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You Should Buy a MM-Only Phono Preamp If You Are Using a MM Cartridge! At Least Based on These Results
Features, Phono Preamp Reviews, Vote
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 17, 2017  |  17 comments
First let's all agree that these short clip tests are useful and fun but must be taken as "for entertainment purposes only."

For those joining late, we twice asked the question "Should You Buy a MM-Only Phono Preamp If You Own a MM Cartridge"?, each time offering "blind listening" and voting. The first time was way back in May of 2017 where you could listen and vote for one of eight phono preamps, some MM-only and some MM/MC running in MM.

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"Baby's On Fire" LP vs. CD
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 11, 2016  |  46 comments
Compare an original forty three year old UK "pink rim" Island pressing of "Baby's On Fire" from "Here Come the Warm Jets" (ILPS 9268), Brian Eno's debut solo album, with the 2004 DSD remaster using the original tape played back on an Ampex ATR deck with custom ARIA electronics.
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"Listen" to SAT's Original Pickup Arm And Compare It to the new LM-09 and CF1-09
Analog Gear News, Features
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 13, 2018  |  41 comments
In a July 2nd story, we announced four new costly arms from SAT(Swedish Analog Technologies): two models each available in 9" and 12" versions. The least expensive of the four, the LM-09 was reviewed in the just shipped October, 2018 Stereophile.

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1996 "High End" Show Kempinksi Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 27, 2017  |  2 comments
You've seen videos here of the world's largest audio show, "High End" Munich. Back in the 1990s, the show, held in Frankfurt's Kempinski Hotel, more closely resembled a sleepy American affair—as this vintage video demonstrates. It was a very "German" show at the time, musically and otherwise, though even then you'll hear "Take Five" and "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall". Today's High End show is an international affair.

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25 Contemporary Jazz Titles Coming From Analogue Productions
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2015  |  34 comments
Analogue Productions recently announced the reissue of 25 titles from the musically rich and superbly recorded Contemporary Jazz catalogue.

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A Hearing Aid For You From Doppler Labs
Features
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 18, 2014  |  7 comments
The term "hearing aid" strikes terror into the hearts of audiophiles of all ages. Glasses? OK. But "hearing aid"? No one wants to admit to needing one so that's why you need a set of DUBS Acoustic Filters now.

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A Visit to Angie's Audio Corner In Toronto, Canada For The Store's Annual Party
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 23, 2018  |  2 comments
Angie's Audio Corner owner Angela Lisi throws an annual party for friends, customers, manufacturers and the press around the time of the summer solstice, this year to celebrate her store's 40th anniversary. She also runs a successful distribution business. There was live music and food trucks

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A Visit To Mill City Records, Hopkins, Minnesota
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Michael Fremer  |  May 01, 2016  |  15 comments
While visiting Audio Research in Minneapolis prepping for an upcoming Stereophile review my hosts took me to Mill City Records in nearby Hopkins. Wow!

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A Vocal Recording Comparison of the Technics SL-1200G and Continuum Caliburn (AIFF Links Now Included and now IDENTIFIED)
Features
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2017  |  67 comments
The outstanding and thoughtful responses to the SL-1200G/Continuum Caliburn comparison both here and on the YouTube channel prompted a second one using, as requested, a female vocal track. Unidentified 96/24 links now provided below YouTube widget.

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Amoeba Music, Hollywood: Take the Short Walking Tour
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Michael Fremer  |  Mar 16, 2014  |  30 comments
Permission granted to take a short walk through parts of Amoeba Music in Hollywood with the GoPro camera on my head.
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AnalogPlanet and Stereophile at EISA 2018, Antwerp, Belgium
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Michael Fremer  |  Aug 06, 2018  |  0 comments
EISA is the European Imaging and Sound Association. Founded more than 35 years ago by a few European magazine editors, it has since expanded to incorporate audio, video and home theater.

Each year, members (mostly magazine editors) from around Europe gather for four days of non-stop product demonstrations. Review samples sent later are tested and evaluated after which members vote. Winners get to put the blue EISA logo on their products. Perhaps you've seen it on something you've purchased.

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AnalogPlanet Tours L.A. Area Recording and Mastering Studios
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Michael Fremer  |  Mar 25, 2017  |  17 comments
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Analogplanet Tours Record Industry, Europe's Largest Record Pressing Plant
Features
Michael Fremer  |  May 26, 2013  |  11 comments
After visiting the U.K. after Munich's High End show, I flew to Amsterdam. Record Industry pressing plant owner Ton Vermuelen picked me up at the airport and drove me to the Haarlem-based pressing plant he owns.
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Analogplanet Visits London's Electric Mastering
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Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2013  |  7 comments
After the Munich High End Show I went to the U.K. on some other business and while there paid a visit to Electric Mastering, the parent company of reissue label The Electric Recording Co.
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AnalogPlanet Visits Rega Research Finale (Part 5)
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Michael Fremer  |  Feb 18, 2017  |  28 comments
What goes into a Rega drive belt? What does Rega have planned for the new Planar 6? What about the Naiad— upcoming "ultimate Rega" turntable? What does it look like?

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