Michael Fremer

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Gearbox Develops Kickstarter Funded Innovative Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 03, 2017  |  First Published: Jan 03, 2017  |  29 comments
Gearbox Records, best known as a mastering studio equipped with a vintage tube-based cutting system, announces an innovative new turntable with built-in vacuum tube-based phono preamp and auto-Bluetooth streaming.

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Album Reviews
"The Ultimate Roy Orbison" All Your Roy On Two LPs?
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 29, 2016  |  14 comments
This is the first Roy Orbison collection that includes material from all of Roy's excellent recorded adventures. There are twenty six tunes in all, culled from Sun, Monument, MGM, Virgin and The Traveling Wilburys.

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Features
Dave Wilson's WAMM Master Chronosonic Loudspeaker Reaches For The Heavens
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 28, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 28, 2016  |  16 comments
My visit to Wilson Audio Specialties in Provo, Utah this past December 13th to hear Dave Wilson's just announced WAMM Master Chronosonic Loudspeaker took a quick detour to the factory, where I was given an unexpected official tour by Wilson's Director of Marketing, John Giolas.

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FeaturesRecord Handling and Storage Tips
Tony's Woodshop Record Racks Reviewed
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 27, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 27, 2016  |  8 comments
After receiving a tip and covering the modular, stackable and reasonably priced record storage racks from Tony's Woodshop I bit and bought a dozen.

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Turntable Reviews
The Fluance RT81 High Fidelity Vinyl Turntable Record Player
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 26, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 26, 2016  |  10 comments
Canada-based Fluance is an eighteen year old loudspeaker manufacturer specializing in home theater systems. The company’s speakers have a luxurious look that belies their reasonable prices.

I’ve not heard any of them but the reviews are positive in sister publications Sound & Vision and Innerfidelity.

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RMAF 2016
How to Read Between the Lines In High-End Audio Advertising
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 26, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 26, 2016  |  8 comments
The Rocky Mountain Audio Festival recently posted to YouTube this video of a panel discussion in which analogPlanet editor Michael Fremer participated. Check it out.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
The Berlin Philharmonic's Direct-To-Disc Brahms Symphonic Cycle Conducted By Sir Simon Rattle
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 23, 2016  |  21 comments
The just released (November 18, 2016) six LP box set of the four Brahms symphonies recorded direct-to-disc performed by Sir Simon Rattle and The Berlin Philharmonic before a live Philharmonie audience is as meticulously produced and presented as its existence is unlikely.

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Analog Gear NewsNews
Furnace Record Pressing Tests One of Ten Rebuilt Toolex Presses Soon to Go "Live"!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 20, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 20, 2016  |  1 comments
Do you need to see more pressing plants go online to be convinced that the vinyl resurgence is surging? How about this: Furnace Record Pressing in Fairfax Virginia will soon go "live" with ten fully rebuilt Toolex Alpha presses.

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Analog Gear News
New Line of Record Care Accessories From Vinyl Styl
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 20, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 20, 2016  |  6 comments
The Vinyl Styl line of record care accessories distributed by Alliance is a throwback to the days when you'd find many of these items at the check-out counter of your favorite record store.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "Christmas 2016" Show Streams Now!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2016  |  First Published: Dec 19, 2016  |  12 comments
Please enjoy this AnalogPlanet Radio Christmas show from 2016. It contains some very familiar and many unfamiliar (to most listeners) secular Christmas songs (and one Hanukah song).

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