The EMT 930st Professional Record Player was manufactured by EMT Wilhelm Franz AG of Germany between 1955 and 1983. The same company is still operating today as EMT Studiotechnik GmbH.
The EMT930 was conceived as a smaller version of the very high quality EMT 927 Professional Record Player which had appeared in 1950, and had been developed by EMT in co-operation with the German Broacasting Technology Institute.
The EMT 930st were not only turntable, but complete record playing systems, comprising turntable and drive system, tonearm, cartridge