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June 12, 2026The Spinning Room HiFi will make its first appearance at the North West Audio Show 2026, exhibiting in Stevenson Suite 3 with a system featuring several UK show premieres and a mix of analogue, digital and loudspeaker products from manufacturers not commonly seen at UK audio events.
Based at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, Leeds, The Spinning Room HiFi focuses on specialist and boutique HiFi brands from around the world. Its North West Audio Show system will combine horn-loaded loudspeakers, Class A amplification, Japanese analogue products and UK-manufactured components.
SHOW SYSTEM
The system on demonstration will include:
Turntable 1
• Systemdek Revolution suspended turntable
• Korf Audio TA-CF9 MkII tonearm
• Etsuro Urushi Gin-Nezu moving coil cartridge
Turntable 2
• Primary Control Kinea direct drive turntable
• Primary Control Gravity tonearm
• Etsuro Urushi Bordeaux SE cartridge
Additional equipment includes:
• Etsuro Urushi step-up transformer
• Ø Audio ICON 12 loudspeakers
• Ø Audio FRIGG 02 loudspeakers
• Aurorasound VIDA II phono stage
• Audiopax Reference phono stage
• Valvet Soulshine MkII valve preamplifier
• Valvet A4.5 Class A monoblock amplifiers
• Aurender A1000 music streamer
• Solid Sounds equipment rack
• Cardas cabling
• Zensati cabling
• Puritan PSM156 mains conditioner
UK SHOW PREMIERES
Ø AUDIO FRIGG 02 AND ICON 12
Making their first UK show appearance will be two loudspeaker models from Norwegian manufacturer Ø Audio. The FRIGG 02 is a three way floorstanding loudspeaker, while the larger ICON 12 combines a 12 inch bass driver with a carbon fibre horn loaded compression driver.
ETSURO URUSHI GIN-NEZU CARTRIDGE
The Etsuro Urushi Gin-Nezu moving coil cartridge will also receive its UK show debut. Manufactured by the company behind Hana cartridges, the Gin-Nezu features a boron cantilever and sits within the Japanese manufacturer’s wider range of high-end analogue products.
KORF AUDIO TA-CF9 MKII TONEARM
The Korf Audio TA-CF9 MkII tonearm will make its first UK show appearance following its launch last year. The design uses a zero stiction flexure bearing system together with a monocrystalline sapphire arm tube and alumina ceramic headshell.
AUDIOPAX REFERENCE PHONO STAGE
Also making its UK debut is the Audiopax Reference phono stage from Brazil. The design offers 960 impedance settings for moving-coil cartridges and a further 360 settings for moving-magnet cartridges.
North West Audio Show 2026 takes place at De Vere Cranage Estate, Cheshire, on 27th and 28th June 2026.
