Michael Fremer

Album Reviews
Brothers In Arms  at 45rpm From Mobile Fidelity (updated 3/7/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2015  |  61 comments
Born out of desperation (hence the name), with the release of its eponymous debut album containing "Sultans of Swing", Dire Straits was an instant commercial success. Cynics at the time said the tune made Dylan safe for average folks. The album was eventually certified double platinum.

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Analog to Digital Converter Shootout: Which Sounds Best? (All Files Now Corrected and Available)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 05, 2015  |  76 comments
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News
"Garage Sale" Find Has QRP Adding 13 Additional Record Presses! (Now Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2015  |  First Published: Mar 02, 2015  |  57 comments
Quality Record Pressing (QRP) announced today that thirteen additional presses will soon go online at its Salina, Kansas facility after discovering them recently lying dormant in a Chicago warehouse.

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Album Reviews
Electric Recording Company Unleashes Mighty Mahler's 9th Symphony
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 25, 2015  |  36 comments
If you think audio reviewers can be grouchy, search opinions of this performance of Mahler's 9th Symphony, his final complete work before passing away at age 51.

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Can I Have My Money Back?
"You Say Turntable Sales Are Up....There Are No Statistics To Back This Up" (Corrected 3/2/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 24, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 24, 2015  |  13 comments
It was twenty years ago, but not today. Close enough though. I was rummaging through some old files when I came upon a letter I'd received from Gary Shapiro, who is now President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, the group that among other things, runs the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Record Buying Tips
Buying Used Records? A Cautionary Tale!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 22, 2015  |  51 comments
After reading analogplanet's Bruce Springsteen box set coverage a well-known audio designer excitedly came up to me at last December's L.A. and Orange County Audiophile Society Gala.

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Album Reviews
Alvin Brothers Unlock Key to Big Bill Broonzy
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2015  |  6 comments
What can these two tow headed little brothers pictured on the cover know about Big Bill Broonzy? Obviously plenty as you'll hear on this inspired collaboration—the Alvin brothers' first together in almost thirty years.

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Analog Gear News
Onkyo Re-Enters the Turntable Market With a Direct Drive Model (Facts Added)
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 22, 2015  |  8 comments
A reader in Europe sent a link to a European Onkyo site.
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Album Reviews
Dylan and The Band's The Basement Tapes Raw  Presents The Authentic Document
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 21, 2015  |  7 comments
The further you get in time from this story the more focused, three-dimensional and confounding it becomes. How deep do you want to dig and how far down have you already dug?

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News
Mark Knopler Cuts a New Song to Analog Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 20, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 20, 2015  |  36 comments
A reader forwarded a new video showing Mark Knopfler, who had recorded his share of albums digitally, back in the studio recording to analog tape using tube compressors to achieve the desired sound based on sound not necessarily the latest technology.
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