Michael Fremer

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RMAF 2012
Sonus Veritas May Sound Italian But It's Made in North Carolina
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 06, 2012  |  1 comments
Sonus Veritas, located in Apex, North Carolina arrived at RMAF with an ambitious electronic line-up that included the $15,999 Genoa preamp, $15,999 Modena D/A converter, price to be determined Florence monoblock amplifier and of greatest interest to you, three versions of its ambitious Venice phono preamplifier.
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Record Handling and Storage Tips
Does The Tribute Rack Stack Up With Per Madsen's Rackit Racks?
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 07, 2012  |  5 comments
In the recent news item about a replacement for the no longer manufactured Per Madsen Rackit record storage racks, we wondered whether they were of equal quality. So when Tribute Rack manufacturer Jef Fowler of Portland, OR's Two Can HiFi emailed and offered to send a review sample, I refused.
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Album Reviews
"Rock Of Ages" Even Better in Retrospect
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 08, 2012  |  15 comments
Recorded late 1971 during a multi-night gig at New York City's Academy of Music and released the next summer, Rock of Ages was intended to be a celebratory send-off for one of the greatest bands of that era as it contemplated a long touring and recording break that went on for far longer than expected.
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Album Reviews
Chicago "Field Recordings" Continue to Excite the Senses
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 08, 2012  |  13 comments
When we think of "field recordings" we often think of Alan Lomax trudging through the South with a tape recorder, setting up shop wherever he found the music.
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Album Reviews
"Heartbreak" Is Right! How Did This Happen???? (Pressing plant correction)
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2012  |  7 comments
The backstory here is almost as interesting as the music on this just reissued, long out of print record first released in 1982.
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News
(Corrected) Beginning to Get Answers on Bert Jansch Vinyl Mystery (Apologies to Lurssen Mastering)
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 13, 2012  |  4 comments
My apologies to Gavin Lurrsen, who did respond immediately to my email via email. Unfortunately his email got trapped in the overaggressive corporate spam filter.
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Beatles
Beatles Box Arrives!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 13, 2012  |  37 comments
The Beatles box arrived today, oh boy.
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Beatles
Abbey Road Studio's Sean Magee Talks About Mastering The Beatles LP Box
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 13, 2012  |  35 comments
I spoke today with Sean Magee about the just released Beatles LP box set. Magee's resume is impressive. He's cut both lacquers and DMM and does a great deal of AAA cutting for Pure Pleasure among other labels.
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Beatles
An Abbey Roadblock?
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 14, 2012  |  34 comments
If you're looking for a quick and easy answer to the question "How good is The Beatles box set?" you've come to the wrong place. Each album deserves to be evaluated individually and that's what I intend to do, though the lesser ones (if there is such a thing among Beatles albums) will get less attention.
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Beatles
Rubber Souled Out?
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 16, 2012  |  27 comments
As expected, Rubber Soul, sourced from George Martin's 1987 16 bit, 44.1k remix sounds like a CD. Why should it sound like anything else? That's from what it was essentially mastered.
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