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Munich 2017
Arthur Khoubesserian's Statement Tonearm
Michael Fremer  |  May 31, 2017  |  3 comments
Even if you're not about to spend $24,000 on a tonearm, you ought to watch this veteran turntable and tonearm designer explain what he's done here and why it costs so much.

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Munich 2017
Avid Goes It Alone in America: News At High End Munich 2017
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2017  |  3 comments
Not that many years ago Avid manufactured a very high end spring-suspended turntable and that was all. Today the U.K. based company has expanded its line of turntables and added a full complement of electronics, a speaker, a powered subwoofer and a few new intriguing tonearms including one that's of 3D printed titanium.

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Analog Gear NewsNews
Bluebird Music Named North America SME Distributor
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2017  |  5 comments
May 30, 2017 - Buffalo, NY - Bluebird Music has been appointed North American distributor for hi-fi specialist SME Limited effective immediately.

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Munich 2017
Ortofon Re-introduces "A Housing" SPU at High End Munich 2017
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2017  |  1 comments
After more than a decade's absence, this fall Ortofon will re-introduce its original "A housing" SPU. This will be of interest only to owners of certain older style vintage arms designed specifically for this "short" housing SPU.

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Munich 2017
ELAC Debuts Miracord 70 at High End Munich 2017
Michael Fremer  |  May 29, 2017  |  0 comments
Brand new from ELAC is the Miracord 70 turntable, one step down from the Miracord 90. The 'table is so new the prototype arm arrived too late to be installed on the display 'table, which was fitted with the arm found on the 90.

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Features
The "Audio Porn" Experiment's Details Revealed!
Michael Fremer  |  May 29, 2017  |  3 comments
On March 30th 2017 we posted a story called Audio Porn Experiment Part #1 and #2.
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Munich 2017
Döhmann Helix 2 Turntable Debuts at High End Munich 2017
Michael Fremer  |  May 27, 2017  |  1 comments
Audio Union's Rumen Artarski said that this first sample of the new Döhmann Helix 2 was finished "hours" before packing and shipping from Sofia, Bulgaris to High End Munich.

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Interviews
Is HD Vinyl In Your Record Playing Future?
Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2017  |  23 comments
REBEAT CEO Günter Loibl has a plan to change the way vinyl records are mastered.

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Munich 2017
Supersense, Vienna  — A Store For All Senses
Michael Fremer  |  May 23, 2017  |  4 comments
AnalogPlanet.com takes a slight detour from High End Munich show coverage for this video—have faith, it's got a strong vinyl angle.

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Munich 2017
SME Makes First High End Munich Appearance in 27 Years
Michael Fremer  |  May 23, 2017  |  5 comments
SME made its first High End show appearance in 27 years. The company, founded in 1946 by the late Alistair Robertson-Aikman who passed away in 2006 was sold in 2016 to Cadence Group headed by Indian industrialist Ajay Shirke.

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