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Buyers Guide

The Best Turntables | Buyers Guide 2023

December 3, 2022 Editorial Staff 1

Welcome to the Best ‘Tables section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2023. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product listed […]

Announcements

Sumiko updates cartridge line with six new models

May 2, 2018 Rafe Arnott 2

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 launched. Having heard their Blue Point No.2 , and Blackbird cartridges […]

Analog

Review: ZYX 4D Ultimate MC Cartridge

March 31, 2018 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

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 from it over the next several weeks […]

Announcements

McIntosh MT2 Precision Turntable to join MT5, and MT10 models

March 8, 2018 Rafe Arnott 3

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 of the Binghamton, New York-based high fidelity […]

Occasional Magazine

Peter Qvortrup: High Fidelity, the Decline of the Decades

January 25, 2018 Rafe Arnott 22

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 articles from it over the next week in anticipation […]

Announcements

Technics announce SL-1000R turntable at CES with expected $20,000 USD price tag

January 9, 2018 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on 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 Vegas Monday of the SL-1000R – boasting a rumoured $20,000 […]

Canada

The List: Five of the Best Phono Cartridges in The World

December 31, 2017 Rafe Arnott 8

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 every month featuring different categories […]

Analog

Review: The Pro-Ject RPM 9 Carbon turntable with Sumiko Blackbird

December 10, 2017 Rafe Arnott 4

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 strong visual aesthetic to the […]

Analog

The List: Five of the Best Turntables in the World

November 26, 2017 Rafe Arnott 13

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 every month featuring different categories […]

Canada

DVL Album of the Month for November – the dub god King Tubby

November 25, 2017 Rafe Arnott 2

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 bins, and coming up with […]

Analog

Spending time with Fern & Roby for a factory tour, film, and interviews

November 19, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on 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 clear the rain from […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Rafe wraps up the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver

November 12, 2017 Rafe Arnott 2

Risky Business is a classic American film about coming of age, materialism, capitalist society, and taking chances. My son brought it up in a recent conversation about movies, and I couldn’t help but mentally compare […]

CAF 2017

Capital Audiofest 2017: Technics dismantles the competition

November 12, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook 1

The Story You remember Technics right? The creators of many great mid-70s super-receivers and of course the ever iconic “DJ workhorse” the Technics SL-1200 direct drive turntable. Now a bit of trivia for you: Technics’ […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Bob’s Devices Pairs up with Chesky for Great Analog

November 12, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: Bob’s Devices Pairs up with Chesky for Great Analog

I ran into Bob Sattin of Bob’s Devices at RMAF as I was looking at new Chesky LP releases in the marketplace. Sattin was next door and said, “Hey, do you want to listen to […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: The Audio Alternative goes deep with Vandersteen, VTL, HRS, Brinkmann, and AudioQuest

October 30, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

“Bass. How low can you go?” Familiar lyrics for me as I was a rabid Public Enemy fan in the late ’80s, and most of the early ’90s. The base they’re referring to was crack […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Bluebird Music Sets The Table

October 28, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: Bluebird Music Sets The Table

Bluebird Music had a huge suite and lots of goodies.  Richard Colburn and Jay Rein were showing off some new gear from SME, Chord, and Vienna Acoustics.  Starting with the live gear on demo was […]

Canada

DVL Audio Album of the Month for October – Jazz legend Wes Montgomery

October 22, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

This is the fourth in 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 bins, and […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Wilson’s new Alexia 2 sparkles with Constellation Audio

October 21, 2017 John Stancavage 1

From the day it was introduced in 2012, there was something special about Wilson Audio’s Alexia. It had a significantly different high-frequency presentation than the company had favored for decades. It was small enough to […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: The Voice That Is delivers rolling thunder in black and chrome

October 19, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

I foolishly keep thinking that maybe this time Doug White of The Voice That Is will put a foot wrong somewhere, try something out of context for shits, and giggles, but no he never does. […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Fern & Roby, Linear Tube Audio, and Black Cat Cable

October 18, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

Some rooms at hifi-audio shows are infused with synergy. Every component in the set-up works flawlessly with every other component in the signal path. Some call this a curated system – one that is built […]

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