Michael Fremer

Features
Eye on London's Gearbox Records
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 25, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 25, 2016  |  11 comments
This is a story you will like! About a decade ago former punk and jazz drummer Darrel Sheinman decided to start a new record label and release previously unreleased live recordings.

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Pro-Ject’s MM/MC Phono Box RS Is A Chronic Overachiever
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 23, 2016  |  32 comments
You might be skeptical about electronics products from a company best known for its mechanical ones but Pro-Ject’s extensive Box-Design electronics series has gotten rave reviews over the past few years. The company has assembled a skilled electronics team to design and build a full electronics line in both the analog and digital domains.

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News
Crosley To Open a Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 20, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 20, 2016  |  44 comments
Turntable manufacturer Crosley is set to announce the opening soon of a new pressing plant. No this is not an early April Fool's Day hoax.

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Analog Gear NewsNews
Bulgaria Based THRAX Builds the Döhmann Helix 1 Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 19, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 19, 2016  |  10 comments
Mark Döhmann designed the Helix 1 turntable in Australia. Frank Schröder designed the unique tone arm in Germany. Both are built by THRAX Audio in Sofia, Bulgaria. This video shows you why.

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News
A Visit to the High Fidelity Record Store
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 17, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 17, 2016  |  19 comments
Mike Hobson, one of the pioneers of the "vinyl resurgence" exited the reissue business a few years ago, selling Classic Records to Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds, Quality Record Pressings mogul Chad Kassem.

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News
Fine Sounds Transforms Itself into World of McIntosh (WOM)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 17, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 17, 2016  |  7 comments
The Italian holding company Fine Sounds, which owns McIntosh, Audio Research Corporation, Sumiko and Wadia last fall announced a new name and marketing that puts all of the brands under one roof (literally) called "World of McIntosh".

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet’s “George Martin, Keith Emerson and Nana Vasconcelos Tribute Show Now Available For Streaming Here or on the WFDU.fm Website
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 14, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 14, 2016  |  13 comments
Greats continue to die and analogplanet radio continues to pay tribute, though we’d prefer that these ongoing passings stop!

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Interviews
Analogplanet Visits Sterling Sound and Interviews Ryan K. Smith
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 09, 2016  |  26 comments
Intervention Records' Shane Buettner was at Sterling Sound yesterday to oversee the mastering of Big Audio Dynamite's 1985 debut album This is Big Audio Dynamite

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News
Sir George Martin, Record Producer and Fifth Beatle Dead at 90
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 09, 2016  |  17 comments
Newspapers, news services and online music publications retrieved from digital storage their long prepared George Martin obits and sadly ran them today.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet’s “Million Dollar Movie” OST Show Now Available For Streaming Here or on the WFDU.fm Website
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 07, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 07, 2016  |  3 comments
Today’s radio show is all about original soundtrack albums. The wide ranging musical choices includes westerns, science fiction, Blaxploitation and film classics beginning with Max Steiner’s “Gone With the Wind” produced as a suite by George Korngold, son of composer Eric Wolfgang Korngold.

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