In case you aren't up on the latest audio industry mergers and acquisitions: in 2011 French loudspeaker manufacturer Focal purchased NAIM, one of Britain's most fiercely independent and iconoclastic electronics and loudspeaker manufacturers.
Brooklyn, NY based WAX RAX showed its full line of attractive record storage units including the brand new LP-V4 vertical stack that can hold up to 700 LPs.
VPI debuted the new $3500 Prime turntable at The New York Audio Show 2014. Created by 29 year old Mat Weisfeld, son of VPI founder Harry Weisfeld, the Prime is a literal "next gen" design.