Category: Vinyl

Rega has just introduced three new “ND” moving magnet cartridges that replace their outgoing Elys and Exact cartridges. There is the ND3, ND5, and ND7. These were first announced back in July.   From Rega’s press release: “The [Nd7’s] all-new construction was developed over a 10 year period and promises to deliver ‘next level’ performance from moving magnet technology. The design uses a brand-new generator geometry with perfect symmetry to achieve accurate channel balance. The Nd7 also has an optimised pole gap for superior linearity and crosstalk characteristics. This new cartridge is created with miniaturized parallel coils which are wound in-house, utilising 38-micron wire with just 1275 turns. This produces a low inductance, low impedance generator giving vastly improved high frequency response and a notably wider sound stage.” Each Nd7 is reportedly handmade by Rega’s technicians in the UK and the Nd7 also comes with a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects. Here’s a video review of the new ND7 from a shop in the UK.

We have the highly regarded (and effective) Degritter Ultrasonic Record Cleaner now in and ready to demo! This thing is getting some amazing reviews here and here for its effectiveness. Contact us to find out more about a demo.

We now have a Pro-Ject X1 turntable (walnut finish) in and ready to demo in our Bamboo room. This is a real stunner in wood finish, and a great value. Definitely worth an audition. Read more about it and reviews here and here.

We have PSBs Alpha AM5 Powered Bookshelf Speakers ready for demo right now. This is a great solution to start a simple stereo set up with powered speakers, with a built in phono preamp, aptX bluetooth streaming, rear volume control, sub out, and aux inputs. Just add a turntable or source, and you’re ready to play your favorite music! Great powerful PSB sound in a simple to use and set up package. Available in white or black.

The new Parasound JC3 Jr. Phono preamplifier by John Curl is in stock and in our Bamboo room! This great value phono stage is already garnering some wonderful reviews, being cut from the same cloth as it’s higher priced sibling product from Curl. If you’re in the market for a reasonably priced solid state phono stage, this one is well worth an audition! It provides cartridge options for 47 Ohm MM and MC/MI, and has balanced and unbalanced outputs. You can read a review here.

We have the brand new Cambridge Audio AX series in stock and ready to audition, including the AXA35 and the AXC35. We also have the new Cambridge Audio TT Alva turntable is a direct drive table that also packs a built-in bluetooth APTX HD unit that… (wait for it)… actually sounds really amazing! (Bluetooth? yes. Bluetooth). Imagine streaming great vinyl to your phone to listen through good headphones. It comes with a pre-installed high output MC Cartridge. The AXA35 is an Integrated Amplifier with built-in MM phono-stage, has 35 watts per channel, a display screen, and a 1/4″ headphone jack. The AXC34 CD Player has gapless playback, a quality DAC, that can read standard CDs, as well as discs with MP3s and WMA files. These Cambridge products have the usual great build value that Cambridge has become known for.

The brand new Rega Planar 8 with Neo PSU and an Apheta cartridge is now in, set up, and ready to audition! Ours is in black, and it’s stunning! It’s already starting to make noise with reviewers, you can read the reviews here , here and here. If you’re looking for top level vinyl playback for not an obscene amount of $, look no further than the new Rega P8 turntable! Rega continues it’s solid practice of offering some of the best values in HiFi audio turntables.

Simaudio has been on a roll lately with groundbreaking ‘swiss army-knife’-like products such as the Moon by Simaudio ACE that can do it all, sound amazing, and for a reasonable price. Enter the new Moon by Simaudio 390 Network Player/Preamplifier. This may be the king of their latest overachieving product releases.

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The new Rega Planar 1 PLUS (P1 PLUS) allows those wanting to get into vinyl quickly by including a built in phono stage. Just add an integrated amplifier or receiver and listen! The built in phono stage is based on the award winning Fono Mini, and is ready to plug into in line level input (basically, whatever you would connect your CD player, DVD, or any other analog source). It comes with the hand made RB110 tonearm and a factory fitted Rega Carbon cartridge. With set-up is less than a minute, you will be enjoying your favorite family vinyl of Tom Jones or ABBA in no time at all! Come in today for an audition. It’s time to add the ability to play vinyl to your audio system!

We have the new Kanto Syd speaker, a wider one speaker solution for filling your room with great music. Just like the Kanto Yumi speakers we have carried, Syd also is powered and has the same great features: Bluetooth, phono and RCA analog input, optical input, mini-jack input, and comes with a remote control. Just add a source and you’re ready to go! (even just a smart phone) Probably one of the easiest solutions to getting going with vinyl if you have dusted off that old turntable in the garage. Just plug it into the Syd speaker, and you’re ready to wax poetic about the ‘old days’ of vinyl (or the thousands of great new stuff coming out every week!)

We now carry the new Rogue Audio RP-7 preamplifier, which is connected to the great Rogue Audio Stereo 100 all tube amp. The RP-7 adds balanced connections and other upgraded parts to their great RP-5 Preamplifier, sans the phono stage, but keeping a wonderful headphone amplifier. This combo really sounds amazing. We also carry the Rogue Audio Ares Magnum all tube phono preamplifier to our collection of great phono stages. If you want to hear just how great all tube modern gear can sound at very realistic prices, you owe it to yourself to check out our line up of Rogue Audio products! Here’s a review of the RP-7 and a review of the Ares Magnum.

Along with Record Doctor V and Spin Clean, we now carry the Okki Nokki record cleaning machine. We have one on our floor to check out! Check out this review here.

We have the brand new update to the well regarded Mytek Brooklyn DAC. The “Plus” is here now and it’s ready to demo, along with their brand new compact and affordable Mytek Liberty DAC. The new Liberty packs a lot into it’s tiny package, we’re looking forward to putting this DAC through it’s paces! The new Brooklyn Plus DAC does DSD256 and 32/384k, as well as MQA streaming. And… has a phono stage and headphone amp. The Liberty is a DAC/Headphone amp combo, with a lot packed into it’s compact package. We look forward to giving you an audition of these great new products!

We now carry the highly regarded line of Hana Phono Cartridges (Excel Sound Corporation of Japan). We currently have several in stock and ready to purchase. Come in to check out our selection. You can read reviews of their cartridges here, here and here.

The brand new and hotly anticipated Rega Planar 6 have arrived! Rega has slowly been working on revising their turntable lineup, first with the Planar 3 last year, then the Planar 2 and 1. The new Planar 6 is truly an all new product, not sharing any original components from the outgoing RP6 (except the hinges. why mess with what works?). There is so much that has gone into this new table, that we can’t fit all of the new information into a blog post. You can read more about it here. We’re in the process of putting this new table through the paces. A glowing 5 star review from What HiFi? here.