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Music Matters' Somethin' Else   Is Somethin' Else!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 23, 2015  |  27 comments
While this much-loved Blue Note lists Adderley as the group leader, this pick-up session—recorded in 1958, just before Kind of Blue—sounds, for the most part, as if Miles Davis is in control and was labeled as an Adderley session due to contractual issues.

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CES 2015
Audionet PAM G2 MM/MC Phono Preamplifier Available With Multitude of Options
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2015  |  0 comments

The Audionet PAM G2 from Germany is a single input MM/MC phono preamplifier costing $10,100 but that's just for starters.

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News
Analogue Productions Releases First Wave of Beach Boys Albums
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2015  |  2 comments
Analogue Productions has released its first wave of mono and stereo Beach Boys albums.

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CES 2015
Hanss Acoustics T-60 Belt Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  8 comments
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CES 2015
Jonathan Monks Shows You the New Keith Monks Discovery One Mini Record Cleaning Machine
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  1 comments
Jonathan Monks gave me a "tour" of the new, limited edition Keith Monks Discovery One Mini record cleaning machine.

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CES 2015
Mobile Fidelity's Kind of Blue  Test Pressing Played at CES
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  18 comments
One of the most long awaited reissues will soon come from Mobile Fidelity. Selected room visitors had a chance to listen to a test pressing of one mastering of the legendary Kind of Blue most likely sourced from Mark Wilder's 1997 mix to analog tape from the 3 track safety copy.

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CES 2015
All Points Bulletin! Have You Seen This Turntable?
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  25 comments
The photo shows Clearaudio's top of the line $170,000 Statement turntable.

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CES 2015
Music Hall Demos New Soundsmith Designed Moving Magnet Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  4 comments
The news here is twofold: first, Music Hall will soon introduce a line of moving magnet cartridges designed by Soundsmith and second Soundsmith is manufacturing a line of moving magnet cartridges.

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CES 2015
Furutech Shows SK-III Version of Electrostatic Brush
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2015  |  2 comments
Furutech introduced at CES 2015 a MK III version of its effective de-stat brush made of goat hair and Corona discharge fibers. The new version features a Rhodium coated metal grounding sleeve that improves conductivity.

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Record Buying Tips
Deconstructing A Record Collection
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 15, 2015  |  30 comments
CES coverage will continue, but first this: the daughter of a west coast record producer who had amassed a large vinyl collection she'd inherited and wished to sell contacted me last year asking how best to do it.

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