Michael Fremer

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Audio Porn Experiment Part #1 and #2
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 30, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 30, 2017  |  16 comments
The other day, after comparing two power conditioners that produced very different sonic results in my system, and writing a Stereophile review, I decided to conduct an experiment.

Since the sound was so different, could it be recorded? And might people visiting analogPlanet’s YouTube channel hear the differences?

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Phono Preamp Reviews
68 Years Later, McIntosh Launches Its First Stand-Alone Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 29, 2017  |  12 comments
Some may find it difficult to believe, but the new $2000 solid-state McIntosh MP100 phono preamplifier is the sixty eight year old company’s first stand-alone phono preamplifier.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "Phil Spector Great Nonetheless" Radio Show Streams Now (Full Show)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 27, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 27, 2017  |  15 comments
From where came the inspiration for a two hour Phil Spector radio show, I do not know. However it did and I acted on it. So here is a two hour show featuring Phil Spector produced songs sourced exclusively from vinyl.

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Features
AnalogPlanet Tours L.A. Area Recording and Mastering Studios
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 25, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 25, 2017  |  16 comments
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News
Sam Records Announces a New Thelonious Monk Album For Record Store Day (Revised)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 24, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 24, 2017  |  3 comments
Back in 1960 Thelonious Monk created the musical score for Roger Vadim's controversial film Les liaisons dangereuses. It has never before been released as an album, until now.

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Tonearm ReviewsTurntable Reviews
The Technics SL-1200G Direct Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 24, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 24, 2017  |  53 comments
The original Technics SL-1200 direct drive turntable introduced in 1972 enjoyed a thirty-eight year, six generation run. Technics sold more than 3.5 million of them. In October of 2010 just as vinyl was staging its unlikely comeback, parent company Panasonic pulled the plug on the SL-1200 Mk6.

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Record Buying TipsUsed Record Buying Tips
Cracking the Columbia Records Code
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 21, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 21, 2017  |  45 comments
You can find a great deal of information online about matrix codes and their meaning. Unfortunately some of it is incorrect.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "Spring is Here" Radio Show Streams Now
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 20, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 20, 2017  |  6 comments
Today's playlist is all about spring, with a short detour to celebrate Chuck Berry and Larry Coryell.

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AAA Vinyl
The "Chirping Crickets" Is Rock'n'Roll's DNA
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 16, 2017  |  18 comments
When The Crickets' "That'll Be the Day" exploded on the radio in 1957 and the absolutely geeky looking 21 year old Buddy Holly and group appeared December 1st on The Ed Sullivan Show, a generation of kids were moved the way the next one was by The Beatles. You didn't have to look like Elvis. Anyone could be a rock'n'roll star. In fact, "That'll Be the Day" was the first demo cut by The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that eventually morphed into The Beatles.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Nick Culp's "The Culprit's Blues" Goes Back to The Future
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 14, 2017  |  6 comments
You’ve probably seen or at least heard about Damien Chazelle’s musical “La La Land”, about a musician (Ryan Gosling) whose less than fully expressed mission was to “save jazz”. He brings his turntable and retro-record collection to Los Angeles where he lives in a crummy apartment and makes ends meet by playing in a piano bar.

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