After a few shows at which attendees were shown mockups and parts, AMG finally had a working version of its new $2750 Teatro MC cartridge.

RMAF is a big show this year and much more ground must be covered but so far the analog news at the show is that there hasn't really been any. The big news has been headphones and computer audio.

Sutherland Engineering's Ron Sutherland entered the high performance audio market years ago with a costly phono preamplifier and an equally costly preamplifier that used a motion-sensing remote control. Since then Mr. Sutherland has ramped down the price points to more mainstream his products. Until now.

31 year old Singapore-based vocalist Vanessa Fernandez is well known at home as a former member of hip-hop group Urban Xchange, known later as Parking Lot Pimp. That was more than a decade ago. More recently she's been the disc jockey "Vandetta" or "Miss Vandetta" on Mediacorp Radio's 987FM.

Though analogplanet will not be conducting or participating in any seminars at this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival (not our choice), we'll be covering the analog comings and goings at the first audio show in the world where the buzz will be more from legal marijuana than from bad A.C..

Every Blue Note fan is familiar with Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff's spectacular black and white photography.

Here's producer/saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh's Kickstarter campaign message:

Due to popular demand, we've started a new "Beatles" site listing.