Michael Fremer

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 22, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 22, 2017  |  5 comments
Day one at AXPONA 2017 has come and gone. The show was reasonably well-attended for a Friday, which usually draws retirees, the independently wealthy, vacationers and people calling into work sick.

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 18, 2017  |  17 comments
Music composed for films is by definition precisely timed and intended to mirror or at least complement the on screen action. Of course that’s not always how its accomplished, especially when the hired musicians are not trained film composers.

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 18, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 18, 2017  |  10 comments
Ortofon's Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology Leif Johannsen and Dee Hustinova, Ortofon U.S. General Manager stopped over today to show me a brand new Ortofon cartridge the design of which Leif has just completed. I can't talk about it or show it (that's why it's in his cupped hand).

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 17, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 17, 2017  |  7 comments
When Stereophile deadlines loom, AnalogPlanet content suffers. Nothing can be done. But the radio show must go on so this week's show is all Island Records and all from the storied label's early years.

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 10, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 10, 2017  |  10 comments
Today's show is all-Motown sourced almost exclusively from original stereo pressings. Well, there's one curve-ball: The Clash's "Hitsville U.K.", which is sort of a Motown tribute song. And the Marvin Gaye Anthol
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 08, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 08, 2017  |  12 comments
VPI recently launched a new Prime Scout turntable that refines the original Scout 'table, which has been in production for many years.

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 07, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 07, 2017  |  6 comments
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 07, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 07, 2017  |  3 comments
Legacy recently announced its swag for the April 22nd 2017 tenth Record Store Day, proving cynics wrong who claim Record Store Day is "so yesterday."

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 06, 2017  |  6 comments
Over the past decade or so vinyl-loving jazz enthusiasts have been treated to a series of previously unreleased but significant recordings discovered under beds, in closets and in the vaults of European radio stations. Some were never before heard. Others were bootlegged from radio broadcasts

Michael Fremer  |  Mar 30, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 30, 2017  |  59 comments
AudioQuest's carbon fiber brush, in production for thirty five years, has been the industry "standard" dry record brush. If you have the one pictured above, please throw it out or donate it to a really needy record collector.

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