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Interviews
Michael Fremer and Joe Harley Interviewed By Colorado Public Radio's Scott Carney
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 19, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  17 comments
Last Thursday morning April 17th Joe Harley (Audioquest V.P. and record/reissue producer) and I visited Colorado Public Radio Studios where OpenAir host (and vinyl fanatic) Scott Carney interviewed us about vinyl for a show that would air on Record Store Day.
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News
Record Store Day Ruined By Grumpy Old Man!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 19, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  73 comments
How was your RSD? Mine was ruined by a grumpy old man at my local record store, Music Merchants in Westwood, New Jersey.

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Parasound's New JC3+ MM/MC Phono Preamplifier Offers Feature and Sound Refinement
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  22 comments
Parasound's new $2995 JC3+ is a significantly upgraded version of the already high performance original JC3 phono preamplifier, though outwardly it looks identical to the handsome original.
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Record Buying Tips
Record Score of the Day at The Princeton Record Exchange
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 13, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  24 comments
The Princeton Record Exchange isn't what it used to be but it's still better than it once was. Of course "back in the day" the store was records and nothing but records. Then came CDs and DVDs and the emphasis shifted. After all, it's in a college town.

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Cartridge Reviews
Lyra Kleos MC Cartridge Still A Smoothy After All These Years
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 09, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  8 comments
The $2995 Lyra Kleos Cartridge was billed back in 2010 as a replacement for the Helikon. The Kleos is a much better sounding cartridge in every way. It maintains and actually ups the Helikon’s detail resolution, while adding the more expensive Skala’s smoothness and midband warmth.

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Turntable Reviews
Rega Research RP8 Turntable Aims For Mass Extinction
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 09, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  24 comments
Rega Research sold more turntables last year than in any of its previous forty odd years and is on target to do so again this year.

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Cartridge Reviews
Can Putting a Jico V15xMR Stylus Replacement Turn a Shure M97xE Into a V15xMR?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 07, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  49 comments
What happens when you install in a $70 M97xE a $179 Jico V15xMR stylus replacement?
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News
Lalo Schifrin's "Bullit" Soundtrack Coming to Vinyl On Record Store Day
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 07, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  6 comments
Aleph Records will release its first ever vinyl soundtrack on RSD 2014.
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News
Kitchen Accessories For Vinyl Fanatics
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 05, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  5 comments
Okay, this is way out in left field…...
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Album Reviews
Analogue Productions' Rhapsody In Blue/American in Paris "Living Stereo" Reissue Beats Original
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 05, 2014  |  9 comments
A thousand United Airlines commercials later and Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" still sounds fresh, lavish and grand. It epitomizes New York City in its golden jazz age and with every listen opens the mind's eye to yellow incandescent lit Art Deco granite skyscrapers and the general urban dazzle of pre-WWII America. I never get tired of listening to it, the later at night the better for some reason. It could only have been written in America by an American.

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