Blog post: Pro-Ject’s Dark Side of the Moon tribute turntable In 1973, a friend had just gotten his first car, an old Pontiac - with a cassette player. As we drove, he played a tape of the latest release from a band I barely knew: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. I was fascina...
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Gramophone Turntable Workshops, March 6 and 7, 2025 How do you enjoy your music? Streaming from a service like Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer or Spotify? FM radio, CD’s, or maybe even… vinyl records? Vinyl ruled the roost until the mid - late 1980’s, when the affordability an...
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SVS has been building subwoofers for decades, and have won more industry awards for subs than any brand we know of. SVS says their newest subs, the sealed box SB17 Ultra Revolution and ported PB17, are A Quantum Leap Forward in Subwoofer Design & Performance, at the same cost as SB16 / PB16. Are...
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Do you love music and movies? Sure - who doesn’t? If you are like so many of us, you’ve occasionally considered an upgrade to your system performance in order to improve your movie and music - maybe a new pair of speakers, or a better music streamer, adding a subwoofer or two, etc. ...
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Music streaming has become more popular over time, and why wouldn’t it? With streaming services, you have a world of songs and albums from your favorite musicians at your fingertips - or, with voice commands, at your beck and call! You can even stream in high resolution (high-res) - so yo...
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Sonus faber is an Italian manufacturer of some of the world’s best speakers. We have Aida on display in Gramophone’s Experience Center, which sounds incredible - but is a performance-oriented speaker more so than a value-oriented speaker. Sonus faber created the Lumina series for listene...
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Occasionally, a product comes along that makes you say “Wow”. Does a new compact streaming amplifier from Marantz fit the bill? Would you like a compact streaming amplifier, with excellent high-res digital decoding circuitry, lots of streaming options, and plenty of power to drive m...
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Sonos’ website had a heads-up: “Our most requested product is coming soon”…If you want a comfortable, great-sounding wireless streaming headphone, with best-in-class noise canceling and a cool design, under $500, meet the Sonos Ace, available now on SKY by Gramophone @ $449 ...
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When Bowers & Wilkins introduces a Signature Series speaker, the audio industry takes notice. Recording studios all over the world mix and monitor using Bowers & Wilkins including legendary Abbey Road Studios, which several Gramophone employees were lucky enough to visit in the summer of 202...
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If you want powerful bass in your home theater or two-channel listening room, but don’t have the space for a large subwoofer, there’s a new contender in the small, plays loud category. KEF has recently retired their very successful, compact KF92 and introduced the new KC92 subwoofer...
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