Did you win that Audio-Technica AT95E cartridge in our recent cartridge comparison sweepstakes? Or maybe you won the Grado Prestige Gold 1?
No you didn't. These guys did.
Dennis H. of Allen, Texas (left) has been a fan of AnalogPlanet since its inception, and before that, he read Mikey's MusicAngle. His college-bound sound-loving son recently announced his revelation that vinyl sounds better than CDs. Dennis will give his son the AT95E.
Jeffrey G., affectionately known by the username Glotz, won the Grado cartridge. Here's a picture of the cartridge waiting to be installed on his VPI HW-19. Classic setup!
Back in July, Analog Planet held our biggest sweepstakes yet. We randomly selected twenty-five individual winners and sent each a carefully packed LP of Rumer’s Boys Don’t Cry. When Mikey reviewed this album, he was, "enthralled from beginning to end.” Did our winners feel the same?
Music lover and Ohio State fanatic Bruce Deerhake of Dayton, Ohio snagged some Aerosmith reissues he's been eyeing from afar with a Soundstage Direct gift certificate he won in an AnalogPlanet.com sweepstakes.
Register to win one of 25 Boys Don't Cry by Rumer LPs (MSRP $24.98 each) we are giving away.
According to the press:
“We seem to be, in England, capable of bringing these singers out like Adele, Duffy, and Amy Winehouse and Now Rumer. People with extraordinary voices. They don’t come along that often and then you get one that comes along like Rumer’s. Just extraordinary, a beautiful voice. She’s going to be a huge star.” – Sir Elton John
"It sounds awesome," says Matt G, the winner of the Ortofon 2M Black Phono Cartridge Sweepstakes from Music Direct. Another audiophile from North Carolina, the state which has dominated these Home Tech Network Sweepstakes.
Register to win a Ortofon DS-1 Stylus Force Gauge from Needle Doctor (MSRP $159.00) we are giving away.
According to the company:
The DS-1 is manufactured in Japan, and is among the most accurate stylus force gauges available today. Offering a reading up to 0.1, the DS-1 allows the user to carefully dial in the designated tracking force for any phono cartridge. Safe to use with either MM or MC type cartridges, the DS-1 is as versatile as it comes.
Raising your kids right requires teaching them good habits at a young age. On their path to adulthood, they learn the importance of routine and instill those good habits that just grazed over their heads in their younger years. It seems John R. Comstock of Loxley, Alabama is doing it right.
Register to win an Ortofon 2M Black Phono Cartridge from Music Direct (MSRP $720.00) we are giving away.
From Music Direct:
Music Direct is happy to offer a brand-new Ortofon 2M Black for one lucky subscriber to Michael Fremer’s Analog Planet. The flagship of the 2M line, the Black is absolutely one of the finest Moving Magnet cartridges ever built. The 2M Black has Ortofon’ s best Shibata stylus, which is usually found on much more expensive cartridges. It’s fast, dynamic, extremely well-detailed, yet supremely musical. A Music Direct best-seller, this $720 cartridge digs deep down into the grooves, playing parts of the groove no other stylus has ever reached. Good luck to all of you.
Register to win a Spin-Clean Complete Record Washer System Mk2 from Music Direct (MSRP $125.00) we are giving away.
According to Music Direct:
"Music Direct is proud to offer the Analog Planet readers a chance to win one of the best-value record cleaning systems ever devised. In fact, the Spin-Clean is the most effective and least expensive record cleaning kit Music Direct has ever offered. "
Mark Pagan of Baltimore, Maryland is the official Analog Planet winner in our V-Moda M-80 headphone sweepstakes. While his son has had most of the pleasure of enjoying these fashionable ‘phones, Pagan now looks forward to spending time some alone time with the M-80s. Congratulations Mark and thank you for participating!
Register to win a set of V-Moda M-80 Headphones (MSRP $230) we are giving away.
"Masterfully tuned by a legion of legendary musicians, producers and DJs, M-80 packs unique materials, professional acoustics, natural noise isolation, ultimate ergonomics and military-level ruggedness into a design 53% smaller than its now legendary, over-ear sibling, Crossfade LP."
Thom Osburn, a record store owner living in of Norcross, Georgia, is the lucky winner of the deluxe holiday sweepstakes package sent by Music Direct. For Thom, this was surely a holiday to remember.