Michael Fremer

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Album Reviews
Second Release After 20 Year Hiatus Hits Fun Zone Again
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2006  |  0 comments

I think there’s a recent interview with these guys online but I don’t want to read it. The less I know the better.

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News
Second Season of Elvis Costello's "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With..." TV Show Coming to Blu-ray
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2011  |  0 comments
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Munich 2013
See Munich High End Show From the Editor's Point of View Video #1
Michael Fremer  |  May 12, 2013  |  3 comments
Join my walking tour of Munich's High End Show 2013 courtesy GoPro camera mounted on my head. This is the first time I used the camera.
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Turntable Reviews
Select a VPI Prime Turntable And Make A Great Choice
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 23, 2016  |  First Published: Aug 23, 2016  |  46 comments
The Prime is the first turntable designed by Mat Weisfeld. What that means in this case is more a series of smart executive decisions rather than a “from scratch” effort (for you vegetarians, the headline incorporates all three USDA grades of meat).

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NY Audio Show 2014
Seminar: The Vinyl Resurgence—late 2014 And Beyond
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 27, 2014  |  First Published: Sep 27, 2014  |  8 comments
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News
September Opening For Citizen Vinyl, North Carolina's First Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 20, 2020  |  First Published: Jul 20, 2020  |  28 comments
Monday, July 20, 2020 (Asheville, NC) - A full circle revival is underway for Asheville, NC’s Citizen-Times building. Once home to the daily paper’s printing facility and offices, the historic site will soon be unveiled with a new identity as a boutique vinyl pressing plant, record store and bar/cafe (and a new name):Citizen Vinyl. Founded by veteran music producer Gar Ragland and supported by a dream team of industry professionals and craftsmen, Citizen Vinyl is slated to become North Carolina’s first on site pressing plant, though its mission goes beyond just manufacturing great quality records.

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Album Reviews
Set the "Wayback Machine" to 1958!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2003  |  1 comments

You won’t be buying these two LPs for their sonics. Primitive television show soundtracks from a Compton, California based local program recorded before an appreciative live audience, provide listeners with a “way back machine” glimpse of another time, and seemingly another universe—especially when you consider the music for which Compton’s currently best known.

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Munich 2016
Set up Day Snooping at High End Munich 2016 Produced Some Scoops!
Michael Fremer  |  May 05, 2016  |  First Published: May 05, 2016  |  10 comments
Being a glutton for punishment, instead of taking it easy after traveling all night to Munich, I headed directly to the MOC convention center to watch everyone set up for Thursday’s press day opening.

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Seta Model L phono preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 19, 2010  |  0 comments
The minuscule electrical output of an analog signal from a moving-coil cartridge needs to be boosted before it can be converted to digital and equalized in the digital domain. Of course, you could use your current phono preamplifier and record an equalized signal to hard disk, but then you wouldn't get to experience Pure Vinyl's digital RIAA correction—nor would you be able to avail yourself of all the equalization curves provide by Pure Vinyl, of which there are almost too many to count.
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Phono Preamp Reviews
Seta Nano phono preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 19, 2010  |  2 comments
The minuscule electrical output of an analog signal from a moving-coil cartridge needs to be boosted before it can be converted to digital and equalized in the digital domain. Of course, you could use your current phono preamplifier and record an equalized signal to hard disk, but then you wouldn't get to experience Pure Vinyl's digital RIAA correction—nor would you be able to avail yourself of all the equalization curves provide by Pure Vinyl, of which there are almost too many to count.
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