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Turntables
Hand-assemble Black Forest turntables under the firm that built Dual decks, distributed in the US by VANA.
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about rekkord audio
Rekkord Audio is the turntable brand of Alfred Fehrenbacher GmbH, the German manufacturer in the Black Forest that built Dual-branded turntables for roughly three decades. When licensing of the Dual name lapsed, Fehrenbacher launched Rekkord to carry the same in-house manufacturing forward under its own marque. The company is also the OEM behind decks for other brands, including the Pro-Ject Automat A1, which underlines its role as a builder rather than just a badge. The range covers both manual and automatic decks. The M-series manual turntables include the M500 and the subchassis M600, while the F-series automatics include the F300. The chassis are built largely from wood — MDF and HDF — and finished in foils, real-wood veneers, or lacquers, with each unit assembled by local makers in the Black Forest. Rekkord competes in the second-tier turntable import market against the likes of Pro-Ject, Music Hall, and Rega, differentiating on its automatic-mechanism heritage and German hand-assembly at accessible prices. North American distribution is handled by VANA Ltd of Nesconset, New York. Press coverage is established across The Absolute Sound, Analog Planet — which has reviewed the M600 and reported on the VANA distribution deal — and SoundStage! Access, which reviewed the F300, giving the brand a verified US presence and named-press footprint. Production is in Germany's Black Forest region, where the turntables are built and assembled by hand.