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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet’s WFDU HD2 “Angry Men Show” Now Available For Streaming Here and on the WFDU.fm Website
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2016  |  20 comments
This started out as an all-vinyl show about the late ‘70’s “angry young man” phenomenon epitomized by Graham Parker, Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson.

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News
Analogplanet Visits Audio Research Corporation
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 18, 2016  |  37 comments
To prepare for a review in Stereophile of two pieces of the company's vacuum tube-based electronics, Analogplanet editor Michael Fremer visits Audio Research Corporation, in North Plymouth, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
"When the Levee Breaks" Re-Grooves The Songs of Led Zeppelin
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 15, 2016  |  6 comments
If you go into this ambitious acoustic Led Zeppelin covers project hard wired for Robert Plant and Jimmy Page you’re probably bound for disappointment but if you just relax into it, you might be pleasantly surprised by what you see in your mind’s eye. You’ll surely like what the production brings to your ears.

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Sweepstakes
The Meze 99 Classics Headphones Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Jun 14, 2016  |  240 comments
Register to win a pair of Meze 99 Classics Headphones ($309.00 Retail Value) we are giving away.

According to the company:

"What is it that discards the superfluous, the gimmicky, the flashy, the questionable, the overly fragile, the misplaced? The obvious answer would be time. And this is also the riddle of good design: very few objects achieve such a rarefied consistency of qualities. This is our aim with the Meze 99 Classics, the anti-fragility of a classic, with a sound on par with the design. Pure, natural sound in a timeless body."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet Radio's "Second Warner Brothers Tribute Show" Now Available For Streaming Here and on WFDU.fm
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2016  |  4 comments
This is Analogplanet Radio's second WFDU HD2 Warner Brothers Records Tribute Show available for streaming here and on the WFDU.fm website. I think this is another great show! And if I don't say it, who will?

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Features
"Baby's On Fire" LP vs. CD
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 11, 2016  |  46 comments
Compare an original forty three year old UK "pink rim" Island pressing of "Baby's On Fire" from "Here Come the Warm Jets" (ILPS 9268), Brian Eno's debut solo album, with the 2004 DSD remaster using the original tape played back on an Ampex ATR deck with custom ARIA electronics.
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News
Meet Sophia Pfister
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  40 comments
Instead of the usual "song and dance", the email refreshingly got directly to the point: "Will you review my record?". I replied, "Send it and if I like it I will."

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Stroll Through T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  1 comments
Last video from T.H.E. Show Newport includes room visits, and a stroll through the marketplace ballroom.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Listen To SweetVinyl's Sugar Cube Remove a Bad Scratch From "Blue Rondo a la Turk"
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  20 comments
SweetVinyl's Dan Eakins demonstrates the company's Sugar Cube that digitizes vinyl at 192/24 or DSD and stores files on a USB stick—that's only a small part of what this device can do.

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News
United Record Pressing Acquires Bill Smith
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  9 comments
Here's a press release from URP announcing the company's acquisition of Bill Smith Custom Records.

Analogplanet did not receive it directly from URP because we probably remain on the company's "do not contact" list.

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