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Recent Cable Test Bogus? Can't We All Get Along?
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 07, 2014  |  22 comments
Was the recent cable test result wherein approximately 80% of the participants heard a difference and described it consistent with my original observations due to a variable other than the cables (leaving aside that we did note the junction box variable as a possible cause)?

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Did "Andy's Gang" Call It Correctly?
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 08, 2014  |  8 comments
Did you compare the two files? The one that most readers identified as harsher and brighter was found to be running .1% faster than the other, so Mr. Distler, slowed it down and again posted the files. I both listened and I looked at them using Audacity. So you could say I "cheated" but it doesn't matter. Forget what I heard.

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Analogplanet Has Egg on its Record: Academy Records Gets An Apology
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 24, 2014  |  19 comments
We screwed up publishing the "records in the dumpster in front of Academy Records" news item. Yes, we confirmed that the records were there but that's not the real story according to Academy owner Mike Davis who was rightfully pissed. We apologize profusely for our error.
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Blue Note Announces 100 Classic Jazz Titles on 180 Gram Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 27, 2014  |  53 comments
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Blue Note Records, the label will be reissuing in 2014 100 classic Blue Notes on 180 gram vinyl beginning with five on March 25th: Art Blakey's Free For All, Coltrane's Blue Train, Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch, Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil and Larry Young's Unity.

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Lyn Stanley Recording March 4, 2014 At Avatar Studios in NYC With Legendary Recording Engineer Al Schmitt
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 04, 2014  |  4 comments
Chanteuse extraordinaire Lyn Stanley was at New York's Avatar Studios (formerly The Power Station) recording songs for her next album Potions, which will consist of '50s era covers. Most distinguished recording engineer/producer Al Schmitt was at the board and yes, the big Studer 24 track you see in the picture was rolling.

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Streaming Live Friday, 5PM EST on The Progressive Radio Network—Guest Spot on Paul Cavalconte's "The Vinyl Experience"
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2014  |  7 comments
Yesterday I visited my friend and veteran disc jockey/on-air personality Paul Cavalconte to hang out and to "tweak" the Simon Yorke turntable he bought from me back in 2006 (story forthcoming). These days he's producing from his home a radio show that streams on The Progressive Radio Network (it's not a political show).

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Stop the Nonsense! Bob Ludwig On The True Numbers Behind Beck's Morning Phase Album
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 10, 2014  |  94 comments
Here's Bob Ludwig's statement regarding the engineering and mastering of Beck's new album Morning Phase:

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Wendy Carlos's TRON Soundtrack Coming As Double 180g Vinyl LP From Audio Fidelity
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 11, 2014  |  12 comments
Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity Records today inked the deal with The Walt Disney Corporation to release Wendy Carlos's groundbreaking original soundtrack to the 1982 Disney feature "TRON".

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Getting the Lowdown on Blue Note's Vinyl Reissue Series
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 11, 2014  |  16 comments
Upon landing at LAX I got in the rental car and drove directly to Capitol Records where I met up with the great Al Schmitt. Al took a short time away from a mixing session to give me a tour of famed Studios A and B where Frank, Nat, Judy, Dean and so many others recorded some of the greatest records ever.
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Neil Young's Upcoming Record Store Day 4 LP Box Set Produced From Master Tapes AAA (Now Delayed Until November)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 15, 2014  |  32 comments
Neil Young's previously announced 4 LP box set due to arrive on Record Store Day, April 19th will definitely be issued AAA from the original master tapes.
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Why Analogplanet is Not Covering Pono (Link fixed)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 18, 2014  |  12 comments
We like the idea of Pono and of course we love Neil. We like HDTracks too as well as Super HiRez.
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ECM Has Issued This Month Seven Classic Titles on Vinyl Cut From Analog Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 21, 2014  |  15 comments
ECM recently announced the reissue on 180g vinyl of seven adventurous titles from the label's vast catalog.

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VPI Demos Nomad Headphone-Centric Turntable at SoundstageDirect.com Headquarters
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 23, 2014  |  3 comments
VPI demoed its new Nomad headphone-based turntable last Saturday, March 22nd at the Doylestown, PA headquarters of online vendor Soundstagedirect.com. On hand were the Soundstagedirect folks of course, including company numero uno Seth Franks as well as VPI president Matt Weisfeld and a crew too humorous to mention. Members of the press and public were also in attendance.

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Communication Breakdown! Led Zep Catalog Cut From Digital?
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  99 comments
The press release says "remastered from the original analog tapes by Jimmy Page and pressed at Pallas" but of course we know that Page did not cut the lacquers. Not a problem. But when it says "remastered from the original analog tapes" does that mean "to digital" for CD and LP reissue? Or does that mean the lacquers were cut from the original analog tapes?

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Italian Speaker Manufacturer Sonus Faber Breaks the Mold Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2014  |  25 comments
Worldwide distributors, key retailers, representatives of Fine Sounds Group-associated companies McIntosh and Audio Research as well members of the audio press gathered at Sonus Faber’s Vicenza Italy factory March 26th throu the 29th to celebrate in grand Italian style the speaker company’s 30th anniversary.

The celebration’s focal point was the all new X3ma loudspeaker, which was developed over the past year and a half by Sonus Faber’s design team using as its inspiration the original 1991 Extrema, a legendary stand mounted design that extracted maximum and at the time seemingly impossibly performance from a two-way loudspeaker.

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