of Mahogany and carbon fiber
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Vinyl Dominates 2012 Newport Audio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2012
Vinyl's continuing growth and perhaps future dominance of the high performance audio scene was evident on opening day of T.H.E. Show Newport 2012.
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