Michael Fremer

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Butterscotch Records, Record Retailer Touch Vinyl, Audeze Headphones And UCLA Radio Team to Present Music & Hi Fi Event
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 04, 2014  |  comments
(photo by Christopher Vetur, who is forgiven for the fingers on the grooves)

A record label, a record store, a high end headphone manufacturer a college radio station and a well-respected mastering engineer team up with recording artists to present an event touting high quality sound from vinyl records.

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Record Buying Tips
Buying Used Records? A Cautionary Tale!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 22, 2015  |  comments
After reading analogplanet's Bruce Springsteen box set coverage a well-known audio designer excitedly came up to me at last December's L.A. and Orange County Audiophile Society Gala.

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Analog Gear News
Buzzcocks a different kind of tension Reissued by Domino
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 05, 2019  |  comments
Domino has just re-issued two of The Buzzcocks’ four albums with the sticker on the masterful classic a different kind of tension reading “Sourcing the original ¼” tapes for the first time since the original 1979 release.”

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Album Reviews
By Jingo! Bowie "A-Dresses" His Issues (Or Someone Else's?)
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 04, 2015  |  comments
The Bowie dress cover did not make the American cut when the album was first released in America in the Fall of 1970.
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CES 2017
C.E.S. Wrap-Up: Was 2017 The Final C.E.S.?
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2017  |  First Published: Jan 17, 2017  |  comments
Of course C.E.S. 2017 will not be the final C.E.S. for the gadget hawkers and manufacturers of products that upon introduction are born obsolete. The big halls will continue to attract those who traffic in appliances, gadgets, and soon to be commoditized and devalued innovations.

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News
Cable Manufacturer Morrow Audio Hopes to Attract Young Music Lovers With Used Records!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 26, 2017  |  First Published: Sep 26, 2017  |  comments
Cable manufacturer Morrow Audio recently opened a used record store on a busy Florence, Kentucky highway. 30,000 cars pass the store daily.

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Can I Have My Money Back?
Calling All Selfies!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 21, 2020  |  First Published: Mar 21, 2020  |  comments
This July will mark my 25th anniversary at Stereophile and my 300th Analog Corner column. Whew! Over the years readers (and viewers) from all over the world have come up to me and requested more "selfies" than I ever imagined anyone might want from an audio reviewer.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Calling Cadence's Eponymous Debut Album Is Made "Like They Used to Make Albums"
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 03, 2022  |  comments
The Southern California retro-band Calling Cadence signed to Hi-Res Records recently released an eponymously titled debut album recorded, mixed and mastered "the way they used to" make albums: recorded and mixed to analog tape and mastered by Kevin Gray from the analog master tape, and pressed at RTI on 180g vinyl. The cover image of an 8-track tape helps seal the retro-deal as does the music.

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Cambridge Audio's "Duo" Phono Preamp/Headphone Amplifier Outperforms Its Low Price
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 14, 2019  |  First Published: Jan 14, 2019  |  comments
Cambridge Audio's Duo is a compact, attractive, lightweight (2.1 Lbs) low priced phono preamplifier that will surprise you with its solid sonic performance as well as its low price. It certainly surprised me! It also features a headphone amplifier so it makes for a great desktop or dorm room accessory.

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Turntable Reviews
Cambridge Audio’s Alva—A Serious Plug’n’Play Direct Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2020  |  First Published: Apr 26, 2020  |  comments
Cambridge Audio’s $1699 Direct-Drive Alva (named after Thomas Alva Edison) is not the first “plug’n’play turntable, but it’s the first serious, well-engineered one that combines set up ease with high performance, both mechanical and sonic. An added attraction is high resolution Bluetooth SBC [lowest resolution 320 bit MP3]/apt X/apt X HD [up to 24 bit/48kHz Hi-res] functionality that allows wireless connectivity to a Bluetooth loudspeaker or headphones.

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