Michael Fremer

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Album Reviews
Turntable Manufacturer Puts Money Where Stylus Fits
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2006  |  1 comments

Clearaudio couldn't have gone into the record business to provide software support for its line of turntables. There’s no shortage of new vinyl in 2006. Perhaps the album’s producer is a friend.

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News
Turntable Set Up Seminar Friday, December 20th At Audio Advisors, West Palm Beach, FL.
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 16, 2019  |  First Published: Dec 16, 2019  |  8 comments
The previous in-store event at Audio Advisors in West Palm Beach where I spun records in one room while in another, Wilson Audio Specialties' Peter McGrath demoed the WAMM Master Chronosonic Loudpseakers and Mat Weisfeld introduced the new VPI Avenger Direct Drive Turntable went so well, the store asked me back to do a turntable set-up seminar and I could not refuse.

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Turntable Set-Up Seminar Saturday, August 25th at J&R Music World in NYC
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  6 comments
I will be presenting my "world famous" Turntable Set-up Seminar, this Saturday August 25th at 1PM at J&R Music World, 23 Park Row 10038. It's an hour long presentation complete with visuals.

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Munich 2019
Turntables and More at High End Munich 2019
Michael Fremer  |  May 15, 2019  |  First Published: May 15, 2019  |  11 comments
Vertere DG-1 (photo: Michael Fremer)
The days are over of aimlessly wandering around the MOC searching for turntables and other analog accouterments. This almost two hour video covers just what I saw on opening day (press day) at High End Munich 2019! And it's not padded with "drive by" footage.

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AXPONA 2014
TW Acustic Demos Raven GT SE Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  2 comments
Highwater Sound demoed TW Acustic's Raven GT SE Turntable featuring a chassis machined from a solid aluminum billet.
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Capital AudioFest 2013
TW Acustic Introduces Triple Motor Module For Raven AC Turntable (Price Corrected)
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 30, 2013  |  2 comments
Highwater Sound's Jeff Catalano, TW Acustic's American importer debuted a new triple motor module (circa $4500) for the Raven AC turntable similar in concept to the motor system in the company's flagship Black Knight 'table.
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RMAF 2013
TW Acustic Raven Anniversary SE Stakes Out Black Knight Territory For Less $
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013  |  1 comments
High Water Sound introduced the new TW Acustic Raven Anniversary SE turntable.
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CES 2013
Tweeting and Blogging From The International Consumer Electronics Show In Las Vegas!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 06, 2013  |  0 comments
The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show begins Tuesday morning. I'm flying out tomorrow morning and will begin tweeting @analogplanet and blogging on this site as soon as there's stuff to report. Honestly, I still haven't posted everything worth noting from RMAF back in October and I fully intend to get those posts online here too but first, CES 2013!
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Album Reviews
Two Albums In One Package From Long Running Rev
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2009  |  0 comments

The long running outfit known as Mercury Rev (first album, Yerself Is Steam issued 1991 on the UK Mint Films label and 1992 on U.S. Columbia) didn’t take its name from the liquid element. The first album’s back jacket offers a clue: with or without permission, it reproduces the ‘Stereo 35MM’ logo found on cloth-spined Command Classics LPs and that’s fine with me. “Fine”&#151get it? Fine? It even reproduces the part of the logo that says the recording was on 35MM magnetic tape, but I doubt that album really was. (Hint: those Commands were recorded by the legendary Mercury Records engineer (and mastered by George Piros for that matter).

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AAA VinylNews
Two Classic My Bloody Valentine Records To Be Issued All-Analog
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 07, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 07, 2017  |  12 comments
My Bloody Valentine albums Isn't Anything and Loveless, originally released in 1988 and 1991 on Creation Records, are being reissued all-analog under the supervision of founding member/producer Kevin Shields through his own label.

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