Michael Fremer

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U-Turn Pluto Versus Schiit Mani: Which Sounds Better (level matched)?
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 07, 2015  |  62 comments
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Turntable Reviews
U-Turn’s Remarkable $179 Orbit Turntable is A Crosley Killer!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2014  |  56 comments
Investors in U-Turn’s Kickstarter-funded Orbit turntable get more than their money’s worth in this remarkably well-designed record player manufactured in Woburn, Massachusetts.

One can only imagine why the principles chose the name U-turn™, but I’d like to think it means a reversal of direction from the low resolution MP3 digital hell into which a generation or two has been led, back to high resolution vinyl heaven.

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Playback Accessory Reviews
Uberlight Flex LED Task Light Is Up to the Task!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 23, 2021  |  First Published: Mar 23, 2021  |  50 comments
A reader who manufacturers this Reliable Corporation Uberlight™ Flex Task Light sent a few for me to check out. One night he took one home and placed it next to his turntable. He found, among other things, that it let him easily read the inner groove area information on his records and he thought that perhaps I'd also find it useful.

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News
Uh Oh! UMG's Stones Box Appears to be Compressed LIke "Exile...."
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 11, 2010  |  0 comments
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AAA VinylNews
UHQR Returns, This Time From Analogue Productions Starting With Jimi Hendrix Classics
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2017  |  First Published: Dec 01, 2017  |  44 comments
50 years to the day of its original release in both mono and stereo, Analogue Productions announces tomorrow the UHQR reissues of Jimi Hendrix's epic Axis: Bold As Love, newly remastered from the original analog master tapes by Bernie Grundman. Click that hyperlink and watch Bernie at work cutting!

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Album Reviews
UK Band Snags Long-Gone Sound
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2007  |  0 comments

The Clientele’s Alasdair Maclean has been seduced by the precious 60’s west coast soft pop of Curt Boettcher, The Association, Brian Wilson, Boyce-Hart, Papa John Philips and even Arthur Lee, though like his fellow seductee Sean O’Hagan of High Llamas, he hails from the UK.

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Capital AudioFest 2013
Ultrasonic V-8 Record Cleaning Machine Cleans 8 Records in 10 Minutes
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 29, 2013  |  17 comments
In the Magnolia Ballroom at Capital Audiofest 2013, along with a great selection of used vinyl, Bob Ratcliff, the inventor of the Ultrasonic V-8 ultrasonic record cleaning machine demonstrated how it works. The device consists of a square stainless steel vat filled with heated distilled water, some isopropyl alcohol and a few drops of Photoflo, which acts as a surfactant into which is placed an ultrasonic element associated with a 7 micron filtered circulation pump.

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Ultrasonicrecords Adds Dryer Cube to Compliment V-8 Cleaning Machine
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 03, 2015  |  41 comments
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UMe Abbey Road 1/2 Speed Mastered Series Update: We Ask the Tough Questions
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 28, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 28, 2016  |  67 comments
Miles Showell, who oversees Abbey Road's 1/2 speed mastering responded recently to a series of questions I posed to him. I want to thank him for taking the time to do so. Please read. And please, keep your comments civil and respectful. I think Mr. Showell's comments make clear the seriousness with which he approached this work

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UMe Announces Fall Release Schedule, Plunges Into Vinyl 33 1/3 Speed Ahead
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 21, 2014  |  First Published: Aug 21, 2014  |  26 comments
September 9th's scheduled "Back to Mono" Beatles box is far from Universal Music Enterprises' only late summer vinyl venture. UMe today announced an ambitious vinyl release schedule for September and October.

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