Michael Fremer

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Album Reviews
Groovenote proves it once again
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 18, 2003  |  1 comments
You go with what works, and that's what Groovenote has done here. Having scored big with female vocalist Jacintha, the label is hoping to do likewise with the delicious looking, sultry sounding jazz singer Eden Atwood. Again going with what works, Atwood is backed by the pianist/arranger Bill Cunliffe's trio featuring Joe LaBarbera on drums and Derek Oles on bass. The group has become the label's de-facto "house band."
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Munich 2015
Gruensch Introduces MCS II+ Reference Phonostage
Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2015  |  First Published: May 25, 2015  |  0 comments
Somehow I missed this one even though the company was thought ful enough to send a pre-show press release. Sorry about that!

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Interviews
Guess What Company Norman Pickering Started?
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 14, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 14, 2015  |  14 comments
In his ninety-nine years on this earth Norman C. Pickering has seen and done more than most of us would manage were we lucky enough to live to be a hundred and ninety-nine.

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Album Reviews
Gwenifer Raymond's "You Never Were Much of a Dancer" Is Finger-Picking Good!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 18, 2018  |  0 comments
In an era where virtuosity is seemingly shunned, here comes 32 year old Welsh-born finger picking, multi-instrumentalist Gwenifer Raymond who, listening to this album, you’d swear must have been born on the Appalachian trail somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line.

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News
GZ Media Claims It Pressed Seven Million Records Last Year!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 26, 2013  |  8 comments
GZ Media, the Czech Republic digital and vinyl pressing plant that did such a great job pressing the Decca era Rolling Stones box set claims it pressed seven million records last year!
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News
GZ Media Takes Its Latest "Fashion Statement" Down the Runway!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 03, 2015  |  19 comments
When we announced last year that Czech Republic based GZ Media was pu
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Analog Gear News
Hagerman Audio Labs Debuts Archiver-JFET Variabl Equalization Phonostage
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 20, 2022  |  First Published: Apr 20, 2022  |  4 comments
Hagerman Audio Labs just announced the new $1,189.00 Archiver JFET Equalization Phonostage.
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Analog Gear NewsNews
Hagerman Audio Labs Introduces Trumpet MC-Vacuum Tube Phonostage
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 07, 2020  |  First Published: Dec 07, 2020  |  3 comments
The 3rd generation Hagerman Audio Labs Trumpet MC, according to the designer, "...maintains the superb sonic performance of the original, while cleverly cutting costs via technological advancements.

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RMAF 2014
Hagerman Audio Labs Repackages Products
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 12, 2014  |  7 comments
Jim Hagerman was on hand at RMAF where he displayed his line of phono preamps as well as some of his burn-in products.

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Hagerman Audio’s “Tubey” But Quiet Trumpet MC Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 10, 2021  |  First Published: Apr 10, 2021  |  20 comments
Hagerman Audio Lab’s 3rd generation fully balanced from input to output 3 pound Trumpet MC combines a differential JFET input front-end with a more conventional 6 dual-triode vacuum tube (4X 12AX7, 2X 12AU7) gain/ phase-splitter/driver/output (if I misread the schematic, which is possible, Hagerman will correct me!). Each tube came fitted with a damping ring.

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