Michael Fremer

Set-Up Tips
A Turnbuckle In Time Saves Your Stylus
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 07, 2012  |  9 comments
I once lived on the second floor of an old farmhouse with a springy floor. How it got in my pants, I'll never know! I had a VPI TNT turntable at the time, on a VPI stand that had been filled with leadshot and sand. It was heavy! But the stand still bounced and the 'table's suspension couldn't deal with it and so the stylus bounced around in the groove.

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Playback Accessory Reviews
Rega Spacers: The Final Frontier
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 06, 2012  |  1 comments
So you've got a Rega turntable and you love the sound and the performance bang you get for the buck, but you don't like that you can't easily adjust VTA/SRA because the rear of the arm is bolted down?
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Album Reviews
Cassandra Wilson's Genre-Bending Masterpiece Finally Gets AAA Issue!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 06, 2012  |  4 comments
While the Mississippi born, now New York based Wilson is labeled a "jazz singer," she's strayed far from her original comfort zone to cover everyone from The Monkees to Van Morrison to Robert Johnson—and more importantly done it effectively by re-imagining both the familiar arrangements and the listener's every musical expectation.
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News
Legendary Mastering Engineer George Marino Dies
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2012  |  12 comments
Mastering engineer George Marino, who worked for nearly 40 years at Sterling Sound cutting some of the greatest records of the LP era and helped usher in the vinyl renaissance, passed away on Monday after a year long bout with lung cancer.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Acoustic Sounds Announces New Prestige Vinyl Reissue Series and a Perennial Favorite Reissued in an Enhanced Edition
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012  |  7 comments
Do I even have to tell you what album this is? Okay, I guess I do. It's Dave Brubeck's "time travel" masterpiece Take Five of course, about to be reissued by Acoustic Sounds as a double 45rpm edition that includes deluxe gatefold packaging

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
VPI's Traveler Turntable Hits the Road After Newport Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2012  |  6 comments
VPI demoed a more polished version of the company's new $1300 Traveler turntable/tonearm combination. If this aluminum paltered turntable that new includes a removable arm sounds as good as it looks, it should be a
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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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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
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
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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