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Amoeba Music, Hollywood: Take the Short Walking Tour
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 16, 2014  |  27 comments
Permission granted to take a short walk through parts of Amoeba Music in Hollywood with the GoPro camera on my head.
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Jazzhaus Presents On 180 Gram Vinyl First Wave of Heretofore Unreleased Post WW II Jazz Recordings
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 29, 2014  |  8 comments
During the late 1940s, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s American jazz musicians and groups toured Europe and the world, usually to greater appreciation and acclaim than they received back home. Sad but true. Some moved overseas where they were treated with greater respect than they received at home but that’s another story.

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“Over and Under” $100 Stocking Stuffers From Analogplanet.com!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2013  |  6 comments
It's "that" time of year so here are analogplanet's stocking stuffers in three different price categories.

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Analogplanet.com Visits VPI Industries Part 3
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 31, 2013  |  15 comments
Harry Weisfeld has "ring around the collar".
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Analogplanet.com Visits VPI Industries Part 2
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 31, 2013  |  10 comments
In Part 2 of our VPI Industries factory tour we see, among other things, the inner workings of VPI's radical new direct drive motor.
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Analogplanet.com Visits VPI Industries Part 1
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 30, 2013  |  12 comments
The editor visited VPI Industries today. The original purpose was to tour the factory and pick up a new VPI Direct Drive turntable for review.
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Tour Electric Mastering's New Vintage Cutting Chain With Analog Legend Sean Davies
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2013  |  9 comments
Here's your opportunity to tour Electric Mastering's new vintage cutting chain with "master of the cutting lathe" analog legend Sean Davies.
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Analogplanet Tours Record Industry, Europe's Largest Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  May 26, 2013  |  11 comments
After visiting the U.K. after Munich's High End show, I flew to Amsterdam. Record Industry pressing plant owner Ton Vermuelen picked me up at the airport and drove me to the Haarlem-based pressing plant he owns.
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Analogplanet Visits London's Electric Mastering
Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2013  |  6 comments
After the Munich High End Show I went to the U.K. on some other business and while there paid a visit to Electric Mastering, the parent company of reissue label The Electric Recording Co.
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A Kensington Garden Run
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  4 comments
While in the U.K. last week I took a run in the famous Kensington Gardens with the GoPro on my head.
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TAD's Andrew Jones Designs Surprising Sounding Budget Speakers For Pioneer (Pricing corrected)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 24, 2013  |  24 comments
A young reader inherited a turntable and asked about a modestly priced system he could assemble around it. We know where this will lead and we can all cheer him on, mindful of the fun and fetishing to follow. And we can all sympathize with his bank account—assuming he has one!

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Win a Blu-ray Copy of "Paul Simon Live In New York City" (Contest Cancelled)
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  6 comments
We have a copy to give away of Paul Simon's new concert Blu-ray disc "Live in New York City," courtesy Concord Music. WARNING: It will not play on your turntable!
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From an Analog Corner to an Analog Planet!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2012  |  8 comments
My feelings about CDs were expressed early and often. Here with VPI's Harry Weisfeld. It’s a nerdy question, but do you remember where you were when you heard your first Compact Disc? For me it was at a Los Angeles Audio Engineering Society convention in 1982.

I’m neither a recording engineer nor an AES member. My invitation was courtesy the head of the sound department at Walt Disney, where I was then supervising the soundtrack to the movie TRON.”

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Saxophone Colossus Remains a Towering Presence
Roger Hahn  |  Dec 31, 2011  |  2 comments

Editor’s note: Sonny Rollins, the last of the pioneering bebop giants and a seminal figure in modern jazz throughout the second half of the 20th century, has entered his ninth decade still blowing full force.

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Audio Fidelity Gets CS&N Off the Couch and Into Your Room
Randy Wells  |  Dec 31, 2011  |  1 comments

The day I learned Steve Hoffman was going to re-master Crosby, Stills & Nash for an Audio Fidelity gold CD edition turned out to be the same day he actually did it. I found out early enough in the day to secure an invitation to Marsh Mastering in Los Angeles, and because I happened to be staying with friends that day only an hour away, managed to arrive in time to witness the entire session. CS&N has been a favorite since I was a teen, so for me, this was like winning the lottery.

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