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Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2015  |  19 comments
When we announced last year that Czech Republic based GZ Media was pu
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2015  |  119 comments
According to U.K. music paper NME, Neil Young claimed during a recent interview on Frame, a California radio show, that vinyl is "nothing but a fashion statement."

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 02, 2015  |  5 comments
Previously only available on CD, this double 45 rpm set of classical music sonic spectaculars provides both demonstration quality sound and a fun ride even for those professing to not like classical music, courtesy of a world-renowned orchestra and conductor.

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 02, 2015  |  60 comments
While many of us seem to hear wider dynamic range coming from vinyl, the numbers would seem to point in the opposite direction. Or do they?

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 02, 2015  |  28 comments
I got into it in the discussion section of a ridiculous Rolling Stone story. Why did I waste my time doing so? Because this is hand-to-hand combat folks! Get your hands dirty!

Michael Fremer  |  Jan 29, 2015  |  128 comments
Why does CD sound not only annoy many people, but also cause them to not want to listen or to listen in the background while doing something else?

Michael Fremer  |  Jan 28, 2015  |  20 comments
You could produce a jazz record today using ProTools at 192/24 or lower resolution, create a CD master, have it manufactured and then release it. To get in on the “vinyl resurgence”, you could use that 16 bit/44.1k master to cut lacquers and press records at a commercial pressing plant. It’s done all too often, I’m sure.

Michael Fremer  |  Jan 24, 2015  |  192 comments
Mario Aguilar, a Gizmodo blogger with a history degree and little if any meaningful audio listening experience, recently posted a story on that site titled "Don't Buy What Neil Young is Selling" in which he condemns Neil Young and his Pono player.

Michael Fremer  |  Jan 24, 2015  |  30 comments
Workingman's Dead and American Beauty have long been considered to be the two Grateful Dead albums for people who don't think they like the Grateful Dead.

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