Q: Are Pro-Ject turntables made in China? A: “These new turntables are being hand-built in Germany. The Pro-Ject Automat series of turntables include the latest in high-quality automatic turntable mechanism that’s easy to set up and use.”
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We are told … Company founded on the 11th of February 1993 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK as Raftmill Ltd. but changed its name to Fane Acoustics after buying the trademarks and other assets of the bankrupt Fane Loudspeakers company. Restarted production of loudspeaker drivers in the Leeds, Yorkshire factory that Fane Loudspeakers had been using […]
Ever notice how time flies when you’re having fun? Or engaged? Or smitten? If I am required to listen to not-so-great music I find myself checking the minutes left on the track. Put on a piece that not only sounds great but the music is clicking with my mood and time seems not to exist. […]
ABOUT EMPORIUM HIFI Here at Emporium HiFi we have over 25 years experience in supplying the best HiFi worldwide. With our Four branches in Suffolk, Kent, west London and South Wales WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE? HUGE RANGE Our headquarters in Suffolk is housed in a large warehouse where we store a vast selection of classic […]
Originally published here in February 2006 Howard, is it true that way back you were the owner of the World’s first fully balanced vinyl replay system? Possibly the first; certainly one of the first three ….. so I’m told. I purchased the Brinkman 10.5 tonearm before I became a dealer, and paid £2,200 from the […]
They say: Occasionally, Helius will acquire some of its past products. There are primarily two reasons, the first is to maintain a stock of older parts for purposes of repairing the classic tonearms. We do this because it is uneconomical in today’s CNC machnining environment to have small numbers of the larger components machined, so […]
Aurelia’s speakers use a completely unique structure. The biggest advantage compared to a conventional speaker enclosure is the much stronger structure of the enclosure we designed. In terms of production, the structure is very flexible and allows the production of different surface variations in a significantly shorter time than in traditional enclosures – so special […]
They write ….. With the custom transducers from Polk’s flagship Legend Series and new Polk innovations in cabinet and port design, Reserve delivers flagship music and movie sound. Designed by Polk for the flagship Legend Series, the Pinnacle Tweeter features a finely tuned waveguide that dramatically improves the dispersion of high frequency energy, ensuring a […]
We are told … Tiny manufacturer of turntables based in Hersham, Walton-On-Thames, in Surrey, Britain. Founded in the late 70’s to commercialise an unusual high end turntable/tonearm combination that was developed at the Cranfield Institute of Technology, but it appears that the company in the end only shipped the turntable in the form of the […]
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PS AUDIO / PAUL McGOWAN How many times has it felt like technology has it out for you? Butt dialing someone right after their call, closing the page too soon and losing it, pressing delete, and then….. Half the time I walk into Music Room 3 to play the system it doesn’t work: the DAC’s […]
Pro-Ject was founded in 1991, during the onslaught of the compact disc and CD players, with the mission to offer the best analogue experience for reasonable prices. In a time where the digital audio media had been on the rise, and vinyl was declared as outdated and dead, Heinz Lichtenegger kept his belief in the […]
They say: The Aurora is the new mid-priced Helius tonearm, and fills the gap the Aureus arm used to occupy. Now in full production, the Aurora is available as either a 9” or 10” arm, (12” available by special request ) with choices of single strand silver or O2 free internal wire. The internal wires […]
We say .. a fascinating, informative and interesting hype-free short video by Dr. Peter Fryer: Director of Research. They say: The midrange is where the real musical action is invariably found, and a smooth midband is an invaluable loudspeaker quality. Enter Kevlar®. It’s been Bowers & Wilkins’s cone material of choice since 1974, and with […]
Dear Colin, The Art of Electronics (Horowitz & Hill) 3rd ed… … as DIYers probably already know is now out, only 25 years after the 2nd ed. My copy arrived today. I’m not trained in electronics and make no claim to more than a passing knowledge, but have enjoyed these authors’ style of presentation since […]
