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Young Scottish Folk/Balladeer Leads A New Folk Movement

Michael Fremer | Jan 01, 2009 | 0 comments

A throwback to the ï¿½60ï¿½s British folk scene that produced The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Shirley and Dolly Collins and dozens of others, Scottish folksinger Alasdair Roberts brings a spare purity to his original folk balladry.

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Your Four Day Getaway With Tony Visconti, Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner and Bill Szymczyk!

Michael Fremer | Jul 15, 2014 | First Published: Jul 15, 2014 | 3 comments

Sorry, this is not a giveaway contest. However, if you have sufficiently deep pockets ($3499 if you sign up now, $3999 after August 1st) you can spend a four day, extended weekend, Thursday, November 6th through Sunday November 9th, 2014 with four of the greatest producer/engineers of our time (or any time) at the Power Station/New England Studios in Waterford, CT.

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AAA Vinyl Album Reviews

Your Stereo Was Made For Ciaramella’s Dances on Movable Ground Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Aug 28, 2015 | 9 comments

I’ll tell you how I got into medieval era dance music similar to what’s on this record and on la Spagna: back in 1969 when I worked in the downstairs record store division of Minuteman in Harvard Square, a salesman named Duane who worked upstairs selling audio gear I could not at the time afford, insisted I buy a record on Deutsche Grammophone’s Archive Production label.

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Your Turn to Remix Peter Gabriel's "So" Album to Suit Your Taste Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jan 12, 2013 | 6 comments

Peter Gabriel has authorized and provided the tracks for a "Music Tiles" iPhone/iPad app that allows anyone to remix tunes from his "So" album.

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Album Reviews

Zamfir Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jul 01, 2011 | 1 comments

Viewers of late night American television during the 1970s and 1980s surely know Romanian pan-flutist Zamfir. His albums were direct marketed all over the tube back then. The ads were kitschy, with Zamfir playing pan flute versions of standards. The vibe was Liberace on a pan flute—an image I apologize for leaving you with.

CES 2014

Zanden Debuts Model 120 Solid-State LCR Phono Preamplifier

Michael Fremer | Jan 12, 2014 | 0 comments

Osaka, Japan-based Zanden Audio added a third phono preamplifier to its line with the $7,500 Model 120, a solid state LCR RIAA design using Jensen dual tap step-up transformers with 60dB and 71dBs of gain and input impedances of 36 ohms and 470 ohms respectively.

CES 2013

Zanden Demos Prototype For Its First Solid-State Phono Preamp

Michael Fremer | Jan 09, 2013 | 0 comments

Zanden introduced its new Model 120 prototype phono preamp, the company's first solid-state design. The estimated price is $7500. I have no more details to report other than that it sounded good playing a Buddy Guy lacquer I brought to the show.

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Zappa Classics "Freak Out" and "Over-Nite Sensation" Coming From Universal Music-Zappa Records—Along With Never Before Released "Finer Moments"

Michael Fremer | May 07, 2013 | 6 comments

Are you hung up?

AAA Vinyl News

Zappa Family Trust Releases AAA Edition of Frank's "Burnt Weeny Sandwich"

Michael Fremer | Jun 26, 2018 | First Published: Jun 26, 2018 | 41 comments

And this is how you do it correctly!: Supervised by the ZFT, the record was specially mastered for this release by Bernie Grundman with all analog production and cut directly from the 1970 ¼” stereo safety master tape in 2018.

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Zenith Angle Correction: The Final Set-up Frontier!

Michael Fremer | Feb 08, 2021 | First Published: Feb 08, 2021 | 102 comments

Before getting to the image above, let's reiterate some cartridge set-up facts: despite the instructions that accompany most turntables and tone arms, you can't reliably set stylus rake angle to 92 degrees by putting your tone arm parallel to the record surface. Insuring that the cantilever is perpendicular to the record surface does not mean you've correctly set azimuth. Why do the manufacturers tell you to do those things? To make set up simple, instead of telling you what you need to do to accurately set these critical parameters.

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