Hans van Vliet writes: “Last month two original EMT 139st series stereo MC phono stages were in my workshop for some humble repair and refurbish so there were three generations together, from left to right…
1. EMT 139st # 8007 from 1963, one from the first series made by EMT from 1959 till 1963 and provided with de-emphasis characteristics for NARTB, RIAA and DIN.
2. EMT 139st b # 10177 from 1965, one from the second series made by EMT from 1963 till 1967 and provided with de-emphasis characteristics for NAB-RIAA-DIN 33/45, DIN 78, BBC and Flat.
3. EMT 139st b replica # 24.125 from 2024, made by me from 2006 till present, so 18 years already and much longer than EMT ever made them.”
