You might not have been expecting Cyrus to join the vinyl party, but Ed Selley thinks it makes a convincing argument for itself. Read our Cyrus Audio TTP Review. Vinyl’s ongoing second wind has resulted in some unexpected developments in the last few years; the dramatic upswing in devices fitted with phono stages being perhaps the most notable. … Read more
Nick Tate reckons that this high-end turntable and tonearm combination is a truly majestic performer ark Baker is by profession a naval architect – which isn’t the most obvious qualification for a turntable designer, until you begin to think about the respective challenges. Ships are moving, rigid, load-bearing structures that are motorised and have to suppress vibrations and other external factors to … Read more
Neville Roberts dips into Vertere’s range of four turntables to see just how magical the MG-1 Mkll Magic Groove really is. Read our Vertere MG-1 MkII Magic Groove Review. Spanning a price range from just over £ for the entry-level DG-1 Dynamic Groove package to £ for the top-of-the-range RG-1 Reference Groove, Vertere has a vinyl spinner to suit even … Read more
From the man behind the iconic Continuum turntable comes this next-generation range, under his own brand, incorporating a ‘negative-stiffness mechanism’ suspension… Read our Dohmann Helix Two Mk3 Review. DETAILS PRODUCT Dohmann Helix Two Mk3 ORIGIN Australia TYPE Belt-drive turntable with electronic speed control WEIGHT 38kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 480 x200 x 400mm FEATURES 33 and 45rpm Facilitates the mounting … Read more
Nick Tate starts to feel his age as he takes the sleek new KT-200 turntable from young pup Kestrel Audio for a spin. Read our Kestrel Audio KT-200 Review. DETAILS PRODUCT Kestrel Audio KT-200 ORIGIN UK TYPE Belt-drive turntable WEIGHT 6.9kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 465 x125 x 365mm FEATURES 33 and 45rpm, Talk A5 Carbon unipivottonearm DISTRIBUTOR … Read more
Better known for its speakers, ELAC’s range of electronics now has a new flagship turntable. Ed Selley takes it for a spin. Read our ELAC Miracord 80 Turntable Review. Though ELAC is most fondly associated with its JET tweeter system, it also offers a significant range of electronics and this is not something it has only turned to recently … Read more
Launching new turntable models as regular as clockwork is part-and-parcel of Pro-Ject’s business model, but say what you will: its approach of incrementally improving and tweaking proven designs has certainly not done the Austria-based manufacturer any harm. Lacking accurate market numbers, it’s hard to say conclusively, but there seems little doubt the company founded by … Read more
Bunting must surely be in short supply. Along with the Royal Jubilee, we had SME officially celebrating its 60th birthday while Nagra rolled out the cake for its 70th – and now Clearaudio has released a product to celebrate its ‘40 years of excellence’ (an anniversary that actually fell in 2018, but product delays are … Read more
A Bluetooth turntable from Lenco. Noel Keywood checks out their budget LBT-188WA. Read our Lenco LBT-188WA Review. The market for budget turntables is vast its seems, from the myriad of types sold on the ‘net, notably from Amazon of course. Most come at eye-poppingly low prices, including this do-it-all model from Lenco, the LBT-188WA.At around £ for a two-speed belt drive with phono stage, … Read more
An easy way to go vinyl is with Audio Technica’s AT-LP30W, Noel Keywood thinks. Read our Audio Technica AT-LP30W Review. Always nice to review an Audio Technica (Japan) turntable or cartridge, since they’re intelligently engineered, easy to set-up and use. And that was the case with the budget AT-LPW30 belt drive turntable I’m reviewing here, price just £. For that princely sum – … Read more
Based on Vertere’s flagship RG-1 Reference Groove turntable, there’s a host of innovation in the brand’s new SG-1 Super Groove. Read our Vertere SG-1/SG-1 PTA HB Review. Anyone who has followed Vertere’s founder Touraj Moghaddam, all the way back to the early days of Roksan, cannot fail to have been impressed with his iconoclasm. A lifetime later, … Read more
Since Roksan was acquired by Monitor Audio in 2016, things have been quiet for the brand. However, the arrival of the Attessa range changes all of that. Roksan has never been particularly prolific in this area, but the Xerxes and Radius have fine reputations at their price points. Read our Roksan Attessa Turntable Review The … Read more