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Crosley To Open a Record Pressing Plant
Turntable manufacturer Crosley is set to announce the opening soon of a new pressing plant. No this is not an early April Fool's Day hoax.
Bulgaria Based THRAX Builds the Dohmann Helix 1 Turntable
Mark Dohmann designed the Helix 1 turntable in Australia. Frank Schroder designed the unique tone arm in Germany. Both are built by THRAX Audio in Sofia, Bulgaria. This video shows you why.
A Visit to the High Fidelity Record Store
Mike Hobson, one of the pioneers of the "vinyl resurgence" exited the reissue business a few years ago, selling Classic Records to Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds, Quality Record Pressings mogul Chad Kassem.
Fine Sounds Transforms Itself into World of McIntosh (WOM)
The Italian holding company Fine Sounds, which owns McIntosh, Audio Research Corporation, Sumiko and Wadia last fall announced a new name and marketing that puts all of the brands under one roof (literally) called "World of McIntosh".
Analogplanet's George Martin, Keith Emerson and Nana Vasconcelos Tribute Show Now Available For Streaming Here or on the WFDU.fm Website
Greats continue to die and analogplanet radio continues to pay tribute, though we'd prefer that these ongoing passings stop! Last week we lost George Martin and then came news that The Nice and ELP keyboard great Keith Emerson had committed suicide. How sad.
Analogplanet Visits Sterling Sound and Interviews Ryan K. Smith
Intervention Records' Shane Buettner was at Sterling Sound yesterday to oversee the mastering of Big Audio Dynamite's 1985 debut album This is Big Audio Dynamite. Buettner invited me over to watch. I asked if, assuming time permitted, I could interview Ryan K. Smith. When he said "yes", I drove right in.
Sir George Martin, Record Producer and Fifth Beatle Dead at 90
Newspapers, news services and online music publications retrieved from digital storage their long prepared George Martin obits and sadly ran them today. Analogplanet did not have one prepared and will not in haste write one today. Instead let's consider what Martin managed within and without The Beatles' legacy.
SOTA Moonbeam Turntable --- Nice Price and a Smooth Performer That's Easily Upgraded
SOTA is an American turntable brand founded circa 1980 by Dave Fletcher and Robert Becker in Berkeley California.The talented Spiral Groove turntable designer Allen Perkins worked for the company in the late 1980s.
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