How does the Rock 7 sound? For large-scale orchestral music, it redefined what I thought an orchestra could sound like on my stereo system, and on other types of music, it brought me closer to the performers than I had ever experienced prior. Moreover, this feeling of discovery persi
The 8th Annual Positive Feedback Online’s Writers’ Choice Awards for 2011 – The Best of the Best! The Townshend Rock 7 Turntable has been my reference for over a year now, well before it started receiving attention in the U.S. audio press and mentions at many audioph
Townshend Audio Rock 7 Turntable receives Golden Ear award from The Absolute Sound magazine. “The latest incarnation of Townshend’s unique ideas of turntable design, including damping of the arm at the front end via a trough of damping fluid, offers truly remarkable performance at a r
One of the world’s most respected reviewers, Robert E Greene, has given The Rock 7 the most compelling review in The Absolute Sound magazine. “The Rock VII is one amazing turntable design.” “Perhaps there are people who admire vinyl not for its real virtues but for its potential fai