Ortofon Factory Tour Celebrates Danish Company's 100th Anniversary

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Ortofon celebrated its 100th anniversary this past September 28th and 29th by inviting its worldwide sales and business partners to a two day event that combined a morning of "future tech" lectures and discussions with an afternoon tour of the company's Nakskov, Denmark headquarters.
The company invited Analogplanet editor Michael Fremer to witness the event and to participate by presenting a half hour PowerPoint presentation outlining where the vinyl market has been over the past 30 years, where it is today and where he expects it to be tomorrow.
This channel will soon present some of the video highlights of the Friday morning technology presentations but it won't include Fremer's PowerPoint presentation because the knucklehead forgot to turn on the video camera.
The PowerPoint presentation will be repeated elsewhere, recorded and presented here a short time from now. Meanwhile, enjoy the factory tour and read about the event in greater detail on the analogPlanet website
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  • @analoguecity3454
    @analoguecity34542 жыл бұрын

    Looking at this makes you truly respect and understand what these folks do! As a vinyl guy, I'm very happy these guys do what they do!

  • @BansheeFifteen
    @BansheeFifteen2 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed the video, thank you. I just purchased the 2m Blue (closer to what my pocket book could accept.) It is such a stunning reproduction of the sound. Thank You.

  • @thegood9
    @thegood95 жыл бұрын

    My a95 is the best Cartridge I've ever heard...so this was WONDERFUL! Thank you Michael!

  • @johnlynch6248
    @johnlynch62485 жыл бұрын

    I will never again feel bad about paying higher dollar for a great cart. These people at Ortofon are fantastic. Just something special about some ( not all, p......) European manufacturers. Treat their employees great. Rega is another great one. Thanks.

  • @cobar5334
    @cobar53342 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Such amazing precision and real people doing such skilled work

  • @valuevinyl110
    @valuevinyl1105 жыл бұрын

    WOW! I learned so much! It is great to see all this behind the scenes stuff!

  • @pitragroovemaster1262
    @pitragroovemaster12623 жыл бұрын

    I have always been a supporter and buyer of Ortofon ever since the Mc 30 came on the market.

  • @lupo631
    @lupo6312 жыл бұрын

    Absolute amazing! Thank you very much to take us with you. The video closed a lot of gaps I didn't understand how they produce the cartidges!

  • @mohankrishnasamy1456
    @mohankrishnasamy14563 жыл бұрын

    Support you.... Love you guys and ladies. Bless you all 🙏

  • @kerbyfab
    @kerbyfab5 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always enjoyed my Ortofon Cadenza Black cart. but I now have a new appreciation for the amount of care that goes into manufacturing these precision instruments. Initially it was hard for me to get over the sticker shock, but after seeing all of the steps involved and the equipment needed to produce these, I’m honestly surprised they can offer their carts. @ their current price points. Thanks for sharing!

  • @VinylRescue
    @VinylRescue5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great tour! I own a Ortofon MC-3 Turbo that I use in my needle-drops on my channel that I've had for about a year and half now. I love the sound and it's about the lowest price MC cart that has a nude fine line stylus for great detailed sound.

  • @The_910
    @The_9105 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thanks Mike.

  • @paulomontero12
    @paulomontero12 Жыл бұрын

    Love to see more of this kind of stuff. Great!

  • @vinylcity1599
    @vinylcity15995 жыл бұрын

    Man, I sure missed your video's Michael fremer, love to see inside these factories and work places! Thank you for the upload!

  • @Algabatz
    @Algabatz5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

  • @RightWing1
    @RightWing12 жыл бұрын

    At 13:56 the material looks great

  • @thehunterofdeath2180
    @thehunterofdeath21802 жыл бұрын

    The best cartridge needle out there 👍😎 thank you for DJ oh listing to your vinyl collection record

  • @Diatonic5th
    @Diatonic5th5 жыл бұрын

    Great video! It's really interesting to see the manufacturing side of audio. Thanks for posting.

  • @francochan
    @francochan2 жыл бұрын

    The nerd jokes made me smile. 😂

  • @musicislife2000
    @musicislife20003 жыл бұрын

    Dang the danish invented the stock market and now this?! Legendary

  • @cobrakill4636

    @cobrakill4636

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope. The Dutch started the stock market in Amsterdam

  • @musicislife2000

    @musicislife2000

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cobrakill4636 oh thats right it was the dutch gotcha thanks

  • @akyhne

    @akyhne

    5 ай бұрын

    A Dane invented the modern loudspeaker, though. Far more important, than the stock market 😊 And we have a large, proud list of HIFI speaker manufactures, like Dali, B&O, Dynaudio etc.

