Welcome to the October, 2023 version of Document Roundup, my ongoing chronicle of all issues vinyl-related. On faucet for Quantity 23 are a restricted version Ambiance GO transportable document participant from Victrola, a brand new Technics direct-drive turntable and a brand new turntable-friendly premium wi-fi speaker from Sonus faber. I’m additionally introducing a brand new addition this month. On high of the same old information about turntables and different tools and equipment of curiosity to vinyl followers, I’ll be that includes a launch from document subscription service (and on-line document retailer) Vinyl Me Please – which made an look in Quantity 22.
Technics Releases SL 1200GR Turntable
Technics SL-1210GR2
Technics
Followers of direct drive turntables know all in regards to the Technics SL 1200 sequence. After the corporate revived the SL-1200 sequence of turntables in 2016, it included a micro controller as a substitute of an analog RF oscillator for improved velocity management. Traditional design with fashionable know-how…
Technics isn’t sitting nonetheless. The brand new SL 1210GR will get an improve to Delta Sigma Drive motor management that Technics says dramatically improves monitoring precision with diminished motor vibration. It’s mixed with a magnetic energy technology frequency generator (FG) for “distinctive” rotational velocity precision. As well as, the SL 1210GR will get a brand new multi-stage, silent energy provide.
The brand new turntable will likely be obtainable for $2,199.99 in silver (SL-1200GR2) and black (SL-1210GR2).
Sonus faber Duet
Sonus faber Duetto wi-fi audio system
Sound engineer
Italy’s Sonus faber is understood for producing audio gear that mixes premium efficiency with fashion and premium supplies. The corporate just lately introduced the Duetto, a pair of energetic wi-fi stereo audio system crafted with a picket cupboard and leather-based high. A 205-watt amp powers 5.25-inch mid-range woofers, whereas a separate 100W amp drives 0.7-inch silk dome tweeters. Duetto audio system are Wi-Fi Licensed and make use of Extremely Extensive-Band know-how to eradicate latency and interference.
They provide a variety of the way to attach, together with an built-in PHONO enter. Costs begin at $3,999 per pair.
Revolution GO: Ambiance Restricted Version Moveable Turntable
Victrola has launched a restricted version model of its Revolution GO transportable document participant. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop, Victrola partnered with the duo Ambiance.
The $220 Ambiance restricted version provides an Ambiance-themed paint job to the Revolution GO’s commonplace record of options which embody: 3-speed belt drive document participant on a floating plinth to scale back vibration, an Audio Technica AT-3600LA cartridge, Bluetooth connectivity, built-in battery with 12-hour play time, built-in stereo audio system with 2 x 5W amplification and a detachable guitar strap
Vinyl Me Please Featured Launch, Miles Davis: The Electrical Years Field Set
Along with offering a variety of unique document releases on the market by its web site (together with many in distinctive coloured vinyl) and providing a subscription service that delivers new information to subscribers each month, Vinyl Me Please additionally places collectively some very cool boxed units. The thirteenth launch on this sequence is Miles Davis: The Electrical Years.
Comprising of seven AAA-mastered albums in 180g black vinyl, a 24-page Listening Notes and photograph booklet and a deluxe field to carry all of it, this set is a collector’s merchandise restricted to 2,000 models within the first version. Albums included are:
- In a Silent Manner (1969)
- Bitches Brew (1970)
- A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
- Dwell-Evil (1971)
- On The Nook (1972)
- Huge Enjoyable (1974)
- Get Up With It (1974)
I’ve to confess that Miles Davis hasn’t been in my listening rotation prior to now. My focus has been extra on punk, new wave and basic rock. Nonetheless, I’ve come shut a number of occasions to purchasing copies of his iconic releases Type of Blue and Start of the Cool in an effort to develop my musical horizons. Sadly, there was at all times one other document within the bin that was on my record of must-haves and I by no means made the acquisition. So I used to be greater than thrilled when Vinyl Me Please despatched this field set to take a look at. It’s primarily based on a later period in Davis’ prolonged profession, however the seven albums cowl what’s described because the musician’s most “electrifying interval.” I haven’t labored my manner by the whole set but, however I’m already hooked. And it goes with out saying that the vinyl sounds incredible.
Clearly a field set like this isn’t a part of a month-to-month subscription. Nonetheless, Vinyl Me Please subscribers obtain a reduction, bringing its $399 price ticket all the way down to $349.
Disclosure: Vinyl Me Please supplied information for analysis functions however had no enter into this evaluate.
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