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Michael Fremer | Oct 23, 2012 | 19 comments

(Photo by Randy Wells) I've been on the road just about the entire month of October. First at Rocky Mountain Audio Festival and this past weekend I M.C.'d at Chad Kassem's 15th Annual Blues at The Crossroads Blues Festival held at his Blue Heaven Studios, a converted church. It was a blast and of course I again got to tour the pressing plant.

Album Reviews

Iconic Live Dick Dale Back on Vinyl!

Michael Fremer | Jan 01, 2011 | 1 comments

The only original copy of this album that I ever saw was in The Library of Congress's record collection. It features great period cover art that Green Day lifted for their Foxboro Hot Tub album and a live performance from guitar legend Dick Dale.

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Identifying Defective Tom Waits Reissues

Michael Fremer | May 16, 2012 | 3 comments

I wonder if you can help me. I've ordered the updated versions of the Rhino Tom Waits titles from Music Direct - those cut by Chris Bellman from the original analogue reels.

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If Charles Kirmuss's Record Cleaning Machine and Regimen Are Correct, Are Everyone Else's Wrong? *

Michael Fremer | Jun 01, 2018 | First Published: Jun 01, 2018 | 124 comments

* Mr. Kirmuss insists that the vinyl residue seen in his cavitation tank in this video is not damage caused by his device. Rather, he insists, it is vinyl residue "locked" into the grooves by soapy residue from other machines that his process has removed.)

We first encountered at AXPONA 2018 Mr. Charles

iFi introduced in 2016 the seriously upgraded

Kirmuss and his "In The Groove" Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Restoration System. The system is based upon an ultrasonic bath-type cleaning machine from China, another of which that looked identical was being sold but a few feet away.

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News

If You Buy Just One Record This Record Store Day April 16th.. Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Apr 13, 2016 | First Published: Apr 13, 2016 | 20 comments

Record Store Day is this Saturday April 16th. It's also in the middle of AXPONA in Chicago, which is really annoying. Very bad timing.

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Phono Preamp Reviews

iFi's "Cost Is An Object" Zen Phono MM/MC Phono Preamplifier Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Mar 08, 2021 | First Published: Mar 08, 2021 | 16 comments

iFi’s Zen Phono preamplifier replaces the busy, but super-adjustable dip-switch laden operating system found on the company’s far more costly ($999), feature-rich iPhono 3 for a much simpler one, yet the Zen offers an impressive feature set, and high build and parts quality, all for $149.99.

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Phono Preamp Reviews

iFi's iPhono 3 MM/MC Phono Preamplifier Takes A Giant Sonic Leap Forward Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Sep 01, 2020 | First Published: Sep 01, 2020 | 45 comments

The recently introduced iPhono 3 is the third iteration of the remarkably compact, full-featured phono preamp iFi first introduced in 2012 that AnalogPlanet most positively reviewed. The original unit sold for $399.

iPhono2 more positively reviewed on this website. The company made significant upgrades to both parts and features. Despite the many improvements, the price increased a scant $100 to $499.

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RMAF 2014

iFi's Stereo 50 Vacuum Tube Amplifier + LS 3.5 Speaker Combo Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Oct 12, 2014 | First Published: Oct 12, 2014 | 4 comments

What could be more appropriate to plug your wooden turntable into than the iFi phono preamp built into iFi's Stereo 50 Vacuum Tube Amplifier complete with two-way LS 3.5 speakers?

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Album Reviews

Iggy and the Alter Cockers Plays Kutsher's, Oy Vay! Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jul 01, 2011 | 1 comments

To those of us at a certain age and religious persuasion, there's something bizarre about Iggy and the Stooges playing Kutsher's Country Club, once one of the Borscht Belt's premiere venues. Of course Kutsher's and the Borscht Belt aren't what they used to be but Iggy and the Stooges still are!

Tonearm Reviews

Immedia RPM-2 tonearm

Michael Fremer | Oct 03, 2004 | 0 comments

If the sole criterion for choosing a winner in today's hotly contested premium arms race was original thinking, the Immedia RPM-2 might well come out on top. While some of its design details resemble those found on other products, in many significant areas the arm is unique—not for uniqueness's sake, but in order to efficiently implement some clearly considered goals. If the unipivot RPM-2 bears a resemblance to any other contemporary arm, it is Naim's highly regarded ARO—which I've never heard. The similarity, though, would appear to be superficial.

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