  • @BillyLapTop
    @BillyLapTop5 жыл бұрын

    A really excellent video! I love your wit, a four axis CNC made by the Axis. It is wonderful to see how dedicated they are to the quality of their products and how gracious they were to allow open access to their facility. Perhaps next time you visit the name will be on the door, not that it matters.

  • @SayUptown
    @SayUptown5 жыл бұрын

    The 2M Black is my favorite MMC, it wasn't the best mate with my SME V...I still miss it though.

  • @09hunterboy8
    @09hunterboy82 жыл бұрын

    wow

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    ya son los dos discos inteligentes

  • @MrSwedjen
    @MrSwedjen3 жыл бұрын

    Col. Rosa Klebb sighting @ 0:37 above cube wall.

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    que los ingenieros capten las ideas de las personas para futuras invenciones asi como hay conectores habidos y por aber

  • @skunk12
    @skunk124 жыл бұрын

    11:32 Ortofon Rep "Here we are making rubbers." Me: "Dont bother... I never use rubbers." 🤣😂😆

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    si logramos comunicarnos con el youtube lo podemos hacer y ya lo hicimos con el dvd

  • @Rancherinaz
    @Rancherinaz Жыл бұрын

    👍👍

  • @Bandit400VC
    @Bandit400VC5 жыл бұрын

    Nice Rubbers at 11:59 ;-)

  • @djbuoy
    @djbuoy3 жыл бұрын

    what is the first sample about sneaking into your room with records? would love to know where it's from

  • @MrSwedjen

    @MrSwedjen

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's either Michael impersonating Jerry Lewis or Jerry Lewis.

  • @johnsweda2999
    @johnsweda29995 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see the Diamonds being made it's one thing I've not seen anywhere! is it done by machine or by Human the facing, is it just grown into the shape or is it ground by hand? I'm assuming they buy them in they don't make the diamond styli themselves. There is probably one company making it for every manufacture and it does have a bearing what type of diamond is it, not all Diamonds are equal in they're composite, in turn will affect resonance, something you should ask in the future what grade of diamond they use. there shouldn't be an issue using alcohol to clean the stylus it is an epoxy glue and alcohol doesn't dissolve epoxy resin or synthetic resin. getting it on the enamel coating of the wire might be a problem is probably why they advise against it. what type of wire is the coil, does anybody use triangular wire? was it silver or copper wire they were using. I would have thought they would have used sorbothane rubber! in the suspension! what is known for its dampening properties acoustically instead of just plain old rubber don't want to pay the royalties maybe!! what is not so great acoustically. I would have thought it'd be better to inject some expanding open cell foam into the counter lever ends not sure if anybody does this. Can you do an experiment for me Michael, I might have asked I've asked so many people some people say they do it and never get back to me or they never reply. I think the 92 degree angle is wrong! should be set at 88 degrees, you are riding the style the same on 88° as 92° but I believe you will get better results less jitter between the surface of the record and the styli, intern more detail cleaner sound better blacks plus less where to the vinyl. the only issue is depends on the length of arm and type of cartridge you got that the back end maybe!! a bit close to the record surface. you will need to lower the tone arm at the back about 4 mm dependent on the length of arm and your need to increase the weight to its maximum maybe because gravity not in your favour, in turn has a benefit in itself creating less mass on the tonearm. Could you try out Michael and let me know what the results are thanks! try a sibilance test with a test record would be the best test a before and after.

  • @vinyljunkie07

    @vinyljunkie07

    5 жыл бұрын

    Some are grown and some are laser and machine cut. Namiki is (was?) one of the suppliers of diamond/cantilevers a lot of these brands used. When they stopped producing the born cantilever most manufacturers discontinued a lot of models pretty much confirming the source. I was told by Ortofon they source diamond from Switzerland and Japan. www.ad-na.com/en/product/jewel/product/record.html

  • @johnsweda2999

    @johnsweda2999

    5 жыл бұрын

    vinyljunkie07 thanks for the link I will check it out it looks interesting.

  • @julianchamberlain5399
    @julianchamberlain53992 жыл бұрын

    How do the hide the bass?

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    lo que escuche es que los dos discos son interactivos

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    soy ingeniero y los reciver tienen muchas entradas o fuentes el rca es analogo

  • @eugeniopizzorni
    @eugeniopizzorni4 жыл бұрын

    You LIKE MY JUBILEE 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    yo hice una prueba conecte un cd a un zonda en auxuliar y se escucho bien

  • @shaun9107
    @shaun91075 жыл бұрын

    Real Hi Fi I never new that robots made them That groove will always be " MAGIC " Digital is like a middle man , who needs it its spread too far Digital will not work without Analog platform sound wave , Digital is just an argument . Groove , Stylus & Speaker " MAGIC " Records & Tapes I still use them today ! always will be

  • @rlwings
    @rlwings5 жыл бұрын

    After perusing countless forums chalk-full of self-appointed experts, dogmatic opinion and ill-founded certainty, it sure is nice to watch people who actually know what they are doing going about the business of creating the products we 'seem to know' so much about. :)

  • @richardriley4415
    @richardriley44155 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. What was the guitar track near the end ?

