Michael Fremer

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Sweepstakes
Delos Cartridge Winner Announced
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 03, 2012  |  4 comments
And the winner of the Lyra Delos cartridge sweepstakes is:
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Cartridge Reviews
Denon 103 Slip Over Aluminum Body: Does it Improve Sonics?
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 22, 2019  |  First Published: Mar 22, 2019  |  49 comments
Denon's 103 cartridge originally introduced in the 1960s for radio station vinyl playback is still in production and now has achieved near-mythical status. A few body upgrades are available, most of which require the motor to be removed from the less than rigid body. However, this one costing $85 with the not particularly clever name Aluminum Body Cap is one you can easily add yourself to your existing 103.

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Album Reviews
Denser and Occaisonally More Conficted, Yet Remaining Majestic
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2006  |  0 comments

The latest Sigur Rós album is yet another soundtrack to an imaginary movie you’re asked to create in your own head. The swelling orchestral resolves mostly corral you into thinking goodness and heavenly inspiration with singer "Jonsi"’s high pitched child-like (and sometimes cat-like) vocals sung either in a language of his invention and on some tracks for the first time actual Icelandic, making it easier for your personal invention as you’ll have no idea what he singing about. Not that it matters. The group’s music wears its mostly uplifting emotional heart on its sleeves.

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Album Reviews
Dependable Artist Turns Out Another Pleasing Gem
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2011  |  3 comments

The prolific, smoky-voiced Irish folk/rock singer Eleanor McEvoy has had an almost twenty year recording career, first on major labels, where she enjoyed mainstream success but after getting caught in an excess of red tape, she extricated herself and began recording for independents.  

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Album Reviews
Deptford Goth's "Life After Defo" Will Make You Happily Sad
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 18, 2013  |  3 comments
I don't know what "defo" is, but judging by this record, life after it is achingly melancholic. Actually after writing that I did web search and learned that "defo" means something like "certainty". So who can argue that life after certainty would leave you anything but melancholic or worse?

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2013
Designer Pete Riggle Shows Me His Woody Tonearm
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2013  |  2 comments
In the dark, Pete Riggle shows me his Woody.
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LAAS 2017
Despite Munich High End New Products Debuted at LAAS 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 07, 2017  |  First Published: Jun 07, 2017  |  2 comments
After High End Munich, some of which remains to be covered here, though chances were slim at the just concluded Los Angeles Audio Show of finding new products, we did.

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NY Audio Show 2014
Despite Stacked Odds, New York Audio Show Was a Great Success
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 04, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 04, 2014  |  5 comments
The naysayers were wrong, the show organizers were correct: Brooklyn was a good borough in which to hold a hi-fi show, the holiday weekend didn't greatly (if at all) suppress attendance and even the glorious weather proved not to be factor. The above photo was snapped Sunday afternoon in the VAC/Focal room.

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News
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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Album Reviews
Devilish Sonics From Reference Recordings' Mephisto & Co.
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 02, 2015  |  5 comments
Previously only available on CD, this double 45 rpm set of classical music sonic spectaculars provides both demonstration quality sound and a fun ride even for those professing to not like classical music, courtesy of a world-renowned orchestra and conductor.

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