CES 2014

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Soundsmith Introduces New SG-230 Strain Gauge Cartridge/Preamp and System Control Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2014
Soundsmith's Peter Ledermann demoed his latest Strain Gauge cartridge system, the SG-230. The new model offers a complete system preamp solution that features the strain gauge function plus four line inputs, remote control, balanced, single-ended and fixed outputs.
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International CES 2014 Wrap-Up
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 15, 2014
This year's CES wasn't one for the record books, though plenty of records were played and that was good. From the main convention site to the Venetian to T.H.E. Show at the Flamingo, the show was rather lackluster and attendance was off, mostly due to cold weather flight disruptions.
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820S Power Supply Takes Your Evolution 610LP or 810LP Phono Preamp Over the MOON
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 15, 2014
That's the claim made by simaudio for the Moon 820S power supply, which can be added Evolution products including the 610LP and 810LP as well as the 650D and 750D DAC/CD transports and the company's 740P preamplifier.
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Pear Audio Blue Turntables Have Familiar-Looking Design Elements
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 15, 2014
Seeing these Pear Audio Blue turntables in the Audio Skies room produced both surprise and familiarity. Surprise because it was a three-turntable line I'd neither seen nor heard of and familiarity because certain design elements looked like they had been lifted from the late Tom Fletcher of Nottingham Analogue fame.
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Clearaudio Puts Fully Balanced, Current Drive Moving Coil Phono Preamp In Head Shell or Tonearm!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014
Clearaudio Introduced the Absolute Phono, a compact, fully balanced, current-based moving coil phono preamplifier built into the head shell of the line's linear tracking tonearms or into the arm tube Clearaudio's pivoted arms
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Rogers High Fidelity Adds a Tubed Phono Preamplifier to its American-Made Lineup
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014
Warwick, NY-based Rogers High Fidelity introduced the striking-looking and sounding PA-1A MM/MC phono preamplifier.
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AMG Introduces the Teatro Moving Coil cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014
AMG's new Teatro moving coil cartridge is an international collaborative effort, combining a machined, two-piece Tiodize Type III Titanium body manufactured in America and a Japan-sourced generator system, featuring separate coils for each channel said to increase separation (most cartridges have two coils mounted on a single former).
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Zanden Debuts Model 120 Solid-State LCR Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014
Osaka, Japan-based Zanden Audio added a third phono preamplifier to its line with the $7,500 Model 120, a solid state LCR RIAA design using Jensen dual tap step-up transformers with 60dB and 71dBs of gain and input impedances of 36 ohms and 470 ohms respectively.
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Parasound Shows Recently Introduced JC3+ Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014
Parasound's recently announced JC3+ phono preamplifier made its debut at this year's CES.
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Creek Updates to MK2 Edition "Real World"-Priced OBH-15 MM/MC Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014
Creek Audio demoed an update to its OBH-15 MM/MC phono preamp.
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2014 International CES Opens To News That USA Vinyl Sales Hit 22 Year "Record" High
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 08, 2014
The 2014 International CES opened yesterday, with attendance down due to the extremely cold weather conditions gripping the nation, but among vinyl fans warm feelings prevailed as sales were the highest in 2013 since the 1991 debut of Soundscan. And it can be argued that Soundscan barely "scratches the surface" of actual record sales.

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VPI Adds Classic 4 With 12" 3D Printed Arm to Its Turntable Lineup
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2014
VPI introduced the $10,000 Classic 4 turntable, complete with 12" 3D tonearm for the tidy sum of $10,000.
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Transrotor Adds Four New Turntables to Its Multi-Faceted Line
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2014
Germany-based Transrotor added four new models to its lineup.
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Rega Launches Top of the Line RP10 Turntable (Corrected)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2014
Rega and importer The Sound Organization launched the new Rega RP10 turntable.
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Jadis Debuts New Turntable at "CES 2104"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2014
Okay it was a typo but we like kicking people when they are down, so we're using the press release date. Obviously importer Bluebird Music meant 2014. French electronics manufacturer Jadis introduced a new granite plinth-based Thalie turntable.
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