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A Kensington Garden Run
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  4 comments
While in the U.K. last week I took a run in the famous Kensington Gardens with the GoPro on my head.
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Munich 2013
Danish Hartvig Turntable Shown With Mørch DP-8 Tonearm Now Imported to America
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  0 comments
The Hartvig TT Signature turntable features a 30 pound platter of aluminum and acrylic and a hardened steel bearing shaft with an aluminum base, plus a precision honed bronze bushing with a ceramic ball and Teflon thrust pad.
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Munich 2013
Music Hall Introduces New MMF 11.1 Turntable And "Moo-sical" Platter Mat
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  4 comments
Music Hall's new top of the line MMF 11.1 turntable incorporates some familiar design features.
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Munich 2013
Schuch Tronic's "The Perfect Pick-up Arm
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  2 comments
I found Mr. Daniel Schuch exhibiting his girder-like tone arm on the floor of one of the big main halls. As a group of fascinated Japanese audiophiles looked on, Schuch demonstrated the workings of his pivoted tangential-tracking tonearm, which he modestly characterizes as "The perfect pick-up arm."
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Munich 2013
Thales TTT-Compact Turntable and Simplicity Tangential Pivoted Arm Is A Match Made In Musical Heaven
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  3 comments
The compact, Swiss-made Thales TTT turntable exudes a subtle, soothing beauty and refinement. The Simplicity tangential pivoted tonearm complements the 'table's "refined to the essentials" design and together they create a vinyl playback system that seems destined to produce great sound, though I really didn't get a chance to listen
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Munich 2013
Analogplanet at Munich High End Show Part 2
Michael Fremer  |  May 21, 2013  |  3 comments
Here is the second part of our Munich High End 2013 GoPro coverage.
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Munich 2013
PrimaryControl Tonearm Has a Wooden Arm Tube And Unique Bearing Design
Michael Fremer  |  May 22, 2013  |  1 comments
The Primary Control is a stylish tone arm featuring a wooden arm tube and head shell. The bearing system is unique.
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Munich 2013
Sperling Heavyweight Turntable L-1 Exudes Physical Beauty And Machining Precision
Michael Fremer  |  May 22, 2013  |  10 comments
Sandwiches of thick aluminum and inlays of thick wood or other materials highlight both the Sperling's looks as well as its damping mechanism. Different species of wood are available that will affect, to some degree, the final sound.
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Munich 2013
Thrax Orpheus Phono Preamplifier From Bulgaria Looks to be a Sonic Winner
Michael Fremer  |  May 23, 2013  |  1 comments
Thrax has yet to make major inroads in the American market but that will surely change as its products become better known.
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Munich 2013
A.J. van den hul's New Carbon Nanotube "Wire"
Michael Fremer  |  May 23, 2013  |  0 comments
A.J. van den hul showed me a spool of nanotube carbon conductor that's ultra-thin and flexible. It's also very expensive at this point.
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