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Sweet Vinyl’s SugarCube SC-1 Real Time Pop and Click Remover—Any Good?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 09, 2018
About a dozen years ago at a used record store in San Francisco I bought a “mint” original German pressing of The Beatles (“The White Album”). It was up on the store wall at $75.00. The laminated “top loader” jacket was mint, all of the head shots the poster and the black sleeves were inside looking as if none of it had been touched and the records appeared as minty as advertised.

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Phono Loco Coming From Sutherland Engineering
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2018
The usually conservative (engineering-wise, don't know his politics) Ron Sutherland has thrown all electronic caution to the wind and will shortly introduce the Phono Loco, his first venture into what's commonly called a "current mode" phono preamplifier.

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Swedish Analog Technologies Announces New Pick Up Arm Lineup
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 20, 2018
SAT (Swedish Analog Technologies) announced today two new pick up arms, the LM and CF1 series that replace the original SAT arm, now discontinued after a successful run of 70—an impressive number considering the arm's cost of more than $30,000.

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Merrill-Williams Audio Announces The R.E.A.L. 101.3 Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 20, 2018
Merrill-Williams Audio LLC of Memphis, Tennesseejust introduced the latest version of its celebrated R.E.A.L. turntable, the model 101.3. The R.E.A.L. 101.3 retains the essential elements of the 101 and 101.2 models while adding fundamental improvements.

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Exclusive: One Week With Technics' New SL-1000R Direct Drive Turntable (See update posted 2/21/18)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 30, 2018
Shortly after the conclusion of the 2018 International Consumer Electronics Show, Technics CTO/Chief Engineer Tetsuya (Tony) Itan, Yoshiyuki Sumida, Assistant Manager Technics Team, and Technics Business Development Manager Bill Voss brought over and installed the new Technics SL-1000R turntable and tone arm for a week's stay. While this was a pre-production sample and not suitable for a full review, I thought you would be interested in first impressions that is not a review.

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DS Audio's ST-50 Stylus Cleaner Adds Elegance to "Drop In" Stylus Cleaning
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 29, 2018
At CES 2018 optical cartridge maker DS Audio introduced the ST-50 an elegant-looking "pad" type stylus cleaner that uses a transparent urethane pad developed for semi-conductor "clean room" air scrubbing.

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Portugal-Based Sempersonus Introduces New Epicyclic Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 29, 2017
Sempersonus, a new audio company based in Lisbon, Portugal just announced its first product: a turntable based upon an idler wheel-type drive it calls "Epicyclic Drive", because the motor and pulley directly drive the platter's inner rim.

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Grado's New Prestige Series 2 Updates Classic Grado Cartridge Line
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2017
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Swedish Analog Technologies Announces Two New Pickup Arms for 2018
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 16, 2017
Swedish Analog Technologies today announced two new pickup arms to be introduced "...in the first quarter of 2018". The photo accompanying this news item is of the original SAT Pickup Arm because no photos of the new arms were provided at this time. In fact, this photo taken from the company's website is of an earlier version than the one currently in production.

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New TechDAS Air Force V Turntable Debuts at Tokyo International Audio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 29, 2017
TechDAS introduced the new Model V turntable at the Tokyo Audio Show 2017. Like the more expensive Ar Force turntables, the new compact turntable features an air bearing, vacuum hold-down platter. Unlike the more costly TechDas turntables the Model V does not feature an outboard motor, nor does it include a suspension system.

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+Audio Announces The + Record Player “Kickstarter Edition"
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2017
+Audio introduced its +Record Player at High End Munich 2017. Now the company has initiated a Kickstarter project to self-fund the +Record Player "Kickstarter Edition.

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Technics Announces New Reference Class SP-10R Direct Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 31, 2017
Technics will be showing at IFA 2017 (Berlin, Sept.1-6) a brand new edition of its legendary SP-10d direct drive turntable. The new SP-10R shown in the above picture is slated to debut in the summer of 2018.

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This is the Lathe Miles Showell Used to Cut "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 31, 2017
The lathe in the picture, located at Abbey Road Studios, is the one Miles Showell used to cut at 1/2 speed, the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band remix. It began life as a Neumann VMS82 DMM that according to Showell had been "...routinely stripped for spares".

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Nitty Gritty Closes Its Doors
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 30, 2017
Sad to report that record cleaning specialist Nitty Gritty is going out of business—and not because business is poor.

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VPI Launches $900 Cliffwood Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 30, 2017
VPI Industries announced on June 29th the new $900 Cliffwood turntable, named for the New Jersey town in which VPI has been headquartered for the past 30 years.

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