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RIP Bruce Lundvall, Resurrected Blue Note Records
Michael Fremer  |  May 21, 2015  |  First Published: May 21, 2015  |  5 comments
Record business veteran and jazz fan Bruce Lundvall passed away Tuesday, May 19th at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

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Can I Have My Money Back?
My 'Late Night With David Letterman' "Appearance"
Michael Fremer  |  May 20, 2015  |  First Published: May 20, 2015  |  9 comments
Back in 1994 my voice made a "guest appearance" on "Late Night With David Letterman". It was a running gag throughout the show. Tonight is the last show so now's the time to tell the story.

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Munich 2015
Tour the Clearaudio Booth at High End Munich 2015
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2015  |  First Published: May 19, 2015  |  4 comments
Germany-based Clearaudio displays bi-annually at High End Munich. Last year was their "off" year.

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Munich 2015
Pro-Ject's Primary Turntable Takes the Company "Full-Circle"
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2015  |  First Published: May 19, 2015  |  7 comments
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Munich 2015
A New Thread-Type Record Cleaning Machine From Pristine Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2015  |  First Published: May 19, 2015  |  2 comments
U.K. based Pristine Vinyl introduced at High End Munich 2015 a new take on the old thread-type vacuum cleaner.

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Munich 2015
Vertere Acoustics Turntable Line Demoed by Designer Touraj Moghaddam
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2015  |  First Published: May 19, 2015  |  2 comments
Like T.H.E. Show at The Flamingo Hotel during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, High End Munich has a parasitic "outboard" show, this year held at the Marriott. I went there specifically to visit Touraj Moghaddam and check out his Vertere line of turntables and especially his reference $20K+ pick-up arm.
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Munich 2015
Perpetuum Ebner Spins Again
Michael Fremer  |  May 18, 2015  |  First Published: May 18, 2015  |  3 comments
During the 1960s, Dual, Elac/Benjamin-Miracord and Perpetuum Exner were Germany's leading turntable manufacturers and the brands best known to Americans. PE was probably the least well-distributed and more exotic of the three.

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Munich 2015
Inside Octave's Phono Module Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  May 17, 2015  |  First Published: May 17, 2015  |  0 comments
Thomas Brieger, Octave's Director of Sales and Marketing and Octave's owner Andreas Hofmann, take us inside the Octave Phono Module Phono Preamplifier.

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Munich 2015
The Physical Emotions Caeles Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  May 17, 2015  |  First Published: May 17, 2015  |  7 comments
The Physical Emotions Caeles turntable is certainly likely to rouse the emotions from "wow" to "WTF" and "is he kidding"?

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Munich 2015
Pro-Ject Introduces World's First Mentholated Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2015  |  First Published: May 16, 2015  |  11 comments
Figured that would get your attention. Only joking.

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