Soundsmith is a specialty audio manufacturer located about an hour north of New York City. Founded in 1972, Soundsmith has achieved an enviable reputation in the audiophile world for outstanding sonic quality and extremely high-value products. Perhaps best known now for their work restoring cartridges and for their Strain Gauge and Fixed Coil cartridges, every…
Many of the engineering innovations we have pioneered in our flagship, reference models are equally relevant to all our turntables. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Volvere. This latest generation incorporates our latest DSP signal-generating power supply, totally removing the vagaries of the mains power signal and allowing precise calibration of motor speed.…
Schröder tonearms are mechanical works of art. Easy to setup, precise and compatible with most phono cartridges. The sound is uncoloured by the arm resulting in the most beautiful vinyl playback with minimal artifacts impacting the overall performance. Timbres, textures and dynamics in the recording are fully preserved. This is the best sounding tonearm we…
At last, Ortofon’s anticipated Reference Series tonearms are now available for preorder (Available at My Kind of Music, Toronto, starting week of December 11, 2023) Features at a glance: High precision bearing assembly achieves a new level of sonic performance Improved H4 connector resists wear over time Pivot point center hole takes the guesswork…
For nearly 50 years, discerning individuals have chosen Mark Levinson products for their luxurious beauty and revealing sound. Robust materials, lavish niches, bold geometry, and outstanding performance are celebrated attributes of the Mark Levinson brand. The No 5105 is a premium precision-engineered turntable that delivers on that reputation with an original custom design. Created for…
Audio Analogue’s PureAA line aims to draw on some of the key ideas and features of the Anniversary amplifiers but to apply them in a slightly different way. While the Anniversary amps are masters of minimalist focus, the PureAA line sports a set of added features designed to appeal to music lovers who seek a…
To celebrate the company’s 25th Silver Anniversary, Wilson Benesch introduced the Circle 25 Turntable and A.C.T. 25 Tonearm to one of its longest established product lines; The Analogue Collection. The new Circle 25 Turntable references the classic Circle Turntable. Fifteen years on from the launch of the original Circle Turntable, Wilson Benesch has reworked many…
Goldring Ethos Ethos is a truly high-end cartridge featuring a vital-shank, nude-diamond stylus. This polyhedral, line-contact profile was chosen because it has a very low tip-mass and a large contact area whilst being very narrow from front to back; even enabling the un-distorted retrieval of ultrasonic frequencies in a recording. In order to properly…
A newly developed Anniversary moving coil cartridge – the Ortofon MC Century The MC Century represents the absolute top of Moving Coil cartridges. This state of the art product is truly exemplary of the highest degree of performance possible in contemporary analogue playback technology. The MC Century represents numerous Ortofon design elements and ideals:…
An ambitious phono stage that forges a link between the Black Cube series and the top-of-the-line model Silver Cube: this is our Decade. However, it is rather a high flyer than a stopgap. Owing to its cutting-edge technology, it has the gift to spoil even the most demanding music enthusiasts. And this with a flawless…