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Attention Submarine Watchers! Murray The "K"'s "It's What's Happening Baby" Airs on PBS March 6th!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 03, 2021
New York D.J. Murray Kaufman, a/k/a "Murray the K", a/k/a "The Fifth Beatle" in the early 1960s presented raucous all-star rock and soul shows at Brooklyn's fabulous Fox Theater. After a 56 year absence Murray's TV special "It's What's Happening Baby" returns to the airwaves in a newly restored from the original video and audiotape presentation, featuring Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, The Miracles, Herman's Hermits, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Temptations, Johnny Rivers and Marvin Gaye, among others!

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Audio Fidelity Goes "Live" With New LP Release Schedule!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2009
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Audio Fidelity's Marshall Blonstein Calls It "A Side"
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2018
Marshall Blonstein, owner/founder of both the DCC Compact Classics and Audio Fidelity labels and a record industry veteran revealed in a recent email that he was retiring and closing down the Audio Fidelity label (the photo L-R is of Blonstein, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer and legendary mastering engineer Kevin Gray taken during the TRON double LP mastering sessions).

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Audio Legend Harry Pearson Passes Away
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 05, 2014
Harry Pearson The Absolute Sound's founder and the originator of the term "high end audio" and arguably the industry itself, died November 4th, 2014 at his home in Sea Cliff, NY. He was 77. The cause of death has yet to be determined but most likely he suffered either a stroke or a heart attack. Pearson was in frail health following a series of heart problems and a broken hip suffered after a fall.

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Audio Research Launches New Foundation Series at WOM Convention
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 30, 2016
—Sardinia, Italy, July 28th: Plymouth, Minnesota-based Audio Research introduced to its dealers and distributors at WOM (World of McIntosh) Convention its new lower priced Foundation line of tube electronics. The three pieces were on static display at the Munich High End Show, but here they played in a system with a pair of Sonus Faber Il Cremonese speakers.

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Audio Research Releases Ken Kessler's 50th Anniversary Book "Making the Music Glow"
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 20, 2020
MAPLE GROVE, MN – August 20, 2020 – Audio Research is honored to partner with author Ken Kessler in releasing a book timed to the company’s 50th anniversary. Entitled, “Audio Research: Making the Music Glow”, the book describes the people behind the company, designing, manufacturing, fine-tuning, and marketing the audio amplification and source components that have been regarded perpetually as among the best in the industry.

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Audio Salon Event This Weekend in Santa Monica, CA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 13, 2016
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Audio Salon Event Tomorrow You Don't Want to Miss!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2017
It's short notice, but The Audio Salon's Maier Shadi works quickly when there's an opportunity to be seized and an exciting in-store event to be held.

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Audio-Technica Debuts AT-PEQ30 "High-Performance" MM/MC Phono Stage
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 20, 2020
STOW, OH, October 20, 2020 -- Audio-Technica today announced the introduction of its AT-PEQ30 MM/MC phono preamp. The new phono preamp provides either 35dB (MM) or 59dB (MC) fixed gain, and 47kOhm (MM) and 120 ohm (MC) loading.

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AUDIOcon Los Angeles Jan. 14-16th Newport Beach, CA Presented by the LA&OC Audio Society!
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 27, 2021
The Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society just announced AUDIOcon—a new "world-class" international high-end audio show at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Hotel, January 14th-16th, 2022, organized under the direction of Sarah Tremblay and Michel Plate, the duo behind the successful and long-running Montreal and Toronto Audiofests.

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AudioCon Show Postponed Due to Covid
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 27, 2021
Audiocon Los Angeles scheduled for January 14-16th at the Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach, CA today was officially postponed due to Covid Omicron.

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August 12th is Vinyl Record Day
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 12, 2015
I don't know who is behind this, or its significance but today, August 12th, is "Vinyl Record Day".

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AVTech Media Ltd (UK) Acquires Home Tech Network From Ten Publishing Media
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 22, 2018
The Home Tech Network has been purchased from TEN by AVTech Media Ltd (UK) it was announced today in a deal that's been in the works for some time. That means the Home Tech Network's six brands, Stereophile, Sound & Vision, Shutterbug, AnalogPlanet, Audiostream, and Innerfidelity will join with AVTech Media's Hi-Fi News, Hi-Fi Choice, Home Cinema Choice and the Hi-Fi Show Live.

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AXPONA 2020 CANCELED!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2020
AXPONA 2020 has been canceled. CEO and Founder of show organizer JD Events just released the following letter:

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AXPONA 2020 POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST 7-9
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020 AXPONA announced just now that it's moved the Western hemisphere's largest show from this coming April to August 7-9 at Chicago's Renaissance Schaumberg Hotel and Convention Center.

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