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European Audio Team (E.A.T.) began as an offshoot of the famed VAIC valve company in Slovakia. Following work in the VAIC factory starting the late 1990’s, founder Jozefina Lichtenegger (then Krahulcova) began E.A.T. At the time she worked closely with the Tesla tube company for OEM manufacturing where two years later she purchased their factory, all equipment and moved them an all new 300 square meter factory in Prague, Czech Republic. Today E.A.T. continues to manufacture what are arguably the finest KT88 and 300B valves available today as well as their famed Cool Dampers. 

In 2009 with husband Heinz Lichtenegger of Pro-Ject and Box Design fame, Jozefina launched her first turntable, the Forte, during Munich High End. As luck would have it, Kevin Wolff (Founder and President of VANA Ltd.) was there and helped set this first prototype up with the great Ikeda 12” tonearm and a reference VdH phono cartridge. 

The new Forte had many new features. Most obvious was a super high mass platter that rather than building it tall, the design actually moved the mass to the outer edge beyond the record edge thus effectively increasing the effects of this mass. To reduce bearing friction (noise), mounted in the underside of the platter and in top of the plinth were placed extremely large opposing magnets that lift or help support this large platter effectively reducing bearing pressure. Simply put, the platter gains speed stability afforded by a high mass platter while the magnets reduce the negative effects of this high mass. 

After the successful launch of the Forte in 2009 came the new smaller footprinted sibling the Forte-S in 2010 and then in 2012 the all new E-Flat. Interesting is the fact that the E-Flat was the first design produced by E.A.T., but due to technical evolution, it was the last of the three to be released. ...

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