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ProJect's New Classic Turntable Celebrates Twenty Five Year Anniversary
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2016
Pro-Ject's Heinz Lichtenegger couldn't wait for next week's Munich show where he will hold a twenty fifth anniversary press conference and debut this handsome new turntable. Instead he flew to New York and debuted it first at the World of McIntosh (WOMA) townhouse.

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Crosley Grows A Pair (Of Serious Turntables)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2016
News at this past year’s International Consumer Electronics Show that “novelty” turntable manufacturer Crosley was introducing a pair of quality turntables built for the company by Pro-Ject drew me to the “ZOO” to check them out.

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Bulgaria Based THRAX Builds the Döhmann Helix 1 Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 19, 2016
Mark Döhmann designed the Helix 1 turntable in Australia. Frank Schröder designed the unique tone arm in Germany. Both are built by THRAX Audio in Sofia, Bulgaria. This video shows you why.

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Technics Sarasota, Florida SL-1200GAE Preview Event March 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 29, 2016
Sarasota Florida area readers take note: Encore Home Entertainment Systems hosts a March 24th Technics SL-1200GAE turntable preview event from 7PM-9PM.

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CES 2016 Show Wrap-Up
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 14, 2016
Analog was well-represented at CES 2016. It was at "The Zoo" as we "affectionately" call the main convention center and of course at The Venetian where high performance audio resides.

Best Sound

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Keith Monks' New $2500 Record Cleaning Machine Debuts at CES 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
Jonathan Monks demonstrated the new $2500 Keith Monks record cleaning machine— to date, the company's least expensive model, but it incorporates many of the high quality components found in the more expensive Monks machines.

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VAC Launches Renaissance MM/MC Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
VAC's Kevin Hayes introduced the new Renaissance phono preamplifier at CES 2016 that costs one-fifth as much as the top-of-the-line Statement, which made its debut at CES 2013.

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Music Hall Updates Turntable Line For 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
Music Hall's Roy Hall stepped away long enough from the sauce to show me the significantly updated 2016 turntable line.

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Acoustic Signature Challenger Mk3 Features New Electronic Drive System
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
Acoustic Signature's new Challenger Mk3 turntable, like all Acoustic Signature 'tables, is all about the mass.

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The Well Tempered Royale 400 Is For Those Who Like It Long
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
In the Devore Audio room I found Well Tempered's new $12,500 Royale 400 turntable complete with sixteen inch long tone arm.

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Sony Introduces a DSD Capable Turntable at CES 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
What is an "DSD-capable" turntable? Sony's new HX500 turntable incorporates a high quality A/D converter capable of operating at 192/24 bit resolution or native DSD (5.6Mhz).

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EAT Turntable Price Drop!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
EAT's American importer VANA Ltd. announced a series of price drops on EAT turntables.

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Clearaudio Introduces New Innovation Basic Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2016
Clearaudio introduced the new Innovation Basic turntable in importer Musical Surroundings' room at CES.

The new 'table features an aluminum Panzerholz wood sandwich plinth, custom optically controlled DC motor system, POM platter and magnetically levitated ceramic ball-based bearing system. Cost is $6000 without arm.

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New Vinyl Cleaner PRO From Audio Deske Systeme
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2016
Audio Desk Systeme and its USA agent Ultra Systems, Inc. announced at CES 2016 the Vinyl Cleaner PRO, the next generation, upgraded edition of its ultrasonic LP cleaning machine, reviewed here.

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New Technics SL-1200GAE Is Not Your Father's Old Technics SL-1200Mk2
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2016
So much nonsense and bitching posted on the Internet about this new turntable, with people claiming it's an SL-1200 Mk2 re-introduction but at a much higher price.

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