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Analogplanet Visits Audio Research Corporation
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 18, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 18, 2016  |  37 comments
To prepare for a review in Stereophile of two pieces of the company's vacuum tube-based electronics, Analogplanet editor Michael Fremer visits Audio Research Corporation, in North Plymouth, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis.

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Analogplanet Visits Audio-Technica Headquarters, Machida, Japan
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 15, 2016  |  First Published: Jul 15, 2016  |  3 comments
Analogplanet recently visited Audio-Technica’s new Machida, Japan headquarters opened in 2015 to learn more about the fifty four year old company founded by the late Hideo Matsushita, and today run by his son company President Kazuo.

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AnalogPlanet Visits CH Precision in the Heart of Swiss Watch Making Country
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 30, 2019  |  First Published: Jun 30, 2019  |  18 comments
Following "Making Vinyl Berlin" and a week before "High End Munich 2019" AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer visited high performance Switzerland-based electronics manufacturer CH Precision (among others). This is the first posted video from that trip.

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Tokyo 2017
AnalogPlanet Visits Hana Cartridge Manufacturer Excel Sound Corporation (revised)
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 04, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 04, 2017  |  9 comments
Just before heading to Tokyo's Narita airport to go home, AnalogPlanet.com editor Michael Fremer stopped by at Excel Sound Corporation in Yokohama, which manufactures Hana brand cartridges as well as OEM-ing for many other brands.

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Tokyo 2017
AnalogPlanet Visits Japanese Optical Cartridge Manufacturer DS Audio
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 03, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 03, 2017  |  1 comments
After the Tokyo International Audio Show 2017 and just before heading for the airport to go home, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer visited two Japanese cartridge manufacturers. The first one was DS Audio, located in the Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa Prefecture about an hour from Tokyo.

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AnalogPlanet Visits Jerry Harvey Audio
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2016  |  First Published: Sep 30, 2016  |  2 comments
While headphones are not AnalogPlanet's "beat", when editor Michael Fremer found himself in Orlando, Florida to address the Barnes & Noble national manager's convention, at the invitation of company president Andy Regan—a Fremer friend for at least three decades—he visited Orlando based Jerry Harvey Audio.

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Analogplanet Visits London's Electric Mastering
Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2013  |  6 comments
After the Munich High End Show I went to the U.K. on some other business and while there paid a visit to Electric Mastering, the parent company of reissue label The Electric Recording Co.
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AnalogPlanet Visits Manley Laboratories
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 31, 2019  |  First Published: Jan 31, 2019  |  9 comments
In late December AnalogPlanet paid a long overdue visit to Manley Labs' Chino, California headquarters. "Long overdue" because the last visit was at least fifteen years ago—before you could record a factory tour in high-definition.

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AnalogPlanet Visits Ovation A/V in Indianapolis to Talk Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 12, 2017  |  First Published: Nov 12, 2017  |  3 comments
AnalogPlanet visits Ovation AV in Indianapolis to speak and play records for a large and appreciative audience. Here's a tour of a well-stocked store filled with affordable two channel audio and home theater. The event featured generous product giveaways on a scale rarely seen, including turntables and big screen televisions. Good show Ovation!

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AnalogPlanet Visits Rega Research Finale (Part 5)
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 18, 2017  |  First Published: Feb 18, 2017  |  26 comments
What goes into a Rega drive belt? What does Rega have planned for the new Planar 6? What about the Naiad— upcoming "ultimate Rega" turntable? What does it look like?

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