Michael Fremer

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Thailand 2017
In A Thai Vinyl Noodle Factory (TPC—Thai Plastic Company)
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2017  |  First Published: Aug 01, 2017  |  6 comments
Did you ever wonder where the vinyl used to press your records originates? Most of the vinyl pellets used by American pressing plants originates in Thailand, manufactured at a TPC plant on the outskirts of Bangkok.

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News
In Japan, Sony Getting Back Into the Business of Pressing Records
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 29, 2017  |  First Published: Jun 29, 2017  |  17 comments
I read the news today, oh boy! Sony, Japan is getting back into the business of cutting and perhaps pressing records after having "walkman"ed away for the past thirty years.

Here's the story posted by NPR.

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NewsRecord Handling and Storage Tips
In Portland, Oregon A New Source For Per Madsen's "Rackit" Record Racks
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2019  |  First Published: Mar 02, 2019  |  21 comments
An AnalogPlanet reader let us know about a new source for Per Madsen's "Rackit" record storage units (Per retired). Portland Oregon based woodworker Ryan Tinsel manufactures the record storage racks in his "one-man shop".

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Album Reviews
In Retrospect, Dylan Didn't Throw it All Away in Nashville
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2008  |  0 comments

Whether the release of this album or Dylan's "plugging in" at Newport in 1965 enraged fans more is debatable, but whichever way you see it, everyone agrees that this record was reviled when first released back in the Spring of 1969.

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Analog Gear News
In The Record Cleaning Machine Wars VPI Comes Out Vacuuming
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 20, 2013  |  4 comments
VPI just announced a new record cleaning machine, the MW-1 Cyclone. The new $1000 record cleaning machine shares the 16.5's shape but is of aluminum and has a removable lid rather than one that's hinged. Its bi-directional platter functions with the vacuum off or on.

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Features
In “The Valley”, Mastering Engineer Kevin Gray Opens Cohearent Recording A/K/A “Hackensack West"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2022  |  First Published: Jan 10, 2022  |  15 comments
Rudy Van Gelder turned his parents’ cozy Hackensack, N.J. living room into a recording studio in which was produced, recorded and mastered some of Blue Note and Prestige’s most iconic and sought-after records, or so the legend goes.

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Album Reviews
Indie "roots/rock" band makes one "like they used to."
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 16, 2003  |  0 comments

Why this elegant-sounding Chicago based band steeped in the best of 1970s folk/rock chose to name itself after an obscure, and pretty much ignored fish--a trout relative (Salvelinus malma) that is not pursued either commercially or as a sport fish--is a question I can't answer. Naming your band after a fish is odd--doubly so when it's one that makes it sound as if you're talking about a person instead of a group, as in "Have you heard Dolly Varden?" "No. Who is she?" Or another response: "Dolly Parton? No, but I heard she did a version of 'Stairway to Heaven'! What was she thinking?"

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Album Reviews
Indie Band's Major Label Debut on Double Vinyl Plus Free CD
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2007  |  0 comments

Talk about throwing it back to the 1980s! These guys channel Manifestoera Roxy, Brit/Industrial (Joy Division) and even Haircut 100 on their latest double LP set (CD included for easy iTunes/iPod loading).

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NY Audio Show 2013
Ingenious Acoustical Systems Head Shell Adjusts Overhang, SRA/VTA and Azimuth
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 15, 2013  |  5 comments
Acoustical Systems' SME-collet type headshell offers provisions for overhang/zenith angle, azimuth and VTA/SRA adjustability.

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News
Innovative Launches in New York City Wilson Audio Specialties Chronosonic XVX
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 13, 2020  |  First Published: Jan 13, 2020  |  6 comments
Unless you are official press, you are not invited to the XVX noon press preview lunch Friday January 17th, but feel free to reserve a seat during one of the hourly "Happy Hour Listening Sessions" from 4PM through 8PM at Innovative Audio by rsvp-ing before limited space is all booked. The website says 5PM-9PM....so better check with Innovative!

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