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Optimal Media Factory Tour
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 29, 2019  |  7 comments
This is the final video from AnalogPlanet's Spring 2019 European "factory tour" trip that began after "Making Vinyl" Berlin. It began in Geneva, Switzerland with the CH Precision tour, followed by darTZeel and Hi Fiction (Thales) and then it was on to GZ Media in the Czech Republic, followed by this Optimal tour, which took place the day before the beginning of Munich Hi-End 2019. Thanks to Optimal Media Sales Manager Andreas Kohl who picked me up in Berlin and drove me the two plus hours to Optimal and then back to Berlin.

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Ortofon Launches A95 Moving Coil Cartridge (Corrected 1/12/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 08, 2015  |  13 comments
Ortofon launched at CES the long awaited A95 moving coil cartridge, which replaces the discontinued A90—among the most special phono cartridges (both sonically and technically) produced over the last decade.
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Pass Labs Delivers New xS "State-of-the-Art" Moving Coil Phono Preamplifier (Video Enhanced!)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  1 comments
Five years after introducing the XP-25 phono preamplifier, Pass Labs's phono preamplifier designer Wayne Colburn debuted the new xS.

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PBN Updates Denon Direct Drive Turntables
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  6 comments
While PBN still offers its curvaceous version of VPI's Classic Direct Drive turntable, designer Peter Noerbaek's current obsession is buying up vintage Denon DP-2000, 3000, 6000 and 80 direct drive turntables and completely rebuilding them.

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Rega's New RP10 Turntable Replaces Discontinued P9
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  12 comments
Rega's current "top of the line" RP10 features the RP8's "skeletal" frame but ups just about everything else. It features a ceramic platter similar to the P9's as well as an aluminum alloy sub-platter and pulley, a new iteration of Rega's venerable cast tonearm and an upgraded power supply that allows for speed adjustment.

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Spiral Groove Introduces New Revolution Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  3 comments
Allen Perkins, one of analog audio's most talented designers, walked me through a second generation prototype of the new Spiral Groove Revolution turntable that he says represents, with but a few minor changes, the production version that will soon be in production and for sale.

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This $430 Electric Recording Company Record Mesmerized Listeners at CES 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2016  |  29 comments
I brought to CES 2016 this £300 Electric Recording Company reissue of Recital Magda Tagliaferro because as well as sharing the experience with friends and colleagues I wanted to watch their reactions to it.

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Thorens' New Entry Level TD 203 Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  5 comments
Thorens introduces a new entry level turntable.

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Triangle ART Introduces Apollo MC Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 08, 2015  |  1 comments
Southern California based turntable and cartridge manufacturer Triangle ART introduced at CES the new Apollo moving coil phono cartridge. It's a follow-up to last year's $3995 Zeus currently under review here.

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Vana Ltd. Now Distributes E.A.T. Line of Turntables and Electronics
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  7 comments
Vana Ltd. now distributes the E.A.T. (European Audio Team) turntables and electronics. The company was founded more than ten years ago by Jozefina Krahulcova (now Lichtenegger) to produce and distribute vacuum tubes.
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