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Wilson Audio Chronosonic XVX Launch Event at Excel Audio, Newport Beach, CA
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 16, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 16, 2019  |  1 comments
Excel Audio invites everyone to join us Saturday, November 23rd, 6-9 PM to experience Wilson Audio’s latest triumph the Chronosonic XVX. We will be showcasing the XVX’s driven by D’Agostino electronics with digital by dCS and vinyl played on the Clearaudio Statement. Special guests include Dan D’Agostino, Jesse Luna from DCS, and Garth Leerer from Musical Surroundings.

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The Beatles The Singles Collection Arrives (REVISED 11/19/19)
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 15, 2019  |  26 comments
The Beatles The Singles Collection arrived the other day and it was opened with great anticipation and the embedded YouTube video was quickly produced in a single take before listening to a note. As you'll see when you watch, the packaging is "top shelf" and imaginative and Kevin Howlett's booklet notes are illuminating and useful. Using original artwork from around the world was a nice touch that every Beatles fan with appreciate!

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WAMM MASTER CHRONOSONIC at Audio Advisors West Palm Beach, Florida Friday November 22
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 14, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 14, 2019  |  7 comments
On Friday evening November 22nd at Audio Advisors, West Palm Beach, Florida, Wilson Audio Specialties' Peter McGrath will present a demonstration of the WAMM Master Chronosonic loudspeaker with the WAMM Master Subsonic Subwoofers using some of his own superb recordings—some readers might not know that McGrath has had a long career as a recording engineer, including for Harmonia Mundi among other labels.

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Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019
Warsaw Audio Video Show 2019 Opening Day Coverage
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 11, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 11, 2019  |  19 comments
Opening day of Warsaw's Audio Video Show is typically less well-attended than it is over the weekend and that proved to be true this year though Friday's Sports Arena crowd grew considerably as the day went on and the final attendance figures have yet to be announced.
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Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019
Lyra Cartridge Updates Revealed at Warsaw's Audio Video Show 2019
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 09, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 09, 2019  |  5 comments
Lyra's Stig Bjorge stopped me in the corridor of the Warsaw football (soccer) stadium and pulled out of his pocket a small box that could contain only one thing, but instead there were two.

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Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019
Pressing Records In Poland
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 09, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 09, 2019  |  7 comments
Coverage of Audio Video Show 2019 in Warsaw, Poland begins today on AnalogPlanet.com. But first, as long as we were in town, we decided to first visit wmfono, a small "boutique" vinyl pressing plant with 7 Lened and one Hamilton manual record presses.

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Album Reviews
Resonance's 10 LP Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) Is a "Completist" The Nat King Cole Story Prequel
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 03, 2019  |  8 comments
You know what they say about audiophiles: only interested in what sounds good, music comes in distant second place or they repeatedly play the same few records, etc. You’ve heard the bad raps. Yet here’s a box set of vintage (read “old”) recordings digitized and processed that’s brought more inquiries into my inbox than many so-called “audiophile” recordings.

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Spectral Audio's New DMA-300SV Stereo Amp Makes East Coast Debut at Innovative Audio November 14th
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 02, 2019  |  0 comments
Thursday, November 14th 5-9PM Innovative Audio, NYC, 150 E. 58th St. hosts the east coast debut of the new Spectral Audio DMA-300SV Reference Stereo Amplifier presented by Spectral's legendary founder and president Richard Fryer

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An Evening of Analog Thursday November 7th At Audio Concepts, Dallas, TX
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 02, 2019  |  1 comments
Audio Concepts,11661 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX, is excited to announce an evening of analog listening with partners AMG (Analog Manufaktur Germany) and Boulder Amplifiers. In addition to spinning vinyl on the AMG beauty shown in the photo, the event will debut in America Boulder's new 866 integrated amplifier.

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UK Hi-Fi Show Live 2019
The UK Hi-Fi Show Live 2019 Complete Coverage!!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 29, 2019  |  First Published: Oct 29, 2019  |  11 comments
A hi-fi show at a racecourse? If the Warsaw show (coming up the weekend of November 8th-10th, 2019) can be successfully held at a football (soccer) stadium, why not have one at a racecourse? Especially the UK’s premier horse racing venue, and home to Royal Ascot. The UK’s largest and most iconic Grandstand is an innovative venue for a hi-fi show and, blessed with a dedicated electricity substation, is capable of delivering great sounds once the exhibitors have tackled the room acoustics.

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