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Victrola Stream Onyx VPT-2000-BLK-ATE Turntable Coming in February
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 23, 2023  |  16 comments

Is there a more storied, historic company name when it comes to the history of the turntable than that of Victrola? Well, the company that’s been manufacturing audio gear since 1906 is still going strong, having recently announced at CES 2023 that their next-gen turntable, the Stream Onyx VPT-2000-BLK-ATE, will be coming our way in mid-to-late February. Read on to find out about the Stream Onyx’s feature set, pricing, and connectivity options accordingly. . .

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Video Highlights From the New York Audio Show 2022
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 13, 2022  |  6 comments

Our man about town, Ken Micallef, attended the New York Audio Show 2022 last week, and he was ever-so-gracious enough to share the following video footage with us, which shows some of the coolest gear he saw and heard at the show. Read on to see what he saw. . .

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Vincent Audio’s PHO-701 Is a Classy Hybrid Two-Chassis MM/MC Phono Preamp Option
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 26, 2023  |  6 comments

Vincent Audio knows from phono preamps, and the company’s PHO-701 MM/MC hybrid two-chassis model now emerges in the wake of its vaunted PHO-700 predecessor. How does it stack up? Read on to get all the PHO-701 spec details. . .

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VPI Announces "Dual Pivot" Modification For All 3D Printed Arms
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 24, 2016  |  52 comments
VPI just announced a new, easy to accomplish modification for its full line of 3D printed arms that turns the unipivot into a dual pivot design that creates a fully stable arm that fully eliminates "wobble".

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VPI Debuts New $15,000 HW-40 Direct Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2018  |  47 comments
October 21st, 2018, Matawan, N.J.—VPI Industries today debuted a brand new $15,000 HW-40 Direct Drive Turntable at an event held at its Matawan, N.J. "VPI House" headquarters to help celebrate the company's 40th anniversary.

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VPI Goldy MC Cartridge
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 21, 2023  |  9 comments

New Jersey-based VPI Industries are quite well-known for their rightly vaunted lines of high-quality turntables and tonearms respectively, but when they decided to get into the cartridge engineering universe, they turned to Audio-Technica for the manufacturing assist. Read on to find out what’s what with one of VPI’s latest MC cart offerings, the Goldy moving coil cartridge. . .

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VPI Launches "The Nomad" Complete Headphone-Friendly Turntable System (Corrected Copy)
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 10, 2013  |  23 comments
VPI Industries today announced "The Nomad" a $995 "all in one" system consisting of a turntable that borrows the Traveler's plinth and platter assembly and includes a new less costly 10" aluminum gimbaled tonearm as well as a custom phono preamplifier and headphone amplifier.

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VPI Launches $900 Cliffwood Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 30, 2017  |  12 comments
VPI Industries announced on June 29th the new $900 Cliffwood turntable, named for the New Jersey town in which VPI has been headquartered for the past 30 years.

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VPI Launches New Prime Scout Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 08, 2017  |  12 comments
VPI recently launched a new Prime Scout turntable that refines the original Scout 'table, which has been in production for many years.

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VTL Introduces New 2.5i All-Tube Preamp With Optional Phono Stage
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2016  |  0 comments
Vacuum Tube Logic (VTL) introduced at CES 2016 the new 2.5i preamplifier. Priced at $3000, the all-tube design is far less costly than the TL 5.5 but, according to VTL's Luke Manley, the new preamp gives up very little in terms of sound quality and features.

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Waxrax 45A Is Luxury You Can Afford
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 25, 2015  |  6 comments
Waxrax CNC machines from solid aluminum this easy to grip 45rpm adapter.

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With the Xtension 9 Evolution, Pro-Ject Invites You to Design Your Own Turntable
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 02, 2024  |  5 comments

Ever want to build your own turntable, piece by piece? Well, Pro-Ject is letting you do just that with their new Xtension 9 Evolution table. Read on to see just how you can do it by customizing key turntable elements such as tonearm, cartridge, phono preamp, power supply, cabling, and finish, as you see fit. . .

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Wrensilva Record Console Collection
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 25, 2024  |  15 comments

Continuing with this week’s retro-gear vibe, we now turn to Wrensilva, a San Diego-based company who are debuting two new entries into their Record Console Collection — the M1 and The Standard. Read on to see all the specs and features, plus what three hand-curated Blue Note LPs come with each console. . .

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Zesto Audio Introduces Andros Téssera Reference Phono Stage
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 16, 2021  |  11 comments
Zesto Audio recently announced this new super-deluxe Andros Téssera phono stage, which features a new 100% tube analog circuit design featuring "optimized" components and a wide variety of performance and convenience upgrades from its previous reference phono preamp.

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Zorin Audio TP-S5 Turntable
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 02, 2024  |  4 comments

While it is indeed Labor Day, we here at AP have decided to recast the day under the “Labor of Love” banner so that we can take a look at some of the analog offerings from companies we didn’t get to spend much time with back at High End Munich 2024. One of those companies is Taiwanese manufacturer Zorin Audio, known for their fine lines of turntables, tonearms, and ION-generator static eliminators. Today, we’ve decided to zero in on their TP-S5 turntable. Whether you’re still laboring or totally relaxing today, read on to see specs and features of the updated TP-S5. . .

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