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September Opening For Citizen Vinyl, North Carolina's First Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 20, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020 (Asheville, NC) - A full circle revival is underway for Asheville, NC’s Citizen-Times building. Once home to the daily paper’s printing facility and offices, the historic site will soon be unveiled with a new identity as a boutique vinyl pressing plant, record store and bar/cafe (and a new name):Citizen Vinyl. Founded by veteran music producer Gar Ragland and supported by a dream team of industry professionals and craftsmen, Citizen Vinyl is slated to become North Carolina’s first on site pressing plant, though its mission goes beyond just manufacturing great quality records.

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Shinola Launches New Runwell Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 25, 2016
Last Monday, November 21st, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer along with a few other journalists visited Shinola headquarters in Detroit.
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Show Time! Saturday, Day Three Bangkok Hi-End Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2015
Day one was reasonably well-attended with mostly what appeared to be "high rollers"—either retired or taking a day off to visit the show.

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Shows on Both Sides of "The Pond" This Weekend!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 08, 2018
Audio shows happen this weekend in England and America.

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Shure Exits the Phono Cartridge Business
Michael Fremer  |  May 01, 2018
Shure Statement Regarding the Discontinuation of Phono Products

For more than 90 years, Shure has been committed to manufacturing and delivering products of the highest quality, reliability, and value. This commitment requires consistency in materials, processes, and testing, as well the capacity to react to fluctuations in demand.

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Siegfried Linkwitz RIP
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 12, 2018
Sad to report the passing of legendary loudspeaker designer/innovator Siefried Linkwitz. Mr. Linkwitz had been suffering with prostate cancer for some time and had been receiving home hospice care.

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Sim Audio's Costa Koulisakis Gives Us a "Tour" of the Moon 888 Monoblock Amplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 18, 2018
What's inside a monoblock amplifier that costs $120,000 a pair? Sim Audio's Vice President-Customer Experience and part owner of the company (he's been there for 18 years) Costa Koulisakis removes the cast top cover and gives us a tour.

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Simon Yorke Introduces a 45rpm-only Record Player!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2014
Turntable manufacturer Simon Yorke just announced the limited edition S45 record player designed exclusively to play 45s and only 45s.
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Sir George Martin, Record Producer and Fifth Beatle Dead at 90
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2016
Newspapers, news services and online music publications retrieved from digital storage their long prepared George Martin obits and sadly ran them today.

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Sister Publication Sound&Vision's Great ATMP Feature is Definitely Worth Reading
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 11, 2021
AnalogPlanet's "sister publication" Sound&Vision the other day published "The Making of All Things Must Pass" a comprehensive feature by Matt Hurwitz complete with outstanding studio and other photos.

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Site Update: Note To Our Readers
Jon Iverson  |  May 02, 2014

We've updated our site platform this weekend and changed a few things.

Log in to the site is now located at the right end of the nav bar at top.

We apologize that any comments that you might have added this weekend have been lost. There are still a few minor issues we are fixing, so please bear with us.

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SkyFi Audio Claims to Have the "Largest Collection of Vintage Audio Equipment on the East Coast"!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2020
SkyFi Audio, located in Glen Rock, New Jersey invites you to the grand opening of their new showroom Thursday February 27th from 5PM-8PM. The address is 479 South Broad Street. So if you are in Northern, New Jersey, it's close by! Please be sure to RSVP. I'll surely be there. Hope to see you.
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SME Exits the OEM and Retail Tone Arm Business
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 04, 2019
SME press release (December 3):

SME will exit the tonearm retail and OEM business with immediate effect shifting our focus on our core turntable and tonearm combination business. The decision to leave the tonearm business was not taken lightly, especially as we have played a key role in the design and development of the world’s best tonearms. The growth of our turntable business and commitment to higher production levels means that we cannot continue both streams.

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SME Importer Bluebird Music Reduces Prices on All SME Turntables and Tonearms
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2018
North American SME importer Bluebird Music recently announced "significant" across the board price reductions on all SME products, effective November 23, 2018.

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SME Limited Acquires Legendary Turntable Manufacturer Garrard Audio
Michael Fremer  |  May 01, 2018
SME Limited announced today that it had acquired Garrard from Gradiente Electronics of Brazil, which in 1979 had acquired the brand name. In addition, SME announced it had acquired Loricraft Audio founded by Terry O'Sullivan who set up shop in Lambourn, West Berkshire close to Garrard's original Swindon manufacturing site.

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