Michael Fremer

Australia 2014
An Interview With Krix Loudspeakers' Donald MacKenzie
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 26, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 26, 2014  |  3 comments
Krix Loudspeakers set up shop two doors down from my hotel room. The name sounded interesting so I popped in. I met the company's National Consumer Products Manager Donald MacKenzie and decided to share with you the Krix Loudspeaker story.

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Australia 2014
It's Store! It's a Home! It's a Home and a Store!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 25, 2014  |  4 comments
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Rhino Announces Full Slate of RSD "Black Friday" Releases
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 25, 2014  |  30 comments
Rhino announced on October 24th an impressive lineup of RSD "Black Friday" 2014 vinyl releases including the MONO version of Iron Butterfly's classic Heavy album cut from analog tape on "heavy" 180g vinyl for $24.98.

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Legacy Recordings Announces RSD "Black Friday" 2014 Limited Edition Releases
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 25, 2014  |  3 comments
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Can I Have My Money Back?
A "Visit" to Dr. Mark Waldrep's Website "Real HD-audio.com"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 24, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 24, 2014  |  8 comments
A recent comment posted under the story "Anonymous Mastering Engineer's Take on The Beatles MONO Box Set" prompted me to check out a recent post by AIX's Dr. Mark Waldrep on his site real HD Audio. I've appropriated the site's logo without permission but I can't imagine he'd object to the publicity and if he does I will take it down.

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Bill Evans’ “ The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961” Coming From Concord Music Group
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 22, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 22, 2014  |  51 comments
This November 11th Concord Music Group will release a four 180g LP box set The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961”. As all fans of Waltz For Debby and Sunday at The Village Vanguard well know, the two LP’s worth of material were culled from afternoon and evening performances on Sunday June 25th 1961 and represented a heavily edited version of what transpired that eventful day—days before 25 year old bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident.

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Australia 2014
Where There's A TechDAS Air Force One Turntable There Must Be Other Good Stuff
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 19, 2014  |  1 comments
Vinyl simply wasn't a major event at this show, though it was there. When I noticed the Pure Music Group was demoing the TechDAS Air Force One turntable with the Thales Simplicity II tonearm I figured the room might have some other interesting analog gear.

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Australia 2014
Living Large With Osborn Grand Monument Reference Loudspeakers
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 19, 2014  |  3 comments
The "one man" Osborn Loudspeaker Company displayed only a small part of its 40 model range, including the top of the line Grand Monument Reference a very large monolith of a speaker weighing in at approximately 385 pounds each.

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Australia 2014
Australian Audio & AV Show Melbourne, Small But Lively and Well Attended
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 19, 2014  |  1 comments
The venue for the 3 day Australian Audio & AV Show was the stunning Intercontinental Melbourne The Rialto Hotel a former wool storage facility turned into a glass covered atrium with dual antique brick facades and gothic style glass windows facing and connected to one another via cross-bridges. An elegant ground floor restaurant is on the lower level.

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Australia 2014
Is Kyron Audio's Kronos the Best Sounding System You Will Ever Hear?
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 18, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 18, 2014  |  19 comments
Kyron Audio's Kronos system consisting of a pair of open baffle 3 way speakers and a dedicated amp/preamp in a single box is everything I can honestly say I hate about audio: the amplifiers are Class "D", the system uses DEQX™ digital room correction and there's enough processing going on here to befuddle a mainframe.

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