MoFi StudioDeck+ Mobile Fidelity, champion of audiophile vinyl, has now wrapped up an EISA Award for its flagship UltraDeck - does the more affordable StudioDeck give much away? Review: Ken Kessler Lab: Paul Miller

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It might seem that we played this one in reverse, reviewing Mobile Fidelity's dearer UltraDeck turntable first [HFN Jul '19], before working backward. A buzz in the underground, however, suggested that MoFi's less-costly, entry-level StudioDeck might be something of a 'sweet spot' candidate, so what could have been an anti-climax is anything but. That dearer package came in at £2499, while the StudioDeck costs £1199 without cartridge, or £ 1349 if fitted with the StudioTracker MM cartridge, as here in StudioDeck+ guise. The MM will set you back £199, so that's a discount of £50, or the price of MoFi's heavyweight vibration-damping record clamp...