Michael Fremer

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AAA VinylNews
Ten LP Kinks Mono Box Cut by Kevin Gray From Original Analog Masters
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 18, 2016  |  First Published: Oct 18, 2016  |  27 comments
A "Kinks in Mono" box set is due for release overseas shortly and in America on December 16th.

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Features
Ten Years Into The Digital Revolution: A Continuing Disaster in Sound
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  0 comments
Ed. note: In light of Bob Dylan's recent Rolling Stone interview in which he championed vinyl and complained both about CDs and modern recorded sound, we thought it appropriate to bring this to the home page yet again:

Back in 1994, ten years into the "digital revolution," the editor of Tower Records's "Pulse" magazine, bravely commissioned me to write an article expressing my feelings about digital sound, ten years after the introduction of the compact disc. It was published in "Pulse!" much to my delight. I thought you might find it interesting in 2005--MF

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Album Reviews
Tennis Anyone?
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2007  |  0 comments

A friend told me that Blonde Redhead purists simply hate this album, or at least they’re disappointed by the New York based group’s 7th. Disappointed by what they claim is overproduction, over-thinking and artifice in place of substance.

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News
Thai Radio Show Stream
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 25, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 25, 2015  |  10 comments
If you want to hear the Thai radio show I was on, you can hear it here:

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Munich 2015
Thales Introduces New TTT Slim Turntable and Easy Tone Arm
Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2015  |  First Published: May 25, 2015  |  0 comments
A step down in size and price from the bigger Thales rig, the new TTT Slim incorporates many of the big ‘table’s features such as battery powered drive.
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Munich 2013
Thales TTT-Compact Turntable and Simplicity Tangential Pivoted Arm Is A Match Made In Musical Heaven
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2013  |  3 comments
The compact, Swiss-made Thales TTT turntable exudes a subtle, soothing beauty and refinement. The Simplicity tangential pivoted tonearm complements the 'table's "refined to the essentials" design and together they create a vinyl playback system that seems destined to produce great sound, though I really didn't get a chance to listen
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AXPONA 2014
Thales' New Easy Tone Arm Makes North American Debut at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  3 comments
Switzerland-based Thales recently introduced "Easy", a new moderately-priced tangential pivoting tone arm, that importer AAudio Imports introduced at AXPONA.
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Set-Up Tips
That Crazy Little Thing Called "Azimuth" Part 1
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 18, 2012  |  4 comments
"Azimuth" is generally defined as the perpendicularity of the cantilever to the record surface. Some tonearms, including most (but not all) gimbaled tonearms (ones with fixed bearings like Rega and fixed head shell SME's don't allow you to adjust that parameter. You are at the mercy of the cartridge manufacturer, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't check your cartridge's performance even if you can't adjust it.

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Set-Up Tips
That Crazy Little Thing Called "Azimuth" Part 2
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 19, 2012  |  26 comments
In Part 1 we explained the importance of proper azimuth setup. Now, on to how to achieve it! While using a digital oscilloscope is the most accurate method, it also requires you to spend hundreds of dollars to buy one and then you have to learn how to use it. That's not really necessary for most analog devotees, and so we're not going to go into the details here. If you insist, you'll have to buy one and figure it out using the methodology that will be described, which is generally applicable to whichever way you choose to go.

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Features
The "Audio Porn" Experiment's Details Revealed!
Michael Fremer  |  May 29, 2017  |  First Published: May 29, 2017  |  3 comments
On March 30th 2017 we posted a story called Audio Porn Experiment Part #1 and #2.
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