David Price samples a new direct-drive turntable inspired by the SL-1200 design and aimed at audiophiles on a budget Despite loud protestations from some hi-fi quarters, Japanese direct drives ruled the world in the latter part of the seventies – many delivering a highly impressive sound. Then, when some rounded on the Technics SL-1200 two … Read more
Employing a novel dual-pulley drive system and a bespoke 10in tonearm, AVM’s first deck is a flamboyant addition to the rapidly expanding pantheon of high-end turntables Review: Nick Tate Lab: Paul Miller Belt-driven turntable with electronic speed control Made by: AVM Audio Video Manufaktur GmbH, Germany Supplied by: The Professional Monitor Company Ltd Telephone: 01767 … Read more
New revolution As David Price pens a paean of praise for his new favourite high-end turntable, Technics’ SL-1000R, he wonders why you’d want to spend more on a vinyl spinner As someone that has attended Munich’s High End show (11 -13 May) every year for the last 15 years, it’s fascinating to watch fashions come and … Read more
With a range of dedicated phono stage designs for every budget, Rega has traditionally held off from all-in-one vinyl solutions, but that all changed with the introduction of the Planar 1 Plus. As the name suggests, at its core this is a Planar 1 turntable and a belt-driven unsuspended design with the belt acting on … Read more
Distinguished from the rest of Pro-Ject’s huge range of turntables by the new S-shaped tonearm, the Debut III S Audiophile is based around a superbly finished gloss plinth, which is available in black or white. The sub-planer has a stainless steel bearing shaft, which spins in a brass housing and is driven by a flat … Read more
FOLLOWING PRO-JECT’S PRIMARY E packaged turntable with cartridge comes the Primary E Phono, adding a built-in moving-magnet phono stage. Read our Pro-Ject Primary E Phono Review. As a complete starter option this will make a lot of sense to many as it can be connected to any amplifier or active speaker system with a stereo … Read more
Just add speakers and Pro-Ject’s innovative Juke Box E is transformed into a full music system. David Price takes it for a spin Though it will undoubtedly have well-healed analogue addicts cracking a derisory smile, Pro-Ject’s new Juke Box E is not aimed at them. Rather, this combined belt-drive turntable fitted with cartridge, phono stage, … Read more
Designed to bring some of the technology found in Rega’s flagship turntable to a more attainable level, Ed Selley is one of the first to go for a spin with the all-new Planar 8. Read our REGA Planar 8 Review. [wpsm_toplist] DETAILS ORIGIN UK TYPE Belt-drive turntable WEIGHT 4.2kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 420 x 125 x315mm FEATURES 33 & 45rpm Tan-Cast 8 … Read more
Continuum Audio Labs Obsidian turntable and Viper tonearm by Alan Sircom A few years ago, Continuum Audio Labs made the Caliburn turntable. It was an air- suspended, air-bearing, air-and-vacuum everything design that pushed the frontiers of both what you can get out of a record and – let’s be brutally honest, here – just how … Read more
Burmester Audiosysteme 175 turntable system by Alan Sircom BURMESTER 175 Review – It took 41 years for Burmester to make its first turntable, so the 175 had to be something really special. The company showed the world the 175 in prototype form in Munich 2017, with a mind to get the integrated turntable, arm, cartridge, … Read more