Sumiko updates cartridge line with six new models
Longtime Japanese moving-magnet, and moving-coil cartridge manufacturer Sumiko has announced a full-scale assault on the state of their art with six new pick-ups being [...]
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Review: ZYX 4D Ultimate MC Cartridge
This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional this March in our Spring 2018 edition. We’ll be rolling out articles [...]
McIntosh MT2 Precision Turntable to join MT5, and MT10 models
I opened the McIntosh Labs email with trepidation this week as I’ve begun to fear whiplash from the speed of product development pouring forth from the hallowed halls [...]
Peter Qvortrup: High Fidelity, the Decline of the Decades
This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional last fall in it’s inaugural edition. We’ll be rolling out [...]
Technics announce SL-1000R turntable at CES with expected $20,000 USD price tag
Leave it to legendary turntable-manufacturing monster Technics (nee Panasonic) to put a Godzilla-like foot into the high-end analog ring. With the announcement at CES in [...]
The List: Five of the Best Phono Cartridges in The World
Welcome to something new we’re going to try here on PTA thanks to our friend Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I’m going to be curating a new list [...]
Review: The Pro-Ject RPM 9 Carbon turntable with Sumiko Blackbird
Playing records is – as my good friend once told me – the audiophile version of the Japanese tea ceremony. It is all about preparation, and presentation. There is a [...]
The List: Five of the Best Turntables in the World
Welcome to something new we’re going to try here on PTA thanks to our friend Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I’m going to be curating a new list [...]
DVL Album of the Month for November – the dub god King Tubby
This is a monthly series of album reviews I will be doing for DVL Audio here in Canada. I’ll be heading out to a local record store in Vancouver, digging through the [...]
Spending time with Fern & Roby for a factory tour, film, and interviews
Virginia is for Lovers. That’s what the bumper sticker said on the car in front of me. The air was muggy, and charged with electricity as the windshield wipers tried to [...]