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Shanon McKellar  |  Oct 28, 2025

Our Toronto Audiofest 2025 coverage continues! In this installment, Shanon McKellar gives us the goods on the latest turntable offerings on display from Takumi and J.Sikora. . .

Mike Mettler, Ken Micallef  |  May 05, 2026

Live from AXPONA 2026, Ken Micallef shows us a “reel” good time was had by all at the big show, plus he shares shots of turntables from the likes of J.Sikora, Fern & Roby, Luxman, Technics, and many more. . .

Mike Mettler, Ken Micallef  |  Feb 25, 2025

Live from this past weekend’s Florida International Audio Expo 2025, Ken Micallef shows us turntables, reel-to-reel players, and more from the likes of Audio Note, Benny Audio, Clearaudio, Bergmann, J.Sikora, and Studer — plus, he has a bonus interview with VPI’s Mat Weisfeld, who walks us through all the ins and outs about the way-cool VPI Avenger Statement turntable. . .

Ken Micallef, Mike Mettler  |  Nov 10, 2025

T.H.E. New York International Audio Show was T.H.E. place to be during the last weekend in October 2025, and our turntable expert Ken Micallef was there to capture all the sights and sounds firsthand. Read on to check out Ken’s video report on all the cool new tables seen and heard from the likes of VPI, Audio Note, Linn, Technics, TW-Acustic, and many, many more. . .

Mike Mettler, Ken Micallef  |  Nov 20, 2025

Many analog-centric capital gains took place at Capital Audiofest at the Hilton in Rockville, Maryland, last weekend, November 14-16, 2025, and our turntable expert Ken Micallef was duly entrenched at CAF to find all the turntable spins, tonearm sights, and cartridge sounds firsthand. . .

Mike Mettler, Ken Micallef  |  Jun 05, 2025

The assignment for High End Munich 2025 was simple, and direct: “Show me turntables. Lots and lots of turntables.” And who better to carry out such a focused task than our go-to, table-loving main product reviewer for AP, the always estimable Ken Micallef. Click the link below to see Ken’s 11½-minute Munich 2025 video diary, which features a wide swath of turntables — plus a few tonearms and cartridges to boot — from the likes of TechDAS, Clearaudio, Klaudio, Kronos, Kuzma, Dual, Muarah, and many, many more. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Jun 12, 2025

In Part 5 of her Munich 2025 show report, Julie Mullins gets a firsthand explanation for why Polish manufacturer Unitra wholly embrace direct-drive turntables, and sees/hears one of their latest tables in action to illustrate the point. . .

Mike Mettler  |  Apr 10, 2026

Welcome one and all to our upcoming in-depth AXPONA 2026 coverage. Our esteemed colleagues at Stereophile were gracious enough to shared the following video with us as a sneak peek at what's to come. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Apr 30, 2026

In our latest AXPONA 2026 report, Julie Mullins auditions a system featuring a Well Tempered Lab Versalex turntable, Dynavector P75 Mk4.1 MM/MC phono stage, and Dynavector 20X-2A MC cartridge. . .

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