Ah, dry spells. Definitely very little happening in the high-end audio world right now so we thought we'd cover a handful of turntables from around the net. Probably the most interesting table to show up in recent memory is the Grand Prix Audio Monaco turntable. Priced at $16000, the Monaco follows in the footsteps of Grand Prix carbon fiber equipment racks and isolation platforms. The Monaco packs in more technology than you can shake a stick at so go read 6Moons' preliminary coverage of this race-inspired table.

Also new is the Gaia table from Metronome Technologie, the same company that came out with the $23k Kalista CD player claimed to make the shiny disc sound like wax. More acrylic than a public aquarium begins at $35k. Details at PFO.

A blast from the past, Japanese Shindo, known for their expensive tube amps, has taken the famous (to some) Garrard 301 turntable (last produced in the 70s) and given it a complete overhaul. Price is $20k and read the review over at American Wired for details on Shindo's conquest of America.