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The first turntable from Naim, it arrives with a new version of the Aro tonearm, an Equinox MC cartridge, Solstice Series Phono Stage, Power Supply and bespoke accessories set. Only 500…
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EJ Jordan Ltd has launched the Marlow, a compact loudspeaker with a single, wideband drive unit in a BBC-inspired cabinet The wood-veneered cabinet is made from heavily-damped 9mm Baltic birch ply,…
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One of the joys of collecting music, of all formats, is its archaeological aspect and how seemingly stand-alone bands and artists are, in fact, connected to each other in a complex…
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Paul Rigby talks to Ace Records’ soul expert, Dean Rudland and asks just what makes the Southern Soul records of Memphis and Muscle Shoals…southern This new interview-based feature has just been…
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An all-in-one ‘music centre’ design situated on its own stand, it includes a turntable, an amplifier, speakers, Bluetooth and DAC The LX Turntable actually uses a recognisable, audiophile turntable integrated within…
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Balanced Audio Technology’s hybrid VK3500 integrated amplifier marries a ‘SuperTube Unistage’ preamplifier with a solid-state power section generating 150W The signal is transmitted through only one gain stage with zero feedback.…
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Aimed at vinyl users, the UberLight Flex Light is designed to illuminate the shadows around your turntable Operating from Toronto, Canada Reliable’s UberLight Flex is a LED light on the end…
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A brand new vinyl and coffee shop has just opened in Leyton, East London, Dreamhouse Records is also a coffee shop. Put the kettle on! The Dreamhouse Records shop will stock a wide…
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jazzed, the world’s first dedicated audio-visual streaming destination for jazz, has announced details of a new add-on service which will offer its subscribers exclusive access to livestream concerts from a selection…
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I’ve got 13 albums for you of differing genres and lots of opinion added for good measure via this exclusive Patreon video Thats just over 10 minutes of groovy goodness on…
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Everyone has a stylus-cleaning opinion it seems and there are a host of products on the market that attempt to solve the issue. Paul Rigby searches through the fluff and the…
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This week, I have 11 pieces of vinyl for you as expanded vinyl news. Often with sprinklings of opinion chucked in for good measure CHAS…NO DAVE The thing about Chas &…
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The Starkrimson Ultra Amp Modules offer up to 500W (RMS) from the previously available 150W So what do you get? The Starkrimson amps are fully balanced from input to output. Differential and single-ended…
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The 2go device connects to both the Hugo 2 DAC/headphone amp and the forthcoming 2yu network bridge. It adds streaming facilities. What we have here is a firmware rollout (v. 1.5.0…
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The year 2007 was obviously a thoughtful year because here’s another piece. This time it involves the strange tale of an obscure 60s rock group, the later vinyl reissue of their…
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Here’s an old column of mine from 2007 and an interview with Kai Seeman, the CEO of audiophile vinyl label, the German-based Speakers Corner Just to prove that my rejigged Patreon…
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Just posted on my Patreon page, this exclusive video features a full review of this new tome It’s odd to realise but this is my very first video-based book review. I…
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For anyone out there who’s interested…my next YouTube video review will be of this digital audio player. I reckon I’ll be posting it tomorrow because I’ve been after additional material One…
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Like a NODE but with an added amplifier, you just need to add speakers to the POWERNODE to be up and running as this thing pushes out 80W and includes a…
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Based on a Quad-core 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A53 processor, the new design includes a new 32bit/384kHz DAC supporting MQA Bluesound call it the Node…sorry, NODE but you and I know that…
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Tellurium Q has been given the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise and, not content with that, it’s announced (rather briefly) a new cable On 21 April 2120, it was announced that Tellurium…
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A new batch of vinyl for you from this exclusive Patreon video. This time around, I have a collection of eight pieces of vinyl to review for you In this Patreon…
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If you prefer to see my recent Patreon ‘shake up’ announcement on video, well now’s your chance. It talks about the new content including exclusive videos, giveaways and lower prices My…
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I’ve started to use the YouTube channel feature, the Community Tab so please check it out on a regular basis for news and lots of other stuff [Want to stay up-to-date…
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A new batch of vinyl for you from this exclusive Patreon video – a dozen or so (give or take) LPs from a host of genres and music labels including a…