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Meet Sophia Pfister
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  40 comments
Instead of the usual "song and dance", the email refreshingly got directly to the point: "Will you review my record?". I replied, "Send it and if I like it I will."

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Stroll Through T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  1 comments
Last video from T.H.E. Show Newport includes room visits, and a stroll through the marketplace ballroom.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Listen To SweetVinyl's Sugar Cube Remove a Bad Scratch From "Blue Rondo a la Turk"
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  20 comments
SweetVinyl's Dan Eakins demonstrates the company's Sugar Cube that digitizes vinyl at 192/24 or DSD and stores files on a USB stick—that's only a small part of what this device can do.

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United Record Pressing Acquires Bill Smith
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  9 comments
Here's a press release from URP announcing the company's acquisition of Bill Smith Custom Records.

Analogplanet did not receive it directly from URP because we probably remain on the company's "do not contact" list.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Leslie Brooks Saves Discarded Reel to Reel Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2016  |  17 comments
Ten thousand master tapes and/or master tape copies stored for decades above a new Jersey auto dealership are slated for destruction. Tape collector/archivist Leslie Brooks manages to save but a few hundred. The rest are buried in a N.J. landfill somewhere, perhaps with Jimmy Hoffa?

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Edwards Audio Turntable Line Displayed at T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 05, 2016  |  3 comments
The extensive Edwards Audio turntable line uses some O.E.M. Rega parts plus many Edwards manufactures.

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Sony, UMG, NARAS’ P&E Wing and Capitol Studios Present DEG Hi-Res Symposium
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2016  |  33 comments
HOLLYWOOD (June 1st)— At a Hi-Res Symposium presented by DEG® (“The digital Entertainment Group”), in Capitol’s legendary Studio “A”, representatives from record labels, Sony electronics, Capitol Studios and The Recording Academy’s Producers and Engineers wing, discussed the future of high resolution digital audio.

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Andrew Jones Shows Off New "Flagship" ELAC Speaker He Did Not Design
Michael Fremer  |  May 31, 2016  |  7 comments
Now legendary speaker designer Andrew Jones is best known for designing ridiculously good, reasonably priced loudspeakers (in fact one could argue they are "unreasonably" low-priced considering their performance).

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Album Reviews
"The Piper at The Gates of Dawn" From Sony——First Time On Vinyl in Two Decades But From Tape?
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2016  |  45 comments
Sony/Legacy recently announced that Pink Floyd's catalog would be reissued on vinyl for the first time in twenty years.

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Features
Sit on It!
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2016  |  6 comments
Yes, this is a bit “off topic”, but I do a lot of sitting in my job.

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