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Crosley To Open a Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 20, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 20, 2016  |  comments
Turntable manufacturer Crosley is set to announce the opening soon of a new pressing plant. No this is not an early April Fool's Day hoax.

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Album Reviews
Crunch Time For the Stripped Down Stripes
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 01, 2007  |  comments

Look: if you don’t like The Sweet, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, Neil and Crazy Horse, T-Rex and of course Led Zep and boogie rock generally, Jack White’s brand of retro-crunchrock isn’t going to be to your liking, but if that kind of stuff appeals to you and considerations of modernity don’t apply to your musical meanderings, this record will hit the spot. And how long has it been since that spot’s been hit?

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Album Reviews
Cuban-Born Jazz Duo Produce Thoughtful Musical Excursion
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2011  |  comments

The Cuban born, classically trained jazz pianist Elio Villafranca plays in a lyrical, yet not quite florid style that moves from Latin style fiery and dramatic one moment to deeply introspective and abstract the next.

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CES 2013
Custom Built PBN Groovemaster Turntable Dazzles
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2013  |  comments
The PBN Groovemaster turntable in Macassar Ebony with gold plated brass accents and SME 312S sure looked nice. It will cost you $20,000. I didn't get a chance to hear it.
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Album Reviews
Cyndi Lauper's Debut Sounding Better Than Ever on Mobile Fidelity's Reissue
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 15, 2013  |  comments
Like Marshall Crenshaw’s debut, Cyndi Lauper’s first album would be difficult to top and neither she nor Crenshaw managed to do it. Better to peak early than not peak at all—not that either of them didn’t release some very good follow-ups.

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InterviewsRMAF 2019
Cynthia The Audio Belle Interviews AnalogPlanet's Michael Fremer
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2020  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2020  |  comments
At the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Show, "Cynthia, the Audio Belle" asked if she could interview me. Of course I said "yes" and that turned into 47 minutes worth that she's edited and split into two parts. I'm posting before watching so I hope it's okay!

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2015
D'Agostino Master Audio Systems Debuts New Phono Preamp at T.H.E. Show Newport 2015
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 02, 2015  |  comments
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Album Reviews
D'Angelo's Black Messiah  Took Fifteen Years To Produce
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2015  |  comments
Squishy, sticky, elastic beats, some so slow and off-kilter that they threaten to fall apart, ghostly falsetto harmonies, cavernous empty spaces between the rhythmic wah-wah pulses and a distant, almost other-worldly sonic perspective announce D’Angelo’s singular sinewy yet gentle vision.

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Munich 2013
Da Vinci Audio's AAS Gabriel MK2 Reference Turntable and Master Reference Tonearm Virtu
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  comments
The Da Vinci Audio AAS Gabriel MK2 Reference Turntable is a thing of beauty to be sure. It is obviously a mass-loaded design and the build quality appears extremely high with a commensurate price tag of around $50,000.
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Album Reviews
Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" Is Retro-Disco Ear Candy
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 10, 2013  |  comments
Escaping The Doors' "Light My Fire" was impossible throughout 1967's "Summer of Love". Likewise, unless you shuttered yourself indoors throughout this year's "Summer of Blah" you simply couldn't avoid Daft Punk's break out hit "Get Lucky" culled from the unlikely number eight spot in the album's thirteen song sequence.

What do I mean by "Summer of Blah"? Is this not the most, compliant, passive, drippy, "blah" generation to come down the pike in decades?

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