Technics today unveiled the new SL-1200MK7 Direct Drive Turntable (European model is the SL-1210MK7). The new model inherits the traditional design of the same series and maintains the same operating ease, reliability and durability, while newly adding a coreless direct drive motor and other sound-enhancing technologies. It also features new DJ play functions, such as reverse playback. The SL-1200MK7 is launched as the first new standard DJ turntable in approximately nine years. More »
Lenco say that their Lenco-MD turntable “rethinks the classic concept of the record player”. Their Kickstarter project is just over 2000€ off their target with just over a day left to run. More »
Audio-Hungary Ltd. has updated its Qualiton Phono valve phonostage. More »
Nasotec Swing Headshell 202A1 is a novel approach to achieving better results from your vinyl replay system. It costs £305 and here Janine Elliot gives it a try for Hifi Pig. More »
Just under two years ago we brought you the news that German turntable brand, Dual, were relaunching in the UK. They launched their MTR range of budget turntables in 2017. More »
Linette Smith gets into the groove with the Ultrasonic record cleaner KA-RC-1 from Kirmuss Audio. 
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Nasotec Swing Headshell 202A1 is a novel approach to achieving better results from your vinyl replay system. It costs £305 and here Janine Elliot gives it a try for Hifi Pig. More »
There are plenty of accessories out there to make playing your records easier and to solve the little problems that the format brings. More »
Ever fallen asleep whilst listening to records and woke up hours later with your precious cartridge playing the run-out groove? Tru-Lift Automatic Tonearm Lifter (US$259 as reviewed) could well be the answer to your dreams… More »
Pro-Ject is very well known for their large range of turntables and is now expanding into the record cleaning market with a vacuum cleaning machine and this, the £55 Sweep-IT E which gets rid of dust by brushing the vinyl as it is being played. Harry Smith gives it a spin. More »
DS Audio ST-50 Stylus Cleaner is a £75 box with urethane gel inside to trap dust when you lower your stylus on to it. More »
As a result of close collaboration with SME, the British engineering and high end audio company, Padood has announced the launch of a limited-quantity Model 10A Black Edition, made exclusively for the UK market. Featuring all-new total black detailing and matched with the popular SME M10 tonearm, the Model 10A Black Edition comes supplied with an Ortofon Cadenza Black cartridge. More »
If you’ve seen Quentin Tarantino’s classic movie, Pulp Fiction, you’ll remember that scene… the uber-cool Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) comes home to her criminally rich husband’s mansion after a night out, presses ‘play’ on the reel-to-reel deck and gets her groove on to Urge Overkill’s Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon. Meanwhile, her chaperone, Vincent Vega (John Travolta), is in the bathroom giving himself a pep talk about how to handle the rest of the evening (basically, don’t get killed by seducing the boss’s wife!). More »
The Audio Video Show Warsaw is one of the best Hifi shows on the planet, and Hifi Pig was there again this year to bring you the most comprehensive coverage that you will find anywhere. We have brought you 9 show reports with over 18,000 words and hundreds upon hundreds of photos of the most exciting Hifi there is. Click through for links to all of the articles in one place…we are already looking forward to the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019! More »
More from Linette’s coverage of the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2018, here are her favourite and ‘Star’ rooms from the Golden Tulip and the National Stadium. More »
J.Sikora announce what they are saying is first ever Kevlar tonearm in the world to be launched at the Warsaw Audio Video Show in the coming days. More »
Pro-Ject Audio Systems have sold over 500,000 of their Phono Box phono stages; and to mark this milestone the company are releasing their first op-amp-less phono stage, and it’s available in two different versions. More »
van den Hul’s top-of-range model the new Colibri XGW Signature Stradivarius has been launched. More »
This coming weekend, 10th – 11th November, the 2018 ‘HiFi Show Live’ will take place at the De Vere Beaumont Estate Hotel in Windsor where Audio Note (UK) will be exhibiting, demonstrating the following equipment: 
The new Music Hall MMF 3.3 turntable launched at the Copenhagen High End Show 2018 last month. More »
Yorkshire based Graham Slee has been in touch to tell us that his invention has received its long awaited United States Patent and explains what it is used for. More »
The Sweep-IT E is a record cleaning arm from Pro-Ject Audio Systems, cleans as you play. Cleaning a record collection can be tiresome, time-consuming or just difficult to keep up with; but it’s an essential task if you want to ensure the best possible sound quality and guarantee a long stylus life. More »
Janine Elliot takes a listen the SweetVinyl SugarCube SC-1, a device aimed at removing the clicks and pops from your vinyl collection and costs £1500. More »
Janine Elliot takes a listen the SweetVinyl SugarCube SC-1, a device aimed at removing the clicks and pops from your vinyl collection and costs £1500. More »
