Moving Coil

Goldring Adds Ethos SE MC Flagship Cartridge – Quick Look All Image Credit: Goldring Goldring have just announced the Ethos SE moving coil (MC) cartridge, a special edition of its Ethos moving coil cartridge line. According to Goldring; “Sitting at the very top of Goldring’s range of moving coil cartridges, […]

Goldring Adds Ethos SE MC Flagship Cartridge – Quick Look

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Vertere Launches XtraX And Dark Sabre Cartridges All Image Credit: Vertere Vertere have just released two new phono cartridges. The high-end XtraX, that sits above Vertere’s Mystic moving coil cartridge and the Vertere Dark Sabre that is the next step above Vertere’s Sabre moving magnet cartridge. Both models are said […]

Vertere Launches XtraX And Dark Sabre Cartridges

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Schiit Announces Skoll Phono-Amp All Image Credit: Schiit Schiit Audio has just announced their latest phono pre-amplifier, the Skoll. This new design supports balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs and outputs, all driven by fully-balanced internal circuitry. The design uses all Class A amplifiers and contains only discrete components, with […]

Schiit Announces Skoll Phono-Amp

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Michael Fidler MC Pro Phono Amp From Classic Audio – First Look All Image Credit: Michael Fidler/Classic Audio Michael Fidler has recently expanded his range of phonostage amplifiers by adding the new MC Pro to the current MM Pro. Both of these phono stages are hand assembled in Kent, England, […]

Michael Fidler MC Pro Phono Amp From Classic Audio – First Look

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HANA Umami Blue – MC Phono Cartridge All Image Credit: Hana HANA phono cartridges are manufactured by Japan’s Excel Sound Corporation. Since their introduction they have continued to attract a growing customer base, and deservedly so. (華) Hana, in Japanese means “Brilliant and Gorgeous”, a cartridge born from superb design, engineering […]

HANA Umami Blue – MC Phono Cartridge

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Lentek Head Amplifier Upgrade Designed by Peter Baxandall for use with the Lentek Entre moving coil cartridge, this little gem has a lot to offer when paired with other moving coil cartridges and a high quality phono pre-amp like the MX-VYNL. With +28dB of gain and a low nose figure the […]

Lentek Head Amplifier Upgrade

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Loudspeaker Basics 101- Part 1 This is the first of three posts that will take a basic look at: Speaker drivers and crossovers Speaker enclosures and Room placement Introduction Every day we listen to sound emanating from radios, TV’s, phones, computers and of course our Hi-Fi and HT systems. They […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 1

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Phono Cartridge Basics 101 2
Phono Cartridge Basics 101 As I am now in the market for a new cartridge, and maybe a new head amplifier or pre-amplifier, I thought a quick refresher course on cartridge basics would clear my head and help others who maybe in the same boat. Cartridge specifications alone are not […]

Phono Cartridge Basics 101

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