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Our combo review of two new @Rhino_Records High Fidelity 180g 1LP reissues featuring seminal recordings by a pair of hard-rockin’ proto-heavy metal pioneers: @alicecooper’s 1971 classic Love It to Death & @BlackSabbath’s pivotal 1970 release Paranoid https://t.co/8MkEA0D5hJ https://t.co/h5vIHkFryt

Mike Peters of @thealarm passed away on 04.29.25. In a previously unpublished interview, AP editor Mike Mettler & Peters discuss his favorite record shops, the importance of sleeve notes & why early Alarm records were quieter on vinyl than they should be https://t.co/7GAtrPe5Qf https://t.co/oVXDXf1FxU

Part 6 of Julie Mullins’ #AXPONA Audio Expo 2025 show report series finds Mullins visiting one of AXISS Audio USA’s rooms featuring cool new gear from Airtight and Reed https://t.co/M6qqS5iXA5 https://t.co/CiCgcKIJVx

Hello and welcome to a new week, and to Part 5 of Julie Mullins’ #AXPONA 2025 show report series. In this installment, Mullins heads into the Treehaus Audiolab room to check out the SME Model 12 MKII turntable & some classic, old-school tube gear https://t.co/52C8LhyHPg https://t.co/Uq9PDTQj0s

Part 4 of Julie Mullins’ #AXPONA series finds her in @SystemsMonarch’s Room 434 w/setups comprised of the SME Synergy full-package system feat. their MK2 turntable, Chario Academy Serendipity loudspeakers, https://t.co/UjynfI5mZk amplification & more https://t.co/FQpCrIoniQ https://t.co/OZk4KqRaqa

Our in-depth #AXPONA 2025 coverage continues! AP’s chief product reviewer Ken Micallef shares video of as many turntables that he could get on camera, including cool new offerings from the likes of Well Tempered Lab, TriangleArt, TW Acustic, Vertere & more https://t.co/jiL4LO7KsU https://t.co/yq98dxgW5p

Hello and welcome to the third installment of Julie Mullins’ #AXPONA 2025 show report series. In this edition, Mullins visits with Wilson Benesch to see what’s up with their new Prime Meridian turntable system https://t.co/guyglDhSR4 https://t.co/mAMt2GtUqk

In Part 2 of our #AXPONA 2025 show report series, Julie Mullins checks in with EveAnna Manley to get the scoop on @manleylabs’ new Precision line and phono preamp https://t.co/tFCxrngZox https://t.co/ieUSTxYqiO

One of our favorite, somewhat under-the-radar @recordstoreday 2025 releases is the 30th anniversary 180g 2LP vinyl reissue of Passengers’ Original Soundtracks 1, a 1995 collaboration between @U2 and their then-producer Brian Eno; Mark Smotroff’s review https://t.co/4Tn4GLbScD https://t.co/CWiAcWrznY

.#AXPONA is back, and bigger and better than ever. People packed the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center’s rooms and hallways the weekend of 04.11-13.25, and AP was there. Part 1 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report on Thiele, Rega & AVM https://t.co/67ia4bOU9Z https://t.co/bWdwrEr0Rl

Welcome welcome welcome to Part 3 of our #AXPONA: First Impressions series. Today, we take a look at and a listen to some cool new #TEAC gear, including their TN-5BB turntable, PE-505 phono preamp, and AP-507 power amp https://t.co/ml1q7RwbGW https://t.co/ehbDCn5cQj

Welcome back to Part 2 of our #AXPONA: First Impressions series. Today, we take a look at some of the way-cool @clearaudiohifi gear that was on display in the Quintessence Audio Ltd. vestibule area at the foot of the main escalators https://t.co/PKIK6sbWVy https://t.co/MOF1XlmSwy

To commence our recap of #AXPONA 2025, the first installment of our show reporting features gear seen and heard from @grimmaudio & #Revox https://t.co/MfUsXpXXCa https://t.co/LBUqyu500D

If there’s one product category we want to see in droves at #AXPONA, it’s gotta be turntables. Luckily, we got an early look at a cool new table before heading off to the airport today—so here’s a look at SME’s Model 8 turntable, thanks to @SystemsMonarch https://t.co/kSzbXcjnu0 https://t.co/QKTi0i0GmI

We’re a day away from wheels-up to #AXPONA, but as I noted in yesterday’s show primer, I wanted to share a few cool new gear previews before heading off to the big event. Here’s one of them — namely, the second-gen @VinnieRossi Brama preamp https://t.co/ZAPTaBqkoV https://t.co/Xj7G1VEUGp

As we get ready to head off to #axpona in just a day’s time, we wanted to post a macro-level primer that sets the broader table for what we expect to see and hear at the show before we dial deeper into analog-centric minutiae in our firsthand show reports https://t.co/2QoKF0wtUM https://t.co/bxVMg8t7jf

Our preview/review of three key @recordstoreday multi-disc LP sets from Resonance Records featuring legendary jazz musicians Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham & Freddie Hubbard https://t.co/xlsPbCSz1p https://t.co/Tg95dFOMKS