Matt McNulty is well known for his refurbishing work on the classic Townshend Rock turntables and has moved into re-bodying cartridges. Stuart Smith has a chat with him.
Record Store Day UK, Official Charts and National Album Day have announced the extension and relaunch of The Record Club in association with Bowers & Wilkins on 21st October for a new 12-month series.
HARMAN’s Mark Levinson has introduced a new preamplifier and amplifier and showcased two recently launched source players in an expansion of the 5000 Series range.
Bang & Olufsen has unveiled the rebirth of an icon with the launch of its Beogram 4000c Recreated Limited Edition. This turntable, originally introduced in the early 1970s, is the first product to be released in the company’s new Classics initiative: restoring and reimagining classic products to demonstrate the timelessness of Bang & Olufsen’s capabilities within sound, design, and craftsmanship and to uncover design principles that can extend the lifespan of future products.
German turntable manufacturer, Acoustic Signature, say that they have been achieving “significant technology breakthroughs” over the last 18 months which has led to them developing the all new 2020 NEO line.
Linn has now announced an update for its Majik LP12: the entry-level variant of their turntable will shortly receive a new, higher performance tonearm.
Vinyl Nation is a documentary digging into the resurgence of vinyl records, the diversification of vinyl fans, and what this all means for America today.
Gold Note, the High-End audio manufacturer founded in Firenze, Italy in 2012, has announced the appointment of Airt Audio Ltd as the new exclusive distributor for the UK & Ireland.
Zesto Audio has announced their new product upgrade, the Energy Source Power Supply, named the ESP Supply available on three of their preamplifiers, the Andros II Phonostage, the Andros Deluxe II Phonostage and the Leto Ultra II Preamplifier.
EMM Labs of Canada has released their new optical cartridge equalizer, the DS-EQ1. The EMM labs DS-EQ1 is fully compatible with DS Audio optical cartridges.
British Hfi brand PMC has made it possible for the forthcoming Record Store Day release of the self-titled album “Elton John” (AKA The Black Album), to include a never before heard demo version of the track ‘Border Song’, providing a rare opportunity for fans to hear this original piano-only demo.
Linette Smith gets into the groove with the Keith Monks Prodigy Record Cleaning Machine which promises to be a compact, quiet and home-friendly solution to keeping your vinyl in pristine condition.
Techno mat is a new accessory to the Vertere range designed to both improve the performance of most turntables but also comfort some audiophiles who had expressed concern when changing records sitting directly on a hard Acrylic platter mat.
The HANA-Umami Red hand-built MC cartridge is named after the word Umami, officially coined in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda-san as a very pleasing or delicious flavour on the palette, a synergistic effect resulting in higher taste intensity.
Majik digital streamers have been an integral part of Linn’s range since their introduction in 2009. Now, Linn’s streaming product has been completely reimagined to deliver a new look, an all-new feature set and, most importantly, a boost in performance.
Jonathan Monks, the son of the founder of the brand, Keith Monks, has confirmed that the company’s new Prodigy Record Cleaning Machine is now available for sale. The Prodigy has successfully completed five months of beta testing and fine-tuning of production.
The Grand Master cartridge is a completely new design. The third generation of DS Audio’ s optical cartridge features a comprehensively re-designed optical system that provides the following improvements and benefits.
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Record Store Day UK, Official Charts and National Album Day have announced the extension and relaunch of The Record Club in association with Bowers & Wilkins on 21st October for a new 12-month series.
