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Meet Pink Floyd The Wall artist Gerald Scarfe Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Jun 12, 2017  |  33 comments
Register to win an invitation for two to a private reception with Pink Floyd The Wall artist Gerald Scarfe July 8th, 2017 we are giving away.

About the event:

San Francisco Art Exchange is offering one of the most valuable collections of rock and roll artwork to ever be offered for sale: eleven original paintings, hand-selected by famed English artist Gerald Scarfe, from Pink Floyd’s 1982 masterpiece The Wall. A major exhibition will be held in July with Scarfe and his wife Jane Asher in attendance at the invitation-only premiere to be held at SFAE’s gallery (458 Geary St, San Francisco, CA) July 8th.

AnalogPlanet.com has arranged for a lucky winner and their guest to attend this invitation-only event and meet the artist!

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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Munich 2017
At High End Munich 2017 An Encounter With Tedeska Cartridge Designer Hyun Lee
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2017  |  2 comments
At High End Munich 2017 in one of the "pods" on the main floor of the MOC convention center, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer encountered cartridge builder Hyun Lee. Berlin based Lee is a classically trained guitarist/teacher/artisan who prefers vinyl records and decided to design and build his own.

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News
Gotta Groove Pressing Plant Movie Competes For Awards
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 09, 2017  |  4 comments
A short film about Cleveland Pressing Plant Gotta Groove Records has been selected for screening by both the Palm Springs International ShortFest as well as the the San Francisco Documentary Festival (screening today, June 9th).

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Cable Reviews
Do Tonearm Cables Make a Sonic Difference? You Decide! (Broken CU Link Repaired)
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2017  |  25 comments
More Munich High End and LAAS coverage coming but first: can you hear differences among tonearm cables? Kuzma for one, offers a couple of tonearm wire options but without first hearing each, now can you know which to order? I asked Franc Kuzma for some samples. He sent me three 4Point arm tubes, one of which was wired with two different cables, for a total of four wire choices, though I'm not sure all are currently available options.

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AAA VinylLAAS 2017
Kevin Gray Cuts AAA Series For Speakers Corner
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2017  |  13 comments
At his Masters of Vinyl seminar at LAAS 2017 mastering engineer Kevin Gray mentioned that he'd cut a series of records for Speakers Corner using original master tapes.

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LAAS 2017
Despite Munich High End New Products Debuted at LAAS 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 07, 2017  |  2 comments
After High End Munich, some of which remains to be covered here, though chances were slim at the just concluded Los Angeles Audio Show of finding new products, we did.

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LAAS 2017
The AJ Conti Transcendence Turntable Debuts at LAAS 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2017  |  3 comments
Without a doubt, the sound produced in the Vandersteen, Audio Research, Basis, Harmonic Resolution Systems room at LAAS 2017 was the best ever achieved by this team at an audio show.

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LAAS 2017
Grand Prix Audio Parabolica Direct Drive Turntable Debuts at LAAS 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2017  |  2 comments
The sleek new Grand Prix Audio Parabolica direct drive turntable made its debut at the just ended Los Angeles Audio Show 2017 (shown here with TriPlanar arm and Lyra Etna cartridge).

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LAAS 2017
How Andrew Jones Got Deep Bass From the $5000/pr ELAC Adante Floorstanders
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2017  |  9 comments
Veteran loudspeaker designer Andrew Jones (KEF, TAD and now ELAC) explains how he's managed to create the new floor-standing Adante loudspeaker that produces robust, well-controlled bass for $5000 a pair.

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LAAS 2017
At LAAS 2017 Chad Kassem Talks Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2017  |  6 comments
At the Los Angeles Audio Show (June 2-4) Analogue Productions' Chad Kassem talks about the company's reel-to-reel tape program, the late Doug Sax's refurbished and restored The Mastering Lab mastering system that's now operational in Salina, Kansas and more.

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