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RMAF 2016

Sugden PA-4 MM/MC Phono Preamp Imported By Tone Audio

Michael Fremer | Oct 11, 2016 | First Published: Oct 11, 2016 | 2 comments

U.K. based Sugden Audio has been in business for almost fifty years. The company once had a strong American presence but for some reason that eventually faded. Tone Audio now imports to America Sudden's new PA-4 phono preamplifier.

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Analog Gear News

Sumiko and Pro-Ject USA Launch New Budget-Priced E1 Series Turntables Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> May 03, 2022 | First Published: May 03, 2022 | 17 comments

MISTELBACH, AUSTRIA (May 3, 2022) - Sumiko and Pro-Ject USA today announced the new E1 budget-priced turntable line designed and produced in Europe. The E1 turntable is available in three versions: the E1 ($349) the E1 SB with with built in switchable phono preamplifier ($399) and the E1 BT ($499) featuring both built-in switchable phono preamp and a Bluetooth wireless transmitter to connect wirelessly to soundbars and powered speakers.

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Sumiko and SOTA Founder David Fletcher R.I.P. Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Feb 18, 2021 | First Published: Feb 18, 2021 | 45 comments

SOTA turntable co-founder David Fletcher recently passed away at age 81. The experimental physicist left the U.C. Berkeley Particle Lab to be his own boss. In 1972 he co-founded Sumiko. Both companies remain in business though Fletcher long ago sold his shares.

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Sumiko Debuts Wellfleet Moving Magnet Cartridge Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Feb 14, 2022 | First Published: Feb 14, 2022 | 8 comments

Sumiko today debuted the Wellfleet, a new high performance moving magnet cartridge featuring a nude elliptical stylus.

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Cartridge Reviews

Sumiko Triple Play: Three New Cartridges—Blue Point No 3 Low and High Output and Celebration 40 Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Nov 18, 2021 | First Published: Nov 18, 2021 | 11 comments

Sumiko, celebrating its 40th year, recently introduced to its extensive lineup three new cartridges. Two are in the company’s Oyster line: the Blue Point 3—low and high output versions priced at $499 clams, and a new Reference Line Celebration 40 priced at $2799.

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RMAF 2016

Sumiko's Smart Pro-Ject Turntable Mix at RMAF 2016 Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Oct 10, 2016 | First Published: Oct 10, 2016 | 2 comments

Sumiko could fill more than a few hotel rooms with all of the Pro-Ject turntables in the company's extensive line that it imports to America, but chose instead to pare it down to a smart few in its own room (other models where sprinkled throughout the show).

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Cartridge Reviews

Sumiko's Songbird is a New, Moderately Priced High Output Moving Coil Cartridge Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jun 20, 2019 | First Published: Jun 20, 2019 | 20 comments

Any resemblance between Sumiko’s $899 “Songbird” high output moving coil cartridge and the rest of the Reference line’s “bird” cartridges—the $1249 Blackbird (available in both low and high output versions) and the new $1899 “open architecture” flagship Starling is strictly intentional. Sumiko has been in the cartridge business for decades and these are all made in the same reliably high-quality factory that I visited a few years ago.

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Can I Have My Money Back?

Summer of 2008 TV Show Appearance Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jun 10, 2015 | First Published: Jun 10, 2015 | 7 comments

Back in 2008 I was invited to appear on an now-defunct "tech" cable TV show.

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Album Reviews

Sumptous Packaging and Sound Highlight Latest From Mr. Oberst Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Aug 01, 2007 | 0 comments

Smartly arranged and orchestrated, nicely recorded and beautifully packaged, Bright Eyes’s latest double LP set is a wistful set that begins oddly but effectively with a denouement of a song about the encroaching pincer forces of corporate, military and religious aggressors (“If you think that God is keeping score, hooray!”)

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Sundazed and Experience Hendrix Partner to Issue 7" 45 RPM Hendrix Singles

Michael Fremer | Jan 22, 2012 | 0 comments

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