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Steep Tonearm?
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 20, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  10 comments
The reason I a contacting you today is because of the recent article on using a USB microscope to set SRA.... I am using a Soundsmith Boheme cartridge that has a contact line stylus. When using the lupe, I can get a clear view of my stylus. I have tried to adjust my arm to get the 92 degree angle but the rear of the tonearm is raised up quite a bit.

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Album Reviews
Nova Social's Techno-Pop With a Splash of Wry
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 19, 2012  |  3 comments
We like promoting independent vinyl projects so when Nova Social’s Thom Soriano contacted Analogplanet about a review of their new album For Any Inconvenience we bit.

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Set-Up Tips
USB Digital Microscope Appears to Show Stylus Wear
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 14, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  12 comments
This was as close and sharp as I could get capturing a stylus image from the front with the Dyno-Lite 313.
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Album Reviews
Bill Evans Live Set Issued For First Time
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 14, 2012  |  3 comments
Over the past few years, jazz fans have been treated to some astonishing, heretofore unreleased treasures. Unlike in the rock world, where such finds, along with “bonus tracks” usually tell you why they weren’t released in the first place (with Bob Dylan being a notable exception), these jazz releases have felt like un-mined diamonds, only occasionally in the rough.

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Turntable Reviews
Legendary Gale GT 2101 Appears At My Door
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 13, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  9 comments
An Analogplanet.com reader emailed to ask if I'd like to spend a week with his Gale turntable. I knew the Gale loudspeaker from the 1970s but was unfamiliar with the turntable so I figured, "why not"?

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Set-Up Accessory Reviews
A $7.49 Illuminated Microscope Can Get You a Decent View!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 09, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  24 comments
Maybe you don't want to spend a few hundred dollars on a digital USB microscope because that's more than you spent on your phono cartridge in the first place?

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Sweepstakes
We Have a VPI Traveler Winner!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 09, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  13 comments
We have a winner in the VPI Traveler turntable, Dynavector DV-20X cartridge plus LPs and accessories—all courtesy the folks at Music Direct—with a set-up courtesy Mikey.

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Cartridge Reviews
The Lyra Delos Moving Coil Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 08, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  12 comments
Designer Jonathan Carr’s latest Lyra is a $1650 cartridge color schemed in champagne gold and red, I’m sure coincidentally, to match perfectly with darTZeel gear.

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Album Reviews
Mo-Fi Adds a Touch of Grey-tness To a Superb Sounding Recording
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 06, 2012  |  6 comments
The Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey" was a spirited 1987 marching order to an aging Baby Boomer generation to "get by" and its assuring affirmation that "we will survive" was a stroke of timing and musical genius. The song became an unlikely hit for a group that didn't have or need hits and helped propel the band to further heights of both popularity and creativity.

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Album Reviews
Fiona Apple Having a Fight With Her Brain!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 06, 2012  |  2 comments
All of Fiona Apple's albums have been been personal and confessional (some might say "self absorbed") but this one is really personal and confessional and attractively self-absorbed too.

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