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Vinyl LP pressing plants are churning out records at such a clip they're routinely backed up for six months or more. The once discredited LP has now become one of the few revenue centers for the record business outside of streaming. And now the thunderclap! The format predicted by a tenacious few since the invention of the MP3 - the lowly CD - has for the moment arrested its decline and is again posting sales gains. Defenders of the CD rejoice! Vindication is here! Or is it? Is the long slide really over?

Thuono Audio arose and grew out of a passion for high-fidelity sound with the intention of creating products that guarantee the highest quality analog reproduction. After more than five years of study and prototype development, three different turntable models are now finally available - the fruit of detailed research both from the point of view of mechanical characteristics as well as the tonal qualities of the materials. All are carried out in order to ensure exceptional performance.

Langer Audio is a company manufacturing direct drive turntables. German engineers rely on measurements and everything that can be clearly heard. During the development of new solutions they perform blind comparative tests, which is still a rare thing in this industry. Their machines still look sexy though. Well, they're turntables after all! Pictures made by Klemens-Kordt Fotodesign, more info at Langer Audio.

Kronos Audio, a company which made just one high-end turntable, unveiled a new model called Sparta. If you expect that this is just a board with a motor and simple arm, it is not so. Sparta is very similar to the original Kronos. Anyway, just look at the picture. The price initially set at $21500. Photo by Kronos Audio.