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Bill Evans’ “ The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961” Coming From Concord Music Group
Michael Fremer  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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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RMAF 2014
High Tech Mola-Mola Makua Preamplifier Has Equally High Tech MM/MC Option
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2014  |  13 comments
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RMAF 2014
Jasmine "The Dragon" Cartridge Has Porcelain Body
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 13, 2014  |  2 comments
Jasmine, better known for its phono preamp has recently developed a cartridge line.

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RMAF 2014
TriangleArt's Gleaming Flagship Turntable Has Max Bling Factor
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2014  |  4 comments
Excess is in the eyes (and bank accounts) of the vinyl loving audiophile. California-based TriangleArt debuted at RMAF its new $129,000 Flagship Ultimate LE turntable.

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RMAF 2014
Hagerman Audio Labs Repackages Products
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2014  |  7 comments
Jim Hagerman was on hand at RMAF where he displayed his line of phono preamps as well as some of his burn-in products.

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RMAF 2014
VPI Launches New Limited Edition Avenger Turntable at RMAF
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2014  |  0 comments
Another new VPI turntable? Yes. These guys are prolific! The new Avenger is best described as a "chopped" HRX, re-shaped and re-purposed to be 3 arm capable.

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