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Accessories
Add the hand-built Norwegian tonearm lifter that ends a side before the run-out groove takes its toll.
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about little fwend
Little Fwend is an automatic tonearm lifter created by Lasse Gretland in Oslo, Norway, on the market since 2016. The device sits beside the platter and mechanically raises the tonearm and cartridge off the record once a side finishes, sparing the stylus and groove from sitting in the run-out — a problem owners of manual turntables otherwise solve by hovering over the deck. The product family covers fixed-height and adjustable variants for common decks, including LOW and HIGH versions and the Disco Mk3 cut specifically for Technics SL-1200 and SL-1300 turntables, with fitments for Rega and other arms. The latest generation moved to parts machined in Switzerland for tighter mechanical precision, while every unit is still assembled, individually tuned, and function-tested by hand in Norway before it ships. In the US, Little Fwend is widely stocked by analog specialists — Music Direct, Turntable Lab, and Audio Advisor all carry it — which keeps it easy for a vinyl-focused shop to add to the accessory wall. The review record is unusually strong for a small accessory: Stereophile's Art Dudley wrote it up, Michael Fremer covered it at Analog Planet, and Hi-Fi Choice has reviewed it as well. It sits in the vinyl-accessory tier alongside auto-lift add-ons and cueing aids, distinguished by build quality and the press attention it has drawn. Design, assembly, and final tuning are done in Oslo.