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Grado's New Prestige Series 2 Updates Classic Grado Cartridge Line
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2017
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Greetings From Manila!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 09, 2013
Greeted warmly by Manillans.
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GZ Media Claims It Pressed Seven Million Records Last Year!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 26, 2013
GZ Media, the Czech Republic digital and vinyl pressing plant that did such a great job pressing the Decca era Rolling Stones box set claims it pressed seven million records last year!
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GZ Media Takes Its Latest "Fashion Statement" Down the Runway!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2015
When we announced last year that Czech Republic based GZ Media was pu
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Half Hour Guest Appearance on Bangkok's Smartbomb Radio
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2015
I was hosted in Thailand by Chaiwat Jongpatanagitruang (on the right) and his brother Piyanas Jongpatanagitruang (on left). I was a guest on their half-hour Saturday night radio show. The weekly show is about audio.
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Half Speed Mastered Mercury Living Presence Series Debuts With Five Classics
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 23, 2021
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the legendary "Mercury Living Presence" series, Decca Classics just announced this new audiophile vinyl series half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using brand new from the original first generation 3 track analog master tapes high definition digital transfers made by Abbey Road Studios' Jared Hawkes (the one mono release used a full track 1/4" tape).

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Hand to Hand Combat!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 02, 2015
I got into it in the discussion section of a ridiculous Rolling Stone story. Why did I waste my time doing so? Because this is hand-to-hand combat folks! Get your hands dirty!

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Harry Pearson Estate Contents Go On the Auction Block
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2015
Personal effects belonging to the late Harry Pearson, founder of The Absolute Sound—and it can be argued the modern high performance audio industry, are currently being auctioned on Audiogon and Ebay.

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Playback Accessory Reviews
Hart Audio Special Source Vinyl Super Cleaner Mk3
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 23, 2021
The Hart Audio Special Source Vinyl Super Cleaner Mk3 is a wooden block to which is attached microfiber brush, which is a synthetic fiber finer than one denier or decitex/thread, having a diameter of less than ten micrometers. It's a mix of polyester, polyamide, and polypropylene.

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Has T-Bone Burnett Invented the Indestructible Lacquer?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2022
In a press release today first reported by Variety of all places, record producer and analog fan T-Bone Burnett announced that he's just completed a special recording session with Bob Dylan that will be released in a new analog format he calls "Ionic Originals". Burnett claims it is "The first breakthrough in analogue sound reproduction in more than 70 years".

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Have a look at The $2,000,000 Living Voice System at Bangkok Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 21, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 22, 2015
The Living Voice is a no-holds barred system developed by U.K. designer and retailer Kevin Scott.

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HD Vinyl Update: A Planned 7" 45rpm Record "Some Time Mid 2019"?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2019
"Making Vinyl" Berlin is a week away (May 2nd and 3rd). AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer will attend and moderate a few interesting panels. No doubt there will be news and an update on the progress being made to realize the promise of HD Vinyl. However, at last fall's "Making Vinyl" in Detroit there was HD Vinyl news that got "caught in the cracks" and was never published.

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HDtracks Adds Vinyl Store
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 17, 2014
Jimmy Durante (some younger readers may need to look him up) used to say "Everybody's gotta get into the act!" and when it comes to vinyl, he was correct! It's sold at Whole Foods (which because of some of the customers I encounter there I like to call "A-Whole Foods") at Urban Outfitters (along with Crosley "groove chewers"), Target and other unlikely vinyl venues.

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HDTracks Gets Rolling Stones Catalog In High Resolution Digital!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2011
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He Just Found Us!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 28, 2011
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