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AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "The Doors Tribute" Show Streams Here Now!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 23, 2017  |  2 comments
A Doors tribute today on AnalogPlanet Radio occasionally sourced from original pressings but mostly from Analogue Productions' 45rpm box set. If you are hesitant to purchase it but love The Doors, better not listen! From the first note of "Touch Me" you'll easily hear what a great job Bruce Botnick and the late Doug Sax did with these fragile tapes.

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News
Naxos America To Distribute Berlin Philharmonic Direct to Disc LP Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2017  |  7 comments
The Berlin Philharmonic's Direct-to-Disk Four Brahms Symphony box set currently available for purchase on the orchestra's website store will also be available for purchase in America beginning January 27th, 2017 on the website of Naxos USA.

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News
Third Man Starts The Presses in Detroit February 25th!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 19, 2017  |  20 comments
Jack White's Third Man Records today announced the opening on February 25th of its new Detroit pressing plant in the heart of the city's historic Cass corridor neighborhood, down the block from the Shinola store.

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Sweepstakes
AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon Headphones Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 18, 2017  |  268 comments
Register to win a pair of AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon Headphones ($699.00 Retail Value) we are giving away.

According to the company:

"A direct descendant of AudioQuest's award-winning NightHawk headphone, the closed-back NightOwl Carbon replaces its predecessor's biomimetic sound-diffusing grille with an intelligently designed aperiodic damping system for excellent isolation of external noise, ensuring privacy for the listener and those nearby."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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CES 2017
C.E.S. Wrap-Up: Was 2017 The Final C.E.S.?
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2017  |  7 comments
Of course C.E.S. 2017 will not be the final C.E.S. for the gadget hawkers and manufacturers of products that upon introduction are born obsolete. The big halls will continue to attract those who traffic in appliances, gadgets, and soon to be commoditized and devalued innovations.

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CES 2017
At C.E.S. 2017 Wireworld Introduces Budget Priced Speaker Cable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2017  |  3 comments
Audio cables are probably the most contentious component in a system's chain. There are those who insist they cannot produce sonic differences once you account for the basics: resistance, inductance, capacitance, and of course the outer sheath color.

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CES 2017
Diamonds Are A Guy's Best Friend: Transfiguration Proteus With Diamond Cantilever at C.E.S. 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2017  |  3 comments
This edition of Transfiguration's explosive low output moving coil Proteus phono cartridge features a diamond, not boron cantilever.

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CES 2017
KORG's Versatile DS-DAC-10R Does Too Much To Cover in a Headline
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2017  |  4 comments
KORG's new DS-DAC-10R seen at C.E.S. 2017 in the AXXIS Audio room where one usually finds expensive products, is a $595 full-featured, compact analog/DSD digital product.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's "Infidelity" WFDU HD2 Radio Show Streams Now
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 16, 2017  |  26 comments
Today's AnalogPlanet WFDU HD2 radio show consists of songs about infidelity and cheating. It covers most musical genres, which demonstrates that people cheat regardless of their musical preferences! Whether or not you have cheated, I think you'll dig the songs about it by artists who may or may not have themselves cheated.

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CES 2017
AnalogPlanet Visits the Hi-Res Pavilion at C.E.S. 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 14, 2017  |  22 comments
The Digital Entertainment Group brought high quality sound in the form of high resolution digital audio to the gadgeteers at the main convention center.

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