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The Tone Tool Dereneville DTT-02 and Sprocket Turntable
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Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer • Posted: May 14, 2016 • Published: May 13, 2016 • 7 comments
The Tone Tool Sprocket turntable was up and running on set-up day but the complex tangential tracker was still in the box.

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"George Harrison" Pro-Ject Turntable Announced, Limited to 500 For America
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Analog Gear News, News
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 25, 2017 • Published: Jan 24, 2017 • 24 comments
Pro-Ject recently announced the availability of the George Harrison turntable shown at the recent C.E.S..

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"Tour" Pro-Ject's CES Room With Heinz Lichtenegger
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Analog Gear News, CES 2016
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 07, 2016 • 23 comments
As usual Pro-Ject introduced many new analog products at The Consumer Electronics Show, including the wall-mountable turntables shown in the photo. There's one for right handed vinyl fans and one of "lefties".

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Acoustic Signature Challenger Mk3 Features New Electronic Drive System
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Analog Gear News, CES 2016
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 14, 2016 • Published: Jan 13, 2016 • 0 comments
Acoustic Signature's new Challenger Mk3 turntable, like all Acoustic Signature 'tables, is all about the mass.

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Air Force One "Premium" is a Significant Upgrade, But it Comes at a Stiff Price
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Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer • Posted: May 09, 2016 • 4 comments
Nishikawasan explains the significant upgrades to his Air Force One turntable that resulted in a new "Premium" version costing approximately $40,000 more than the standard $100,000 Air Force One (shown with SAT tone arm).

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Allsop Brings Back the Orbitrac
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Analog Gear News, News, Record Cleaning Machine Reviews
Michael Fremer • Posted: Dec 12, 2016 • Published: Dec 11, 2016 • 71 comments
We started lobbying Allsop to bring back the Orbitrac almost as soon as its demise was announced. We got no response so started a campaign on musicangle.com to no avail.

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At AXPONA 2016 Channel D Introduces New Seta Supreme Battery Powered Phono Preamplifier
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Analog Gear News, AXPONA 2016
Michael Fremer • Posted: Apr 28, 2016 • 3 comments
Channel D, purveyor of Pure Vinyl vinyl ripping software (actually the program does far more) also manufactures a line of phono preamplifiers. At AXPONA 2016 Channel D introduced the Seta Supreme, the company's most ambitious and costly phono preamplifier.

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At AXPONA 2017 Two Phono Preamp Designers Show Their Newest Designs
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Analog Gear News, AXPONA 2017
Michael Fremer • Posted: Apr 28, 2017 • 4 comments
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At C.E.S. 2017 A Mark Levinson Turntable
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Analog Gear News, CES 2017
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 11, 2017 • 12 comments
In 2017 most consumers know Mark Levinson as a car audio brand. Audiophiles know it as a luxury home audio brand and older audiophiles know Mark Levinson the man.

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At C.E.S. 2017 Air-Tight's "Colorful" New ATE-X Vacuum Tube-Based MM Phono Preamplifier
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Analog Gear News, CES 2017
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 11, 2017 • Published: Jan 10, 2017 • 8 comments
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At C.E.S. 2017 Luke Manley Describes VTL's New TP 2.5i Phono Preamp
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Analog Gear News, CES 2017
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 13, 2017 • Published: Jan 12, 2017 • 3 comments
VTL's Luke Manley describes the design of the new TP 2.5i Phono Preamp, which costs $3750 including custom wound MC step-up transformers.

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At C.E.S. 2017 Music Hall Debuts $299 MMF 1.3 Plus Three Budget Goldring Cartridges
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Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 11, 2017 • 10 comments
Music Hall's always cheerful Roy Hall introduced a new budget-priced $299 three-speed belt-drive turntable that includes among its many features electronic speed control, a built-in switchable MM phono preamp, a dustcover, as well as an Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge.
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At C.E.S. 2017 The New Keith Monks DiscoveryOne Vacuum-Based Record Cleaning Machine
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Analog Gear News, CES 2017
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 13, 2017 • Published: Jan 12, 2017 • 16 comments
Jon Monks, son of Keith Monks who's regarded by veteran vinyl lovers as the originator of vacuum-based record cleaning machines, shows us the new DiscoveryOne.

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At CES 2017 Pro-Ject Introduced Many New Turntables and Phono Pre-Amps
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Analog Gear News, CES 2017
Michael Fremer • Posted: Jan 10, 2017 • Published: Jan 09, 2017 • 22 comments
Pro-Ject had two rooms at CES 2017. One included a few prototypes and special "one-off" designs, including one for the band Wilco and one for Best Buy/Magnolia currently available, produced for Ron Howard's Beatles film.

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At RMAF 2015 Dan D'Agostino Launches New State of the Art Phono Preamplifier
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Analog Gear News, RMAF 2015
Michael Fremer • Posted: Oct 03, 2015 • 4 comments
At the 2015 Rocky Mountain Audio Festival Dan D'Agostino launched his new state of the art phono preamplifier.

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