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Analog Corner
Analog Corner #35
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 23, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  6 comments
The Library of Congress Reading Room. All photos by Michael Fremer.

How was your month? Mine was analogo bizarro.

But before getting to this month's promised story—my visit to the Library of Congress—I have to clear the deck: I received an e-mail from an individual, fairly well known in the grooved world, telling me that I "may not have had all the information" when I wrote in my February R2D4 that Alto Analogue's Ataulfo Argenta Edition (AA006) boxed set was mastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road from the original analog master tapes.

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Record Cleaning Tips
Can These Records Be Saved?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 23, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  37 comments
An Analogplanet.com reader "lost" much of his collection due to water damage.
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News
Record Store Day April 20th 2013
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 21, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  49 comments
The line snaked down the block outside of Music Merchant in Westwood, NJ the morning of Record Store Day April 20th 2013. It was 7:30 AM well before I got there, you can be sure. Others told me about the scene, including the store's owner.

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Album Reviews
Sinatra Swings Because He Can
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 21, 2013  |  10 comments
Frank Sinatra recorded this album for Capitol in the summer of 1960—the same year he left the label and with a few hundred thousand dollars of his own money started Reprise Records. You can be sure plans for the new label were well underway during the production of this thirty three minutes and change long album.

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NY Audio Show 2013
Oops! Missed One: Bob's Devices Step Up Transformer for VPI 'Tables
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 18, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments
Photo by Ariel Bitran

I missed this one. Thanks to Stereophile's Stephen Mejias for kindly allowing it to be reprinted here-ed.

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NY Audio Show 2013
New York Audio Show Wrap Up
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  4 comments
So how was the show? Last year's show was pretty awful. This year's show was very good for many reasons. Just look at the smile on the face of Acoustic Sounds' Chad Kassem.
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NY Audio Show 2013
My New York Audio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  6 comments
It was a hectic show for me. I had agreed to do two events each Friday and Saturday in conjunction with Colleen Murphy's Classic Album Sundays in a room featuring a Spiral Groove SG 1.1 turntable and Centroid arm, VTL Reference electronics including a pair of big Siegfried mono blocks and a pair of Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX 3 loudspeakers.

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NY Audio Show 2013
Best Sound at the New York Audio Show?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  2 comments
Best sound at the show? It wasn't close and it wasn't fair. The best sound was, without a doubt, in the MBL room where MBL importer Jeremy Bryan demonstrated why he's among the best and most meticulous/fanatical set-up guys in the business.

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NY Audio Show 2013
Not Your Father's VPI Turntable! (Unless You're Matt Weisfeld)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  2 comments
The new VPI direct drive turntable prototype and 3D printed JMW Memorial tonearm made their debuts at the New York Audio Show.

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NY Audio Show 2013
Coincident Statement Phono Preamplifier Looks as Good as It Sounded
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2013  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  1 comments
Does this look like a $5995 phono preamplifier? It looks far more costly to me. Canadian manufacturer Coincident Technology sells this new two-box tube-based phono preamp direct to consumers for $5995.
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