RMAF 2013

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RMAF 2013
$1500 Turntable Price Point Heats Up!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Thorens introduced a $1500 turntable/arm combo at RMAF
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10th Annual Rocky Mountain Audio Festival Awash in Vinyl!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2013
The vinyl-centric Ayre Acoustics room was one of day one's analog highlights for this correspondent. The room was filled with inexpensive used vinyl from local vinyl vendor Absolute Vinyl and everyone was in a festive mood.

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Acoustic Signature Wow Hits America's Shores
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
First introduced at Munich's High End show last May, Acoustic Signature's Wow! turntable is now available in the United States.
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Acoustic Sounds' Chad Kassem Talks About His Super HiRez DSD/PCM High Resolution Download Website
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
RMAF 2013 was the official audio show launch venue for Acoustic Sounds' new Super HiRez DSD and high resolution PCM digital download website.

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Analog Planet's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival Live Coverage Begins Tonight!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 10, 2013
I write this on a WiFi equipped airplane destination Denver.
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Atomic Audio Labs Wins Analogplanet's "RMAF Extravagant Performance Enhancement Claims Award"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Atomic Audio Labs gets the RMAF "Extravagant Performance Enhancement Claims" award for the startling number of benefits said to derive from resting a Mac Mini on one of the company's' Mac Mini Platforms.

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Channel D Introduces Seta Piccola Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Please forgive the blurry photo—not that the Piccola is a visual stunner— but this little box is packed with tech and is particularly useful for those using Channel D's Pure Vinyl™ digital RIAA compensation for vinyl ripping to high resolution digital.
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Funk Firm's $1500 Turntable With Tone Arm
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Funk Firm's Flamenca is a $1500 filament-drive, precision machined glass platter turntable/tone arm combo that includes the company's 'co-polymer "string" bearing F6 tone arm.
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Jakutis Black Stork Turntable and Tone Arm From Lithuania
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
The $9500 Jakutis belt-driven Black Stork from Lithuania includes aluminum and acrylic sandwich platter and integral stand. The wooden-tubed unipivot tone arm costs $1755. Save 20% when bought with the 'table.

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Keith Monks Audio Works Launches New, Lower Priced Discovery One Record Cleaning Machine
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Keith Monks Audio Works debuted at RMAF 2013 the Discovery One record cleaning machine, based upon a Chinese-made "replica" of a Technics SL-1200 turntable.
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Lyra Launches Etna Phono Cartridge at RMAF 2013
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Lyra, now distributed domestically by Audioquest, officially launched its new Etna phono cartridge (red, lower left) at RMAF 2013.
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Music Hall's $1199 Ikura Ready For Its Close Up, Mr. DeMille
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
Music Hall's new, striking- looking Ikura turntable is going into production. The Ikura is a split-plinth design, with the motor located on a lower platform (not shown in photo) isolated via points from the main plinth. It includes a Pro-Ject sourced alloy tone arm, the sound of which Music Hall preferred to the carbon fiber arm.

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Pelotone is New American Koetsu Distributor
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
San Francisco based Pelotone has been named the new American Koetsu cartridge distributor. The company will also handle all Koetsu re-tipping. Shown is the $10,950 Koetsu Azul. Mounted on a top of the Pro-Ject line Signature turntable, driving Doshi electronics and a pair of Wilson Alexia speakers, the Azul produced some of the sweetest, yet most detailed sound heard at RMAF 2013.
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PS Audio's NuWave PCM/DSD Phono Converter In Production
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
PS Audio's recently announced $1895 NuWave Phono Converter, combining a DSD capable A/D converter and MM/MC phono preamp was demoed at RMAF and is now in production.
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Sonneteer Sedley MM/MC Phono Preamp Now Available With Built-in USB Based A/D Converter
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013
U.K. based Sonneteer introduced a new version of the $1295 Sedley MM/MC phono preamp. The USB version with built in A/D converter sells for $1495.
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