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Ortofon Announces New Windfeld Ti Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  May 15, 2017  |  3 comments
The mystery surrounding the April 18th visit by Ortofon's Leif Johannsen can now explained.

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Ortofon Celebrates 100 Years
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2018  |  8 comments
Ortofon celebrated its 100th anniversary September 28th and 29th, inviting approximately 60 of its sales and technology partners from around the world to a hotel in Maribo, Denmark and to its factory in nearby Nakskov.

AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer was invited to observe the celebration and to participate by presenting to the guests and company executives a ½ hour PowerPoint presentation outlining where the vinyl record and analog playback gear market has been for the past 30 or so years, and to where he thought it was headed in the future.

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Ortofon Introduces 2M Black LVB Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 18, 2020  |  13 comments
Ortofon just announced a new $999 2M moving magnet cartridge: the 2M Black LVB 250 in honor of Ludwig Von Beethoven's 250th birthday. More than just a re-badge, the 2M Black LVB 250 incorporates, among other enhancements, the nude Shibata stylus and boron cantilever found on the more costly MC Cadenza Black.

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Ortofon Partners With PHONOCUT to Further Develop High Quality Home Vinyl Recording
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 28, 2021  |  17 comments
At Making Vinyl Hollywood, 2019 Austria-based PHONOCUT demonstrated a still in development all-analog based home vinyl cutting system that uses blank vinyl (not lacquer) discs. At 4:52 in the embedded video at the above link you can watch the compact system cut a record and learn more about it.

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Ortofon Switches From Boron to Sapphire Cantilevers
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2016  |  20 comments
Ortofon recently announced a switch from Boron to Sapphire cantilevers on all but its more expensive "Exclusive Series" (photo is of original Boron cantilevered Quintet).

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Ortofon's Leif Johannsen Stopped By Today
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 18, 2017  |  10 comments
Ortofon's Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology Leif Johannsen and Dee Hustinova, Ortofon U.S. General Manager stopped over today to show me a brand new Ortofon cartridge the design of which Leif has just completed. I can't talk about it or show it (that's why it's in his cupped hand).

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Our Friend Eric Leefe Got to Rock Out Today With The Rascals' Gene Cornish
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2015  |  10 comments
Our friend Eric Leefe today got to rock out with The Rascals' Gene Cornish.

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Our Pal Lux Record Shopping Runs Into Martha Reeves!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  12 comments
Our friend Lux, who we recently interviewed was record shopping at Mill Valley Music when he ran into Martha Reeves who was there doing the same thing. The Motown fan and Ms. Reeves hit it off big time!

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Parasound Launches JC 1+ Dealer Tour on February 29th at The Audio Salon in Santa Monica
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2020  |  8 comments
SAN FRANCISCO (2/12/19) -- Parasound will kick off a dealer tour for the new John Curl-designed Halo JC 1+ monoblock power amplifier on February 29th at The Audio Salon of Santa Monica, CA. This will be the first of a number of dealer events nationwide to debut this remarkable new Parasound flagship amplifier. It replaces Parasound's original JC 1 after a 'mere' two decades as king of the hill.
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Paul McCartney & Wings Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Band on the Run on February 2, 2024, With a 2LP Edition Featuring Previously Unreleased “Underdubbed” Mixes on LP2 and a Separate Half-Speed-Mastered 1LP Version of the Original 1973 Release
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2023  |  2 comments

The jailer man and Sailor Sam are at it again. Paul McCartney & Wings will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Band on the Run on February 2, 2024, with a 2LP edition featuring previously unreleased “Underdubbed” mixes on LP2, and a separate half-speed-mastered 1LP version of the original December 1973 release. Read on to see just what “Underdubbed” mixes entail, and if these new versions of Band on the Run

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Paul McCartney Announces McCartney III  50 Years After McCartney
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2020  |  4 comments
50 years after releasing his first solo album on which he played all of the instruments, wrote all of the songs (including "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Every Night" and "The Lovely Linda") and self-engineered, Sir Paul returns with McCartneyIII. In 1980 he released his second solo album McCartney II.

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Peter Frampton’s Limited Edition Frampton@50: In the Studio 1972-1975 All-Analog 180g 3LP Box Set Is Coming Our Way Via Intervention Records on July 28
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 22, 2023  |  23 comments

Peter, we love your way. To wit: iconoclast British guitarist/vocalist Peter Frampton and Intervention Records have collectively announced that his Frampton@50: In The Studio 1972-1975 180g 3LP box set is being readied for release on July 28. Read on to find out all the details regarding this fine all-analog vinyl collection of three key entries from Frampton’s early solo career. . .

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Peter Gabriel Releasing First Four Albums on Double 45rpm 180 Gram Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 28, 2015  |  28 comments
Peter Gabriel announced the October 2nd, 2015 release of his first four albums on 180 gram vinyl cut 1/2 speed at 45rpm.

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Pheenix Alpha Rises From "Death of Vinyl" Ashes
Michael Fremer  |  May 02, 2017  |  8 comments
Last October we reported on a Swedish newspaper article covering the return to production of the famed Alpha Toolex record press overseen by Niklas Poblenz, who worked for the original company back in the 1980s and who's father worked there in previous decades.

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Phil Ramone, One of the Record Producing and Engineering Greats, Dead at 79
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 30, 2013  |  5 comments
Legendary record producer and engineer Phil Ramone passed away today at age 72.
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