The Linn LP-12 arrives
A quick journey to Echo Audio in Portland, Oregon today yielded a big surprise – a mint condition, mid vintage Linn Sondek LP-12. The one you see here has an Ittok arm and Valhalla power supply, so it’s not the latest, hi-zoot Keel/Trampolin/blah blah model. Read More >
Pass Labs Launches Flagship Preamp
Pass Labs announces their new XP-30 Linestage, that has three chassis: one featuring the power supply and controls, with the other two providing the gain stages. Each gain stage offers a level trim function instead of a traditional balance control, with master gain controlled on the main chassis. Read More >
Ortofon headshells
The LH-8000 (wood) and LH-9000 (carbon fiber) headshells arrived from Ortofon this morning. Built with precision, we’ll be listening to see what tonal character they bring to a mix of various cartridges on the AVID Diva II SP with our recently rebuilt SME 3009 tonearm. Read More >
Grado GS500 Phones
While we’ve had these for some time, the truth can finally be told. Got the word from John Chen at Grado Labs this morning that we can uncloak our PS500’s. For a little bit more instant gratification, head over to the world’s biggest headphone site, head-fi and listen to the buzz. Read More >
Feickert Tools: Ultimate Adjustment – Part One
Maybe you haven’t been listening to vinyl as long as I have, maybe you’ve been at it even longer, but I’m guessing that you wish you could get more performance from your analog setup. Read More >
Creek Wyndsor
Making it’s debut at this January’s CES show, the Wyndsor from Creek Electronics makes it’s debut at TONEAudio. A two box design, the Wyndsor is a dual mono MM/MC design that lets you store and name multiple gain/loading combinations, so if you swap cartridges on a regular, can easily reset parameters. Read More >
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