Michael Fremer

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CES 2017
Transrotor At C.E.S. 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2017  |  First Published: Jan 10, 2017  |  3 comments
Germany-based Transrotor is another company with a wide range of turntables. In a crowded American market the importer Axxis Audio can't possibly bring in every Transrotor turntable.

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News
Travis Debut Good Feeling   On Vinyl Again From Craft
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2021  |  First Published: Mar 02, 2021  |  2 comments
Excrutiatingly tuneful (I mean that in a most positive way) Scottish rock band Travis's 1997 debut album Good Feeling returns to vinyl for the first time in decades April 2nd, via Craft Recordings. The packaging duplicated the original independiente release with lacquers cut at Metropolis Studios, London, though at this time the source has not been provided (working on it).

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Album Reviews
Treasured Armstrong Set Reissued By Pure Pleasure Brings It!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2007  |  0 comments

If you buy this and just hear some moldy old monophonic Dixieland you deserve to spend the rest of your life listening to Aqualung and Patricia Barber, not that there’s anything wrong with either that album or that artist. I don’t mean to insult anyone but the audiophile “pop charts” are depressingly mundane and predictable.

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Munich 2014
Tri-Planar Introduces SE Version of its Standard 10" Tonearm
Michael Fremer  |  May 18, 2014  |  First Published: May 18, 2014  |  2 comments
Tri-Planar's new SE version of its 10" tonearm (Mk. VII edition) features a shorter version of its damped carbon fiber arm tube found on the U12 model.

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Set-Up Tips
Tri-Planar Tonearm Owner Alert!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2013  |  28 comments
Back in the fall of 2008 I attend an audio show in Trondheim, Norway where I presented two turntable set-up seminars. The show organizers procured for me a Tri-Planar tonearm mounted on a turntable, the brand of which I forget.

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CES 2015
Triangle ART Introduces Apollo MC Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 08, 2015  |  First Published: Jan 08, 2015  |  1 comments
Southern California based turntable and cartridge manufacturer Triangle ART introduced at CES the new Apollo moving coil phono cartridge. It's a follow-up to last year's $3995 Zeus currently under review here.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2013
Triangle Art Introduces Symphony Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2013  |  0 comments
Tom Vu's Triangle Art turntables have typically been large, massive, expensive designs. His Signature turntable sells for $12,500, while the Reference SE costs $20,000.
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Cartridge Reviews
Triangle ART Zeus MC Cartridge: The Best For Less?
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 19, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 19, 2015  |  5 comments
California-based Triangle ART manufactures five gleaming chrome and gold plated high mass turntables as well as its own tone arm. The 'tables weigh from 40 to 850 pounds. Recently, Triangle ART introduced the Zeus MC phono cartridge, thus completing mechanical part of the analog playback.

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RMAF 2014
TriangleArt's Gleaming Flagship Turntable Has Max Bling Factor
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 12, 2014  |  4 comments
Excess is in the eyes (and bank accounts) of the vinyl loving audiophile. California-based TriangleArt debuted at RMAF its new $129,000 Flagship Ultimate LE turntable.

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Album Reviews
Tribute to Legendary Children's Record Label Producers Will Charm Youngsters and Hipsters Alike!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 01, 2005  |  1 comments

I don't have kids. Didn't happen. We've dealt with it. They say if you play Mozart for your kid in the womb it's good for his or her development. I wouldn't know.

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