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

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News
Ortofon Celebrates 100 Years
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2018  |  First Published: 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  |  First Published: 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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Munich 2014
Ortofon Introduces New Affordable Quintet Moving Coil Cartridge Lineup and More (Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  May 15, 2014  |  First Published: May 15, 2014  |  6 comments
Behind closed doors Ortofon's Leif Johannsen introduced me to the new Quintet moving coil cartridge lineup as well as other new products and an off the record look at some upcoming Ortofon projects.

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Analog Gear News
Ortofon Introduces New MC Verismo Moving Coil Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2021  |  First Published: Sep 30, 2021  |  5 comments
Ortofon today in a Facebook video announced a new moving coil cartridge called Verismo. I've had it here for a few days and tomorrow will post an exclusive video interview I conducted with Ortofon's Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology Leif Johannsen, who is responsible for the design.

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Analog Gear NewsMunich 2016
Ortofon Introduces Two Lower Cost SPUs at Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 17, 2016  |  First Published: May 17, 2016  |  4 comments
Ortofon's Leif Johannsen Shows us two new lower priced Ortofon SPU cartridges and a new step up transformer introduced at Munich High End 2016.

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CES 2015
Ortofon Launches A95 Moving Coil Cartridge (Corrected 1/12/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 08, 2015  |  First Published: 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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Ortofon Partners With PHONOCUT to Further Develop High Quality Home Vinyl Recording
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 28, 2021  |  First Published: 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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Cartridge Reviews
Ortofon Quintet Black Moving Coil Cartridge: Fast, Clean, Nimble and Detailed
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 01, 2014  |  First Published: Nov 01, 2014  |  36 comments
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Munich 2017
Ortofon Re-introduces "A Housing" SPU at High End Munich 2017
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2017  |  First Published: May 30, 2017  |  1 comments
After more than a decade's absence, this fall Ortofon will re-introduce its original "A housing" SPU. This will be of interest only to owners of certain older style vintage arms designed specifically for this "short" housing SPU.

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