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The
EMT 997 banana, no longer just for the EMT
studio turntables
NEW with standard
SME Mount or Ortofon “A” mount
Originally designed for
broadcast studios, the advantages of “long”
tone arms have not been a secret to lovers
of analog playback systems. Primarily they
have been used in conjunction with cutting
machines of Neumann and the big players
of EMT (R80 and 927) to scan the 45 cm (16")
records on their large platters. Samples
of those times include the SME 3012, Neumann
Z 25, Ortofon 297/309 and the EMT 997. The
first 3 of the mentioned arms are no longer
in production. Only a short while ago, SME
has removed the 3012 from their product
line. The SME 3012 had been produced for
almost 45 years.
Owing to Keith Aschenbrenner's
initiative and co-operation with former
EMT coworkers, as well as with today's EMT
Studiotechnik GmbH, the project of the re-establishment
of a long tone arm based on the EMT 997
("banana") was discussed and realized in
the winter 2005/06. The advisor for the
technical realization is the over 80-year
old tone arm specialist from EMT. The tone
arm is built today, based on original EMT
drawings and tools as it was done decades
back in Germany.
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Tonearm and accessories
are served in a protective wooden case
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Headshells and protractors
are available optionally
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A tone arm lift is
in preparation
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These tonearms give
the chance for a further use of cartridges
from the Ortofon’s SPU A range and of
course the ones from EMT and all other
standard mount cartridges
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Also available in
the original configuration for EMT "T"
mount cartridges.
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