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Audio-Technica ART 1000 Cartridge Designer Mitsuo Miyata Interviewed
Analog Gear News, News
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 15, 2016  |  2 comments
Analogplanet reported from Munich's High End 2016 show on Audio-Technics's "evolutionary" new ART1000 phono cartridge.

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McIntosh Debuts $2000 MP100 MM/MC Phono Preamp With Built In A/D Converter
Analog Gear News
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 29, 2016  |  17 comments
-- Sardinia, Italy July 29th, 2016: At the WOM (World of McIntosh) Convention, McIntosh introduced a new moderately priced $2000 remote controlled MM/MC Phono Preamplifier with built-in A/D converter.

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Edwards Audio Turntable Line Displayed at T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Analog Gear News, T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 05, 2016  |  3 comments
The extensive Edwards Audio turntable line uses some O.E.M. Rega parts plus many Edwards manufactures.

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Ortofon Introduces Two Lower Cost SPUs at Munich 2016
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  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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Bergmann Galder Turntable Company's First To Not Include Air Bearing Tone Arm
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 15, 2016  |  1 comments
Turntable designer/manufacturer Johnnie Bergmann gives analogplanet.com editor Michael Fremer a "tour" of the new Bergmann Galder turntable—his first without an arm (shown here with Dynavector arm).

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Kondo Debuts New GE-10 MM Phono Preamp At Munich HIgh End 2016
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 14, 2016  |  2 comments
Kondo introduced the GE-10, its first new phono preamplifier in many years.

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The Tone Tool Dereneville DTT-02 and Sprocket Turntable
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 13, 2016  |  7 comments
The Tone Tool Sprocket turntable was up and running on set-up day but the complex tangential tracker was still in the box.

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Completely Redesigned iPhono2 MM/MC Phono Preamplifier (Corrected)
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 12, 2016  |  7 comments
The original iPhono priced at $399 was an incredibly well-designed, versatile and fine sounding phono preamp.

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Kronos Adds D.C. Accumulator Power Option For Pro Turntable
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 10, 2016  |  4 comments
Designer Louis Desjardins explains the new D.C. accumulator power supply for the top of the line Pro turntable.

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Air Force One "Premium" is a Significant Upgrade, But it Comes at a Stiff Price
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 09, 2016  |  4 comments
Nishikawasan explains the significant upgrades to his Air Force One turntable that resulted in a new "Premium" version costing approximately $40,000 more than the standard $100,000 Air Force One (shown with SAT tone arm).

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Parade of New and Upgraded Turntables at High End Munich 2016
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 09, 2016  |  6 comments
See and hear described new and upgraded turntables from Thorens L'Art du Son, Mobile Fidelity, Thales, Landmesser Audio and Blackstone. A translating glitch leaves the impression that Blackstone's Pabst motors are new. They are new old stock, not newly manufactured ones.

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Reel-to-Reel is Real!
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2016  |  First Published: May 08, 2016  |  11 comments
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Miracord Turntables Return
Analog Gear News, Munich 2016
Michael Fremer  |  May 06, 2016  |  6 comments
ELAC celebrates 90 years by bringing back the storied Miracord brand (minus Benjamin).

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Soundsmith’s new Zephyr MIMC Star Cartridge: Luxury You Can Afford
Analog Gear News, Cartridge Reviews
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2016  |  26 comments
Soundsmith’s Peter Ledermann has been designing and building “fixed coil” cartridges for many years, beginning when he was asked by customers to “back engineer” a B&O design used in that company’s “plug in” cartridge tone arms.

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At AXPONA 2016 Channel D Introduces New Seta Supreme Battery Powered Phono Preamplifier
Analog Gear News, AXPONA 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2016  |  3 comments
Channel D, purveyor of Pure Vinyl vinyl ripping software (actually the program does far more) also manufactures a line of phono preamplifiers. At AXPONA 2016 Channel D introduced the Seta Supreme, the company's most ambitious and costly phono preamplifier.

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