Michael Fremer

Munich 2014
AMG Introduces Battery Powered Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  May 18, 2014  |  First Published: May 18, 2014  |  0 comments
AMG introduced $5000 battery powered phono preamplifier at HE 2014 with circuit designed by Michael Yee featuring both RCA and XLR inputs.
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Munich 2014
AMG Adds To Line Lower Priced Giro Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  May 18, 2014  |  First Published: May 18, 2014  |  1 comments
Turntable and tonearm manufacturer AMG debuted the $9,900 Giro turntable, which comes complete with 9" AMG 9W2 tonearm
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Munich High End 2014 — This Photo Says It All (Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  May 17, 2014  |  First Published: May 17, 2014  |  8 comments
Days of posting will be required to provide for you all of the analog news at Munich's High End Show this year. There's so much to report both with still photos and videos.
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Munich 2014
Famous Swiss Tape Recorder Brand To Re-introduce Reel-to-Reel Analog Recorder! (NOT)
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2014  |  First Published: May 16, 2014  |  26 comments
Sorry but this was all a rumor. At High End Munich 2015 the company (guess which?) said it was just a rumor and that it was "a digital world"_Ed.

Not allowed to divulge the brand name but a famous Swiss company renowned for its pro audio and semi-pro reel to reel tape decks will begin again next year manufacturing a reel-to-reel tape deck!

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Durand Adds Lower-Priced Kairos Tonearm to Line Plus Composite Telos
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2014  |  First Published: May 16, 2014  |  0 comments
Durand added the new lower priced Kairos to its line of unipivot arms.
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KLAUDIO Intros "Record Changer" For KD-CLN-LP200 Ultrasonic Record Cleaning Machine (Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2014  |  First Published: May 16, 2014  |  5 comments
South Korea based KLAUDIO (as in "Claudio" not "KL Audio") demoed a new add-on "record changer" mechanism for its KD-CLN-LP200 ultrasonic cleaning machine.
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Pro-Ject Upgrades RPM Line With New Tonearm and Other Refinements (Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  May 15, 2014  |  First Published: May 15, 2014  |  7 comments
Pro-Ject introduced its new, upgraded RPM line of turntables at Munich's High End Show. The RPM 1 now features a new carbon fiber over aluminum arm tube as well as a new magnetic repulsion anti-skating system. The price will go up some but the exact price has yet to be announced.

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Ortofon Introduces New Affordable Quintet Moving Coil Cartridge Lineup and More (Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  May 15, 2014  |  First Published: May 15, 2014  |  6 comments
Behind closed doors Ortofon's Leif Johannsen introduced me to the new Quintet moving coil cartridge lineup as well as other new products and an off the record look at some upcoming Ortofon projects.

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Album Reviews
Kathleen Grace's Kickstarter Funded No Place To Fall Shows The Money
Michael Fremer  |  May 14, 2014  |  4 comments
Billed in the blurb accompanying this modestly packaged LP as a new album by an up and coming jazz singer crossing over to classic country after being turned on to Leonard Cohen by Nancy Wilson (the jazz singer not half of Heart) and later falling under the influence of Dolly, Kitty and John Prine, once you hear some of the readily available downloadable tracks from this just released set you'll be hearing another strong influence not cited as one along with Joni Mitchell and Allison Krauss: Norah Jones.

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Reporting Live From Munich's High End Show Starting Thursday
Michael Fremer  |  May 13, 2014  |  First Published: May 13, 2014  |  4 comments
Coverage of Munich's High End Show, arguably the world's largest and best audio show begins Thursday, May 15th with tweets during the day (@analogplanet) and posts at night. Stay tuned!

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