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Deep Listening: Why Audio Quality Matters
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 09, 2008  |  0 comments
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Definitive Audio's Music Matters 12 Event Is This Thursday March 9th 5PM-9PM
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 07, 2017  |  4 comments
If you live in the Seattle-Tacoma area, why not spend an evening at Definitive Audio listening to good music on great audio gear hosted by representatives from many of the industry's top manufacturers? I'll be there too.

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Despite Typhoon Yolanda, Manila Hi-Fi Show Still On For Saturday and Sunday November 9th and 10th
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 07, 2013  |  2 comments
Show organizers expect 2500-3000 attendees, though those flying in from neighboring islands may be prevented from doing so due to canceled flights.
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Did "Andy's Gang" Call It Correctly?
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 08, 2014  |  8 comments
Did you compare the two files? The one that most readers identified as harsher and brighter was found to be running .1% faster than the other, so Mr. Distler, slowed it down and again posted the files. I both listened and I looked at them using Audacity. So you could say I "cheated" but it doesn't matter. Forget what I heard.

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Did Amazon Announce That Vinyl Sales Were "Up 745 percent" Since 2008?
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 21, 2013  |  34 comments
Sorry to have mislead you but the endgadget.com story headlined "Amazon Announces Vinyl Sales Up 745 Percent" is as best as I can determine, a fantasy created by the writer. First of all, it wasn't "Amazon" that announced anything. It was "Amazon.co.uk" the UK Amazon affiliate that made an announcement, but it was that vinyl sales were up 745 percent though it was about a huge increase in vinyl sales.

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Direct to Disc Brahms Symphony Cycle From Berlin Philharmonic
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 23, 2016  |  44 comments
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Brahms: The Berlin Philharmonic performs the four Brahms symphonies conducted by Rattle and recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie direct to disc September, 2014 using a One-Point microphone set-up.

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DISCOGS In Association With Audio-Technica Presents "Crate Diggers" Record Fair NYC Sat. July 27th
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 22, 2019  |  5 comments
100 tables filled with vinyl records highlights the New York City Crate Diggers event to be held in Times Square at the Playstation Theater 1515 Broadway, this Saturday, July 27th starting at 10:00 AM. Admission is free! The after-party featuring Roy Ayers, Method Man + Redman and many others is a paid admission event requiring ticket pre-purchase. For details go here.
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Don't Worry, I'm Keeping My Day Job!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 09, 2012  |  16 comments
I was invited to speak at last week's Los Angeles and Orange County Audiophile Society Annual Awards Banquet. I spoke there two years ago and did some audio stand up comedy so this time i figured I'd do something else: sing.
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Doors at 45rpm Coming From Analogue Productions
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 08, 2011  |  0 comments
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Dr. Amar Bose Dead at 83
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 13, 2013  |  94 comments
Don't speak ill of the dead is commonly accepted wisdom to which I almost always subscribe. However, an Amar Bose obituary in today's New York Times by Glenn Rifkin that read more like an advertisement than an obit forces my hand.

The obit writer claims the Bose Corporation "..became synonymous with high quality audio systems..." and that "His speakers, though expensive, earned a reputation for bringing concert-hall quality audio into the home." Really?

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DS Audio To Demo ES-001 Eccentricity Detection Stabilizer At Quintessence Audio In Chicago This Saturday
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 22, 2022  |  25 comments
It's demo time! Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings will demonstrate the new DS Audio ES-001 Eccentricity Detection Stabilizer, which was introduced at the Munich High End show, at Quintessence Audio in Chicago this Saturday, June 25, from 1 to 6 pm (Central time).

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Eagles Legacy Box Available Today However You Wish
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2018  |  8 comments
The Eagles' seven studio albums, three live albums plus a collection of rare singles and B-sides are included in the 15 LP vinyl edition of Eagles Legacy along with a 54 page hard-bound book all in a lavish slipcase package costing $349.98 It includes "Hell Freezes Over" and for the first time
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ECM Has Issued This Month Seven Classic Titles on Vinyl Cut From Analog Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 21, 2014  |  15 comments
ECM recently announced the reissue on 180g vinyl of seven adventurous titles from the label's vast catalog.

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ECM Reissues Keith Jarrett Sun Bear Concerts  10 LP Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 23, 2021  |  17 comments
Sun Bear Concerts, documents five complete solo performances by Keith Jarrett in Japan. First released in 1978, it is considered a milestone achievement in the history of jazz recording. "Rich in incident and detail, the music is beautifully produced, illustrated, and presented in this ten-LP set".

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Editor Podcasts For Home Theater Magazine
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 09, 2011  |  0 comments
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