Julie Mullins

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Julie Mullins

Now“From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world,” Siegfried Fischbacher said of the genesis of Siegfried and Roy, one of the biggest acts in Las Vegas history. That lifelong partnership was born aboard a cruise ship in 1959; Fischbacher was a steward and a part-time …

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Julie Mullins

Ortofon introduced a new lineup of four moving-coil cartridges as part of their MC X Series at High End Munich 2025 — the aptly named foursome consisting of the MC X10 (€299), MC X20 (€499), MC X30 (€699), and MC X40 (€999). Presentations and brief demos were given at intervals in Room F131. There, I caught a good portion of Peter Hjordt’s presentation, during which he would occasionally pause to play part of a track or two.

1 week ago | stereophile.com | Julie Mullins

Often in these pages (and in Industry Update), we have reported ways various brands have experimented with the traditional hi-fi–retail formula. An example: the single-company dealership, adopted most recently by the Vervent Audio Group, parent company to Focal and Naim. The latest to set up a single-brand dealership is Gryphon Audio Designs, which is preparing to open a "mono-brand" showroom in Los Angeles.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Julie Mullins

18 hours agoSay Goodbye To Cluttered Bathroom Countertops With One Simple Dollar Tree SolutionIs your bathroom countertop cluttered all the time? Maybe it's because you have numerous family members or a bunch of roommates all sharing the same …23 hours agoBMW’s Most Interesting Motorcycle in Years Is Perfect for Summer CruisingBased on the BMW CE 02, this quirky collab with legendary customizers Deus Ex Machina brings the noise (and the funk).

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Julie Mullins

Chord Electronics introduced their new flagship Ultima Phonostage phono preamp at High End Munich 2025, where it amplified the signal from a Bauer Audio dps 3 turntable (€9,300) fitted with an Ortofon MC Cadenza cartridge that was attached to the table’s unipivot tonearm (as shown below). Made in Bavaria, the Bauer Audio dps 3 table features a multi-later plinth, an inverted ruby ball bearing, a high-torque synchronous motor, and a three-phase power supply.