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Approximately 73,985,000 Records Pressed Worldwide in 2014 So How Can 9.2 Million Sold Be Correct? (Updated 5/4/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2015  |  29 comments
The graphic above is incorrect but based upon projections for 2014. Nielsen/Soundscan reported recently that 9.2 million vinyl records were sold in 2014—a whopping 54% increase over 2013.

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FMU Record Fair This Weekend Now in Brooklyn, NY
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2015  |  3 comments
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Channel D Introduces New Lino Phono Preamp With Optional A/D, D/A Converter
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 29, 2015  |  3 comments
While AXPONA was, for the most part, not the place for product debuts (that will be in at Munich's High End Show in May), Channel D did introduce a new phono preamp, the Lino, which is the least expensive of the company's three phono preamplifiers.

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TMZ Reports Joni Mitchell in Coma, Unresponsive (Updated)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2015  |  15 comments
The website TMZ reported today that Joni Mitchell is in a coma and unresponsive ("with no immediate prospects for getting better").

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The Artisan Fidelity Turntables Drew Me In, the Sound Made Me Stay.
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2015  |  6 comments
Artisan Fidelity restores and re-imagines vintage turntables from Lenco, Garrard and Garrard/Loricraft. The room featured one of each as you'll see on the video.

A Lenco motor-based 'table equipped with a Kuzma 4 Point fitted with a Lyra Kleos was the source. A David Berning vacuum tube based preamp and OTL mono block amplifiers were the electronics. The speaker was a spectacularly finished, single coaxial driver design from LaHave Audio.

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Tour the AXPONA 2015 Marketplace
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2015  |  5 comments
Tour the AXPONA 2015 Marketplace. AXPONA 2015 has turned into a regional powerhouse of a show: well run, well attended (though Sunday was off, somewhat) and now, well-established. More coverage coming up soon.
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CoolCleveland.com Asks For "CD vs. Vinyl Comparison"
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 25, 2015  |  22 comments
At AXPONA 2014 CoolCleveland.com's Thomas Mulready interviewed me following a turntable set-up seminar. This year he returned and asked me to conduct an on-camera CD vs. vinyl "shootout" using Roxy Music's Avalon as the test subject.

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Patricia Barber Plays SRO AXPONA Gig
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 25, 2015  |  5 comments
True, there were no seats so everyone had to stand, but Patricia Barber and her accompanying trio played to an appreciative, but foot-weary full house in the O'Hare Westin ballroom Friday evening.

Barber, whose overexposure (like that of Diana Krall and a few others) has produced an unfair backlash among some audio enthusiasts, demonstrated that she is an artist worthy of serious consideration and not a flash-in-the-audiophile-community-pan.

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AXPONA 2015 NOT WELCOME IN CHICAGO!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 23, 2015  |  24 comments
AXPONA Audio Con is NOT WELCOME in Chicago and the city is not glad the show is here. What other conclusion can one draw upon landing at O'Hare and waiting to pick up one's luggage only to be confronted by the sign you see at the top of this story?

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Roxy Music Box Set—First Look and Listen
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 22, 2015  |  29 comments
In this You Tube video, analogplanet editor Michael Fremer takes a look and limited listen to Universal Music's new 8 LP Roxy Music box set and finds some sonic surprises.

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