Interesting.
fwiw - The only bidder really in the going against the Scientologists for the Europadisk DMM lathes at the auction was in fact a Frenchman - so maybe the same person was able to locate one in Europe.
DMM lathes are kind of like the Rings of Tolkien - afaik there were only 12 made and they have been scattered to the far reaches of the earth as if they were ever in the same room together the Mastering Engineer who resided at this location would transform into the Dark Lord of Metal Mastering!!
In North America I believe:
* K-disc had one - this one was bought up by the Scientologists back in either the early or mid 90's and resides in their California based mastering studio
* Europadisk had two (one wasn't complete though) - these were sold to the Scientologists at the auction in September 2005 and also reside now in California
* Masterdisk had one that was converted to lacquer cutting sometime in either the late 90's or early this decade.
* I believe Sterling had one that was converted also.
In Europe afaik DMM lathes are still in use at:
* GZ in Czech Republic -
http://www.gzvinyl.com* Abbey Road in London -
http://www.abbeyroad.com/* The Exchange in London -
http://www.exchangemastering.co.uk/* Optimal in Germany -
http://www.optimal-online.deI believe the folks at Vinylium also had a DMM lathe that was not in working condition in storeage -
http://www.vinylium.chSo seems there are one or two "missing" based on that list. Anyone care to fill in the blanks?
Best regards,
Steve Berson