  • @swordfish52

    @swordfish52

    5 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't come up on Shazam , Michael ...... Jimmy ...

  • @AnalogPlanet

    @AnalogPlanet

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lonnie Johnson but I don’t remember the tune. If you don’t know him you should!

  • @swordfish52

    @swordfish52

    5 жыл бұрын

    Great Wikipedia ...

  • @OLDSCHOOLNEVERDIES

    @OLDSCHOOLNEVERDIES

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AnalogPlanet WEST END BLUES played by some contemporary band

  • @geovannilucianomartinezban3518
    @geovannilucianomartinezban35188 ай бұрын

    dejen que el cliente elija entre cd o disco porque hay mucha produccion

  • @VIDSTORAGE
    @VIDSTORAGE Жыл бұрын

    When you see this audio equipment being made along with the complexity of it , the bitch factor about high price comes down a bit ....

  • @YPO6
    @YPO65 жыл бұрын

    Factory tours, annoying for the workers but interesting for the viewers.

  • @thegrimyeaper
    @thegrimyeaper5 жыл бұрын

    10:53 Is that the Pro-Ject boss man..?

  • @thegrimyeaper

    @thegrimyeaper

    5 жыл бұрын

    18:09 Never mind.

  • @djvartan
    @djvartan5 жыл бұрын

    Why didn't you express your negative feelings about their concord range?

  • @ProstorniAktivista
    @ProstorniAktivista4 жыл бұрын

    And excuse me why are they in the DARK?

  • @jeanphilogene9304
    @jeanphilogene93047 ай бұрын

    Bee you tee full

  • @KRich408
    @KRich4083 жыл бұрын

    Really cool video I was going to say the employees are getting distracted by the tourists and could make mistakes then I was the woman with the Long blue and gold finger nails 🙄🙄 she can't be very productive with those dagger's on her fingers! It's like the Wolverine trying to be a heart surgeon while his spikes are out.

  • @maynardewm

    @maynardewm

    Жыл бұрын

    You do get used to them after a while.

  • @AnalogPlanet
    @AnalogPlanet5 жыл бұрын

    The thumbs down is from my decade plus troll imbecile Carl Engebretsen. He’s fixated on me and hates vinyl but can’t stay away....

  • @kerbyfab

    @kerbyfab

    5 жыл бұрын

    Carl must lead a happy and fulfilled life.

  • @AnalogPlanet

    @AnalogPlanet

    5 жыл бұрын

    KerbyFab if I posted some of his rants you’d get sick....they’ve been coming for a decade...

  • @thegrimyeaper

    @thegrimyeaper

    5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if we had all his rants in book form... "Why Don't We Just Go Back To Rotary Phones?" by cengeb.

  • @AnalogPlanet

    @AnalogPlanet

    5 жыл бұрын

    thegrimyeaper here’s a full rant from Carl about Ortofon: Acompany that has been around for 100 years and only does $15 million is a failure!! Are you really stupid? 100 years of nothing, no growth, no expansion, that's called a FAILURE, no wonder you didn't finish college, you are a dope! Oh so your replacement is 12, you really are a dipstick! A 12 year old can do what you do!!! HAHAHAHAHA, and it took you how many years of writing imaginary sights and sounds, now THAT'S FUNNY .....WHANKER! Even SHURE dropped phono stuff, it's a dead industry, whanker. You probably think the old bag cell phones are ,making a comeback?

  • @thegrimyeaper

    @thegrimyeaper

    5 жыл бұрын

    WHANKER!!!!

  • @vcp93
    @vcp935 жыл бұрын

    Actually, if there were no women, there'd be no humans. But "technically" there might be no manufacturering as well. We'd never really know because we wouldn't exist. So there's that...

  • @AnalogPlanet

    @AnalogPlanet

    5 жыл бұрын

    Frank Black well yes. I realized the ridiculousness of what I said but left it in anyway!

  • @jaroslavpodval7460
    @jaroslavpodval7460 Жыл бұрын

    TESLA Litovel

  • @shazmanbound1496
    @shazmanbound14962 жыл бұрын

    I would be annoyed as all hell having tourists at the work place. I wouldn't be able to concentrate at all.

  • @chrishoumiller8338
    @chrishoumiller8338 Жыл бұрын

    Is it me, or does anyone else find find Michael Fremer a bit obnoxious?

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