Mike Mettler

1 week ago | stereophile.com | Mike Mettler

Over the course of Rush's five-decade career, the Canadian prog-rock trio never released much music from the vaults. When vaunted studio albums such as 1980's Permanent Waves and 1981's Moving Pictures were reissued in expanded form, in multidisc anniversary box sets, the bonus material has consisted of previously unreleased live recordings from the era—never any of their oft-whispered-about studio outtakes.

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

Oscar Peterson Trio’s 1964 Jazz Masterwork, We Get Requests, Kicks Off Burmester’s Pure Sound Master Recordings Series With a Truly Special Limited-Edition 12in Lacquer Release We all have our own pet requests for classic albums we’d love to see reissued in the purest, and most honest, analog capacity as possible — and sometimes, those requests are heeded.

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

Presenting another piece of cool gear seen at High End Munich 2025 before we begin sharing all the deep-dive show reports from our fellow editors who were at the big show — namely, the Wilson Benesch Graviton Ti tonearm, which “evolved” (their word) from the version of the arm originally integrated into their flagship GMT One System turntable.

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

While we look forward to sharing all the deep-dive show reports from our fellow editors who were at High End Munich 2025 on AP in the coming days/weeks, we do have some cool gear seen at the big show to report on in the here and now — starting with the Takumi TT Level 2.1DC turntable. It’s always nice to see what Takumi and product guru Rik Stoet have created.

3 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

High End Munich 2025 is in full swing through the weekend — and, rest assured, we’ll be posting a number of firsthand reports in the coming days/weeks. For now, we wanted to put a spotlight on a new, relatively affordable piece of analog gear seen at the big show that is actually available to consumers now — namely, Lenco’s L-455BK turntable.