Michael Fremer

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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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AXPONA 2014
Kuzma Moving Coil Cartridges Make Sonic Debut at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
At Munich's High End Show 2013 Franc Kuzma showed prototypes of a new cartridge line that has now been introduced at AXPONA. Mounted on a 4 Point tone arm on the Kuzma Stabi XL turntable, the new mid-line CAR-40 ($2900) sounded great playing a "TRON" test pressing.

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AXPONA 2014
AMG Teatro Phono Cartridge Makes Sonic Debut at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
In a successful cross-branding debut, importer Musical Surroundings demoed the new $2000 AMG Teatro MC cartridge mounted on an AMG Lorenzo tone arm, itself mounted on a Clearaudio Ovation turntable.
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AXPONA 2014
Take A "Tour" of SOTA's Entry Level Series II Moonbeam Turtable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2014  |  2 comments
I met up at AXPONA with SOTA's Kirk and Donna Bodinet. They were part owners in the company for many years, buying the company outright from Jack Shafton in 1997, when depending upon your perspective, it was vinyl's nadir, or the beginning of its resurgence.
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AXPONA 2014
Doshi Audio Demos New Cosmetics and OS For Doshi Tubed Phono 3.0
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2014  |  8 comments
Doshi Audio's $15,995 vacuum tube based phono preamplifier features three inputs, a full complement of remote controllable loading options and even memory to store settings for each of the inputs.
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Tonearm Reviews
VPI Tonearm Comparison: File Identities Revealed!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 29, 2014  |  41 comments
This one was really interesting! 17% of voters said the files were identical. 44% voted for "File A". 39% voted for "File B".

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The Gruvy Awards
The Gruvy Awards
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 29, 2014  |  43 comments
gruvyawards_300.jpgThe Gruvy Awards are chosen by AnalogPlanet's editor, Michael Fremer, and go to products that are found to possess a combination of high build quality, exceptional sonics and in the case of less expensive gear, provide great value for the money.

Vinyl records awarded Gruvys are musically and sonically outstanding and also well mastered and pressed. We've sorted them into two categories: New Records, and Reissued Records.

While a Gruvy indicates a product or record deemed exceptional, products that haven't been so awarded should not necessarily be considered unworthy!

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News
Blue Note $19.95 Second Batch Well-Pressed By URP
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2014  |  37 comments
The second batch of $19.95 digitally sourced Blue Notes has arrived and it's going to take time to go through all of them but there were a few surprises, the most pleasant of which is that aside from side two of the iconic Something Else (BN1595) looking like "cake icing", visually these records appear to be extremely well-pressed.

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Vote
Which MM Phono Preamp Sounds Best?
Michael Fremer  |  May 06, 2014  |  47 comments
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News
Nashville's United Record Pressing Expanding With Sixteen New Presses
Michael Fremer  |  May 08, 2014  |  First Published: May 08, 2014  |  18 comments
On Wednesday, May 7th, Nashville's United Record Pressing announced a major plant expansion with the planned addition of 16 additional presses. To meet demand the company currently operated 24/6 snd has been doing so for the past two years.

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