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Your Four Day Getaway With Tony Visconti, Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner and Bill Szymczyk!
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 15, 2014
Sorry, this is not a giveaway contest. However, if you have sufficiently deep pockets ($3499 if you sign up now, $3999 after August 1st) you can spend a four day, extended weekend, Thursday, November 6th through Sunday November 9th, 2014 with four of the greatest producer/engineers of our time (or any time) at the Power Station/New England Studios in Waterford, CT.

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Beatles Monos Get New York City Debut At Electric Lady Studios
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 27, 2014
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Led Zep Files Identified
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 26, 2014
In the Led Zeppelin II review Analogplanet.com included two unidentified 96/24 files containing short "needle drop" excerpts, one sourced from the new 96/24 reissue and one sourced from the Classic Records reissue.

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Lazaretto  Sells 40,000 Vinyl Copies, Opens at #1 on Billboard Charts
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 19, 2014
Jack White's new Third Man/Columbia album Lazaretto opened at #1 on Billboard's album charts, selling 138,000 copies, 40,000 of which were the "ultra" vinyl edition, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was the biggest vinyl seller since the beginning in 1991 of Nielsen SoundScan's music tracking service.
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Ortofon Announces 2M Mono Special Edition "Beatles Tribute" Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 17, 2014
June 17th, 2014—Ortofon today announced the development of the 2M Mono SE cartridge intended as a "tribute" to the upcoming Beatles mono box set.

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Led Zep Reviews Coming Soon
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2014
Where are the Led Zeppelin reviews?
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Mat Test Will Include Original 96/24 File As "Baseline" Reference
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 06, 2014
Thanks to an analogplanet.com reader's excellent suggestion, the blind mat test will include the original 96/24 file from which the Chasing the Dragon LP was cut. Recording engineer and label owner Mike Valentine was kind enough to send the original file of the Vivaldi "Concerto For Two Mandolins" that was used for the mat recordings.

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Man (Or Woman) Enough For a Blind Mat Test?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2014
There's still a great deal of news to post from both the Munich High End and T.H.E. Show Newport Beach and that will be coming shortly. Meanwhile, are you ready for a mat test?

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Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time  Getting AAA Vinyl Reissue
Michael Fremer  |  May 28, 2014
It's difficult to believe that 25 years have passed since the original release of Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time LP, an album whose title song deals with running out of time but that's how long it's been.

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SME's New Model 10 —— Worldwide Exclusive First Look!
Michael Fremer  |  May 20, 2014
During a visit to SME's factory May 19th (full photo story upcoming) company operations manager Liam Daly introduced the upcoming completely redesigned Model 10 turntable due for release some time in 2015.

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Nashville's United Record Pressing Expanding With Sixteen New Presses
Michael Fremer  |  May 08, 2014
On Wednesday, May 7th, Nashville's United Record Pressing announced a major plant expansion with the planned addition of 16 additional presses. To meet demand the company currently operated 24/6 snd has been doing so for the past two years.

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So You Want to Be A Vinyl Mastering Engineer? Let Chris Bellman Teach You.
Michael Fremer  |  May 08, 2014
On June 28th and 29th, Mastering engineer Chris Bellman (CB in your "dead wax") and recording engineer/mixer Francis Buckley will present the two day course "Analog Mastering in a Digital World" at Bernie Grundman Mastering. It's part of a Studio Prodigy Master Class Series

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Full Service Web Site
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 31, 2003

MusicAngle.com begins building Full Service Web Site Thanks to strong support from both readers and advertisers, MusicAngle.com\\\'s site upgrade has been bumped up from the second quarter of 2003 to immediately.

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Michael Fremer Makes the Cover of TONE Magazine
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 12, 2006

Musicangle editor drops trou!

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ABKCO Removes Hybrid SACD Stones Albums From Catalog
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 05, 2006

Decision by Sony leads to change, ABKCO claims

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