“Oh, this is new…and this is new, too. And, oh yeah, we’ve also got this,” went Music Hall’s Leland Leard around and around his busy room, a funhouse of hi-fi and vinyl.

As usual, Music Hall had about 80,000 new products on display (I’m exaggerating), including the Music Hall a15.2 integrated amplifier ($499) and matching cd15.2 CD player ($499)—both to be reviewed by Sam Tellig in our December issue—the 24/96-compatible dac25.3 USB DAC ($595), and, oh yeah, the 85Wpc a35.2 integrated ($799) which replaces the 50Wpc 25.2, and the cd35.2 CD player ($799), which has a new transport and DAC. And have you seen the Music Hall USB-1 turntable? It costs $249. Amoeba Records stocks them now!

Music Hall also offers a new cork platter mat, which has these little pads on it, you see, that separate the record from the platter, allowing for the dissipation of energy, I guess, and that’s fifty bucks.

Oh, and there’s also this new class-A tubed headphone amp from Bellari, the HA540. It has high- and low-level inputs and costs $299. Whew!