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Worldā€™s first 24 inch turntable!

Wega are proud to announce the worldā€™s first 24 inch turntable, the Wega P24. This is the brainchild of Karel Loos jnr. Which has been made a reality by cutting edge Czech turntable manufacturer Nodihulda AS (Plzeň).

Itā€™s understood that the new turntable will spin at an extraordinary 360rpm for maximum detail retrieval, users are however warned to use a clamp to avoid the discs flying off at high speed. So far no records have been released to suit this format but as with any cutting edge format the tail will eventually get the dog wagging.

Karel Loos
Loos jnr. was born 30th October 1907 in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He gained a degree in electric engineering from the Czech Institute of Technology in 1936, and in 1937. Whilst developing an analogue system to direct the fire of anti-aircraft guns he drew up plans for a revolutionary vinyl playback system which included 24 inch vinyl records revolving at extremely high RPMs. His initial experiments proved to be too dangerous for his domestic lab and in secret used the facilities of the military which were more suited to developing this ground-breaking audio format.

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When TomĆ”Å” Loos of Nodihulda AS (no connection with the Loos of Prague), founded Nodihulda AS in the redundant arms factory in Plzeň he discovered all the prototypes and plans of the visionary Loos jnr turntable. TomĆ”Å” has bravely progressed the technology with modern materials and manufacturing techniques to bring a revolutionary format to the market that every audiophile will relish. Loos is said to be in discussion with record companies about software to accompany the forthcoming launch of the Wega P24.

Courtesey of The Ear website :slight_smile:

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I was told by someone inside that Naim will reintroduce the DBLā€™s with the same ribbon tweeter that Proac uses in their reference series.

@Richard.Dane take it you saw this!

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Now thatā€™s more like itā€¦

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I really wish Iā€™d never part-exchanged mine for the LP12 when I was at University. The Axis was a great little deck.

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Still got my old Axis and Akito arm in the attic. Maybe time to refurb it?

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Richard donā€™t know if I told you about the guy who lives near me who has a vintage BMW 635CSi with a Nak tape head. Got talking to him at a car rally and he told that he makes his tapes up on a Nak Dragon from his LP12. He wasnā€™t open to offers for the car!

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I had a Nakamichi system installed in my old Audi. I still have the head unit and amp boxed up but nothing suitable in which to install it ( apart from the Daihstsu jeep I use for hauling logs through the woods, andā€¦ no).

Was your friends In car Nak the TD-1200 with the slide out drawer and NAAC auto reverse? That was the bees kneesā€¦

Youā€™d have to wonder if it could be or even needs to be refurbished. Suspect any failing electronic components could be sorted but unlikely other parts are available. It really was a great turntable for the price and very simple to set up. It really worked well with the stock arm (not sure it was an Akito, probably a Basik, at least not on mine) and yellow K9.

With a bit of luck my Axis just needs a clean-up, new belt and oil. The Akito was an option when I bought it, I think the default was the Basik arm.

The main challenge with it will be replacing the K-9 cartridge.

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Or at least the stylus assembly - Audio Technica made it, there are some ATā€™s which apparently still work well with the K9 body.

Are any of them available in yellow? :rofl:

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My dealer told me today that Naim are going to launch a tin grey Classic system with black knobs bundled with a pair of tin Sopra speakers with concrete side panels.:astonished:

I said, ā€˜no chance, youā€™re pulling my legā€™, then I noticed todayā€™s date!

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Imagine if you had fallen for that you would have really felt you had been had :rofl:

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I would never fall for such a ridiculous idea!

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From John Darko on Youtube, the joy of music and review cliches, superbā€¦

ā€œBuchardtā€™s S400 MKII is a GIANT KILLER!ā€

Time then Richard to buy a Mk1 Quattro!

The guy isnā€™t really a friend, but Iā€™ve seen him around mostly in Waitrose car park! When I saw his car at the vintage rally just went and had a chat so donā€™t know what system. If is see him again Iā€™ll ask.

Reminds me though of when back in 1990 we bought a Cavalier as our first daughter had just arrived and needed space and it came with the upgraded Phillips unit with Dolby and metal tape setting. I bought some TDK MA X and made some tapes on my Denon deck from my Ariston and people were genuinely really impressed when I gave them a lift. Roll forward to when the Golf arrived a few years later which had a tape player and 6 disc CD and just how the tapes killed the CD. Similarly in my current BMW R3 on FM kills DAB or the CD/rips. To this day the tapes in the Cavalier and Golf were the best sound Iā€™ve ever had in a car. Progress?!

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Good effort. When I was about 8 or 9, our teacher spent an afternoon teaching us about the ā€œgoose neck wirelessā€ which was followed by a fairly substantial homework assignment. I still remember his huge grin the next morning when he told us it was an April Fools prank. Brilliant. :joy:

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Yes! I remember the TD1200 - deck of my dreams. Unfortunately, I couldnā€™t afford the beast but did get itā€™s little brother - the TD800 - same deck but with a manual, instead of auto, azimuth adjust. Sounded wonderful at first but, sadly, very trouble prone - so much so that my dealer ended up swapping it out for an Alpine 7347 instead.
Canā€™t believe that was almost 40 years ago! I maintain that system (Nakamichi/alpine head unit, Nakamichi 4 channel amp and Nakamichi speakers) was better than the Mark Levinson in my Lexus LS460.

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