Michael Fremer

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Cartridge Reviews
Allaerts MC2 Finish Gold phono cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2007  |  0 comments
These are great times for analog, and I'm happy to have played a small part in the revival, but recently the demand for some products has outstripped supply; getting review samples has been next to impossible. I've requested an Audio Research PH7 phono preamplifier for literally years now, but ARC can't build them fast enough, so they don't need a review. The more they sell, the greater the buzz, and the greater the buzz, the more e-mails I get from readers asking for a review. It's not nice to not be needed.
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Identifying Defective Tom Waits Reissues
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2012  |  3 comments
I wonder if you can help me. I've ordered the updated versions of the Rhino Tom Waits titles from Music Direct - those cut by Chris Bellman from the original analogue reels.
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News
Analog Versus Digital Put to the Test!
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2012  |  0 comments
Me and legendary recording engineer Roy Halee (not down by the schoolyard). Last week I did a series of in-store appearances in Colorado, first at the Audio Alternative in Fort Collins, where I saw a record collection larger than mine. I was jealous! Also attending that event were AudioQuest's Joe Harley who presented a fascinating history of Blue Note Records. Joe is also a partner with Ron Rambach in Music Matters, the Blue Note reissue label
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Album Reviews
Mobile Fidelity Gives Basement Tapes Penthouse Treatment
Michael Fremer  |  May 30, 2012  |  5 comments
Youngsters will find it hard to believe there was a time when legendary music existed for most only in whispers but that’s how it was in the late 1960s. We saw what they wanted us to see and heard what they wanted us to hear.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Vinyl Dominates 2012 Newport Audio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2012  |  7 comments
Vinyl's continuing growth and perhaps future dominance of the high performance audio scene was evident on opening day of T.H.E. Show Newport 2012.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Stein Music Exhibits Analog Accessories
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012  |  0 comments
Germany-based Stein Music exhibited a Benz-Micro based boron cantilevered MC phono cartridge featuring a a brass mounting structure encased in a sandwiched body of Mahogany and carbon fiber
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Spin Clean Shows Transparent Limited Edition "Executive Model" Record Cleaning Machine
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012  |  3 comments
The folks who manufacture the Spin Clean record cleaning machine—the least expensive effective record cleaning device introduced a new Limited Edition "Executive Model"....
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
PBN Shows Olympian PX Fully Balanced Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012  |  0 comments
PBN's Olympian PX Fully Balanced Phono Preamp features a hefty outboard power supply and is fully balanced.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Vinyl Vendors Rule T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012  |  0 comments
It's official: there was more vinyl for sale at this year's Newport show than at any show in American audio show history.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012  |  2 comments
Nothing a clean mind and heart can't cure. Actually it's an album cover for a 1950s David Oistrach violin recital album on Parliament records (PLP 118) that includes Prokofiev's "Love For Three Oranges."
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