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Ortofon 100 Year Anniversary Collectors Book
Ortofon 100 Year Anniversary Collectors Book
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This is a specially commissioned Hard Backed collectors book covering the Ortofon brand as they celebrate their 100th year anniversary. It's approximately the depth and height of an LP (and the width of an average boxset) meaning it can sit alongside your prized record collection.
From humble beginnings in 1918 as a small company that changed the way film systems integrated audio, up to the introduction of Ortofon Cutterheads and the iconic SPU cartridge in the mid-1900s, through to the Ortofon we know and love today, this book tracks it all. With fascinating archive material and a rich detailed story that shows the ups and downs of the world's leading pick-up cartridge company, the Ortofon Anniversary Book is a great way to get behind the scenes of your precious pick-up cartridge. This book truly marks a century of Accuracy in Sound.
Music historian Kevin Howlett has written this history of 100 years of Ortofon based on a firm foundation of exhaustive research in various archives and in-depth interviews with past and present employees from the 1970s until now.
An overview of the chapter contents follows:
CHAPTER ONE 1918-1945 ELECTRICAL SOUND • PETERSEN AND POULSEN • PATENT CASES
CHAPTER TWO 1946-1969 MICROGROOVE, HI-FI AND STEREO • FROM CINEMA TO GRAMOPHONE • HIGH FIDELITY • LIVING STEREO • MAKING THE CUT • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER THREE 1970-1982 ADVENTURES IN SOUND • TARGETING A NEW MARKET • THE MOVE TO NAKSKOV • MORE MAGNETIC DEVELOPMENT • SPEAKERS AND CUTTERHEADS • THE MC 30 AND THE DIRECT CUT TEST RECORD • THE GOLDEN EAR CLUB • A CLASSIC AMONG THE MOVING COILS • A DELUXE VERSION OF THE SPU • THE CONCORDE ARRIVES • PREPARING ORTOFON FOR THE 1980s • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER FOUR 1983-1994 TURBULENT TIMES • THE ARRIVAL OF DIGITAL SOUND • ANALOGUE VS DIGITAL • THE BATTLE FOR THE HIGH END • IMPROVING ON PERFECTION • HANG IN THERE! • DEVELOPING THE COMPANY INTO TWO BUSINESSES • A FACTORY IN THE USSR AND PROBLEMS IN THE USA • GROWTH IN THE SCAN MICRO BUSINESS • LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER FIVE 1995-2004 THE VINYL PRESERVATION ACADEMY • VINYL SURVIVAL • THE PRO-JECT CONNECTION • THE MOVING COIL ANNIVERSARY CARTRIDGES • OK COMPUTER • A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER SIX 2005-2018 STATE OF THE ART • A NEW CHAPTER • THE VINYL REVIVAL • THE SPU ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS • ORTOFON MICROTECH • A CENTURY OF DOING BUSINESS •
GOLDEN EAR RECORDS Throughout the book, there are overviews of Golden Ear records released during the last seven decades. Ortofon’s origination of the phrase ‘golden ear’ is described in detail in Chapter Three. In brief, when developing new models of cartridges, Ortofon engineers have always relied on particular albums to evaluate the potential of prototypes. Ortofon’s Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology, Leif Johannsen, and the author, Kevin Howlett, have made their Golden Ear choices based not only on the musical excellence and significance of each LP, but also the high quality of its sound. In addition to many well-known audiophile classics, there are some esoteric personal favourites in their selection. The number of Golden Ear titles was limited to 100 for this book. Of course, many more could have been highlighted.
Dimensions (approx):
Height 305mm
Depth 305mm
Width 23mm
From humble beginnings in 1918 as a small company that changed the way film systems integrated audio, up to the introduction of Ortofon Cutterheads and the iconic SPU cartridge in the mid-1900s, through to the Ortofon we know and love today, this book tracks it all. With fascinating archive material and a rich detailed story that shows the ups and downs of the world's leading pick-up cartridge company, the Ortofon Anniversary Book is a great way to get behind the scenes of your precious pick-up cartridge. This book truly marks a century of Accuracy in Sound.
Music historian Kevin Howlett has written this history of 100 years of Ortofon based on a firm foundation of exhaustive research in various archives and in-depth interviews with past and present employees from the 1970s until now.
An overview of the chapter contents follows:
CHAPTER ONE 1918-1945 ELECTRICAL SOUND • PETERSEN AND POULSEN • PATENT CASES
CHAPTER TWO 1946-1969 MICROGROOVE, HI-FI AND STEREO • FROM CINEMA TO GRAMOPHONE • HIGH FIDELITY • LIVING STEREO • MAKING THE CUT • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER THREE 1970-1982 ADVENTURES IN SOUND • TARGETING A NEW MARKET • THE MOVE TO NAKSKOV • MORE MAGNETIC DEVELOPMENT • SPEAKERS AND CUTTERHEADS • THE MC 30 AND THE DIRECT CUT TEST RECORD • THE GOLDEN EAR CLUB • A CLASSIC AMONG THE MOVING COILS • A DELUXE VERSION OF THE SPU • THE CONCORDE ARRIVES • PREPARING ORTOFON FOR THE 1980s • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER FOUR 1983-1994 TURBULENT TIMES • THE ARRIVAL OF DIGITAL SOUND • ANALOGUE VS DIGITAL • THE BATTLE FOR THE HIGH END • IMPROVING ON PERFECTION • HANG IN THERE! • DEVELOPING THE COMPANY INTO TWO BUSINESSES • A FACTORY IN THE USSR AND PROBLEMS IN THE USA • GROWTH IN THE SCAN MICRO BUSINESS • LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER FIVE 1995-2004 THE VINYL PRESERVATION ACADEMY • VINYL SURVIVAL • THE PRO-JECT CONNECTION • THE MOVING COIL ANNIVERSARY CARTRIDGES • OK COMPUTER • A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP • GOLDEN EAR RECORDS
CHAPTER SIX 2005-2018 STATE OF THE ART • A NEW CHAPTER • THE VINYL REVIVAL • THE SPU ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS • ORTOFON MICROTECH • A CENTURY OF DOING BUSINESS •
GOLDEN EAR RECORDS Throughout the book, there are overviews of Golden Ear records released during the last seven decades. Ortofon’s origination of the phrase ‘golden ear’ is described in detail in Chapter Three. In brief, when developing new models of cartridges, Ortofon engineers have always relied on particular albums to evaluate the potential of prototypes. Ortofon’s Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology, Leif Johannsen, and the author, Kevin Howlett, have made their Golden Ear choices based not only on the musical excellence and significance of each LP, but also the high quality of its sound. In addition to many well-known audiophile classics, there are some esoteric personal favourites in their selection. The number of Golden Ear titles was limited to 100 for this book. Of course, many more could have been highlighted.
Dimensions (approx):
Height 305mm
Depth 305mm
Width 23mm
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