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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Fantastic Vinyl machines. I am impressed. I've never seen this combination before. I can think of other combinations. The Vivid arms are really made for this. In terms of design, Tidal and Phonolab are virtually talking to each other. groovemaster
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    A really beautiful Turntable Sculpture. What phonostage do you use? Something with black and silver? groovemaster
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Analog Walks... On my walks through the analog world, I keep discovering unexpected things that inspire me. Here it is the SME 20 record player with an SME 12 inch tonearm. Of course, such gems need an equal in the phono section. The owner decided for Audiospecials Phonolab 1.5 in the...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Something special from the senventies and eighties. RUSSCO STUDIO PRO. My "Hot Rod" .The working horse in the Broadcast stations. I equipped it with the Ortofon AS-212 tonearm. This one matches much better, optically and in function, than the wooden Micro Track arms we find normally. This is...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    A VPI ARIES 3, long sought but the wait was worth it. A lucky new owner. With the original tonearm it looks just perfect. On the left is the matching AS Phonolab 1.0 Phonostage, which has just been added. Johnny Hartmann sounds like he is sitting in front of me.
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    "Less is more". This is what the AS Community has in common with its Audiospecials AS Phono amplifiers. For many, this is one of the reasons to buy, so as not to get lost in the sea of buttons. The front is puristically tidy. Only the two rotary knobs of the RECOMPIZER for dynamic optimisation...
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    By the way, the AS Community also stands for Analog Spirit. Everyone is welcome, as long as they can contribute something interesting and enrich the topic of phono amplifiers for vinyl fans. Here is a nice set-up with a Technics turntable in a very elegant USM rack. The Technics is well...
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    The AS community likes to share photos of their SET Up. Here is a very successful combination of Thorens TD 124DD and the Audiospecials AS Phonolab PRO below. The outstanding signal to noise and thus also dynamics never cease to amaze. This is 100% handmade, a very exclusive product Made in...
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    Best phono stage?

    Oh:)hh, yes. Thanks for this Information.
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    Best phono stage?

    AS community members like to send me photos of their analog beauties, which are put together with a lot of expertise. That's where the sense of beautiful combinations comes in. Here is a Kondo fan, Feickert turntable combined with Glanz tonearm and AS Phonolab 1.5 balanced phono stage from...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Oh, Bergmann. I love this beauties. The Bergmann turntables are very popular in our community. A clear, unmistakable line. The sound qualities: Very musical, involving and without technical airs and graces. Here is a member from Norway who has also decided in favour of the AS Phonolab...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    A Transrotor Super Seven. With SME Arm 3009 II Improved. The pictures were sent to me by community member Björn from Denmark. The Transrotor is from 1993, an heirloom from his father, a watchmaker with a great sense for good design and precision. What was still missing was a phono stage...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    A Linn LP12 is quite rightly an icon of turntable design. I often think of a Porsche 911, whose original basic form has been guarded by its designers through all the decades and at the same time transformed into the future in a modern way. The history of the Linn LP12 has strong parallels. It...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    @Keyplayer. The Kuzma drives feature a fantastic wooden design. These plinths are Wooden Art. Hard to find a matching Phonostage. The AS Phonolab with RECOMPIZER is a perfect match with its reduced form. Here you can see two Sorane tonearms on the KUZMA. Groovemaster
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    Best phono stage?

    What always inspires me spontaneously are phonostage-recordplayer combinations that form a perfect unit both, sonically and visually. The AS Phonolab from www.audiospecials.de is such a phonostage that sonically complements the REED Muse 1c as a musical partner. Hifi components are like band...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Not everyone can say that they own a moated castle. One community member is in the fortunate situation of having his music room in a moated castle. At the weekends, he can withdraw from everyday business and listen to his jazz records under the protection of the historic walls. Very important...
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    Phonostage for mono

    As a recommendation. The order is simple. Herron- SUT ( type what ever you like) - Miyajima. Which SUT? Try it out. The Herron MM input is excellent and therefore a good basis. The rest do by your ears. groovemaster
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    Phonostage for mono

    Hi Joe, in a nutshell. If all mono records are with RIAA curve, the Miyajima system is sufficient. A SUT to the Herron MM input plus Miayima system is definitely a good choice. So as Solypsa describes. Only if true mono (pure single channel) with sound influence is desired does the AS make...
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    Phonostage for mono

    Hello Joe, I will answer your question if a EQ Monophonostage like Swissonor or AS Monophonic makes sense. Your considerations are very practical . If you don't have mono records that are not RIAA equalized, you don't need a mono equalizer. A Miyajima system is already a very good start into...
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    Phonostage for mono

    One should perhaps also mention that the Swissonor Historic shows its strengths especially with shellac records. (Acoustics and Blumlein) unfolds. Vinyl monos from RCA, for example, it can not operate because the "bass boost" only reaches up to 500 HZ. The AS Monophonic -True Mono-, also a pure...
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    The Kenwood KD 750 is certainly still known to many as a top recordplayer of the late seventies. I asked its owner, why just the KD750 with the AS Phonolab? "As a pianist, I simply have a strong association with my Steinway grand piano whose deep, black, noble high gloss reflects the grandeur...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Actually, not much needs to be said about the Thorens TD 124. The reasonableness of a relaunch can also be discussed. The new Thorens TD 124 DD shows a, in my opinion, very successful example of a modern revival. An AS community member has fulfilled his dream and placed this modern Thorens TD...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    The Picture in the back reminds me of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Four Songs, conducted bei David Ackermann. The Transrotor is very nice. Real classic sense. groovemaster
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    On the right side is something very special that I do not want to withhold from you. A huge Transrotor FAT BOB Reference. A statement in chrome. George , as a real asthetic, equipped it with an SME tonearm that guides the GRADO Reference Master 2 through the groove. This is also connected to...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    The Garrard 301 is a recordplayer that can be customized to your personal taste through the frame, tonearm and system. Here an AS community member has made the 301 very noble. With SME 3012 and a SPU fits perfectly. The frame is from ZChech and the Garrard logo from America. The clear as...
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    In the meantime, more and more vinyl lovers are acquiring a taste for transformers and matching phono stages. Our german AS community member combines his Phasemation transformer T-550 with the AS Phonolab PRO from Audiospecials in the 16KOhm setting at the MM input. The Ortofon SPU Classic GME...
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    @ XV-1 The use of transmitters is not a question of wrong or right. Here, personal taste comes into play as an option that can sometimes be very appealing. I have experienced several situations where the MC direct input was clearly the better solution. But that's the beauty of vinyl playback...
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    AS Phonolab dual phono preamp

    Eric, Update! Which is certainly good news for the many transformer fans. The new MM/SUT phono board especially for transformer operation at the Phonolab has just been released. It has 7 different input impedances. 100K ( for the Grado fans surely pleasing!), 47K / 32K / 24K / 20K / 16K / 14...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Hello Rainer, great to see you here with your fantastic recordmachine. I recently had the pleasure of listening to your tonearm on a Techdas turntable. Swiss precision comes to mind. You are probably similarly uncompromising in your choice of electronics. What phono stage do you use? I see...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Oh yes, sorry. Horny horns, as the Jazz musicians say. Therefore I like the authentic reproduction of the AS.

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