Direct drive without the vintage markup: the AT-LP1200 proves you can have bulletproof performance and USB convenience in 2024.

Fully automatic, built to last, and half the price of a vintage Technics—but you'll miss the mechanical honesty of a table that makes you work for it.

The INT-60 is Pass Labs' class-A masterpiece: $5k of pure topology, and it still sounds like money well spent.

Luxman's last pure power amp for analog perfectionists: 60 watts per channel of restraint and detail.

The SME 30/12 is what happens when perfectionism meets a blank check and British stubbornness.

A $150 phono stage that makes budget turntables sound like they cost three times as much.

Vandersteen's answer to "what if I want better imaging but still fit in a real living room?"

The Luxman that got all the magazine covers while a scrappier Japanese amp quietly did it better for less.

The PM8005 doesn't care how good your source is — it'll prove you right either way.

The DT 990 Pro doesn't flatter your records — it tells you the truth about them.

The ESL-57 is a religious experience. The CLS IIz is what happens when you want to actually feel the bass.

The MK2 never needed replacing — Technics replaced it anyway, and somehow got it right.

The XA-25 is the amp that makes you stop shopping forever — if you can live with the heat.

The Clearaudio Statement is what happens when German engineers decide money is no object and neither is your floor space.

Eight thousand dollars of German engineering wrapped in wood — and it still can't fix your record collection.

The Explorer 1 is what happens when someone builds an amp specifically to make your turntable cry.

The Anthem MRX 540 is the honest answer to the question nobody wanted to ask: what if the best amp for your turntable came with room correction?

The 2M Red is the cartridge that makes you realize your turntable was never the problem

You don't need to spend five figures to hear what a real turntable does — Denon proved it in 1988

The Alexandria XLF doesn't flatter your system — it autopsies it