T.H.E. Show Newport opening today, Friday, May 29th with the longest lines ever seen in the show's history. The new venue, Hotel Irvine, is a larger, more show-friendly spot that's sure to please both participants and attendees.

Our final stops in the mini tour.

Here's a study in record store contrasts.

Here's Part 2 of the L.A. Area Record Stores "Mini Tour": Wombleton Records.

Leading up to the Newport Beach show this weekend, I took a day to travel around the L.A. area with Record Collector News publisher Jim Kaplan.

High End Munich 2015 was an incredible show, particularly for the introduction of new analog gear.

There was more to report than we covered, but most of what we have not covered will not be imported to America.

A.J. van den Hul best known for his cables and phono cartridges introduced at High End Munich 2015 a new turntable called the Point One.

Pro-Ject's Heinz Lichtenegger shows us the new $399 vacuum-based record cleaning machine.

To say the Swiss-made Audio Consulting turntable, phono preamplifier and passive volume control are unusual looking is an understatement!

Somehow I missed this one even though the company was thought ful enough to send a pre-show press release. Sorry about that!