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Analog Corner
Analog Corner #98
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 22, 2018  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2003  |  0 comments
Every edition of Primedia's annual Home Entertainment show (formerly known as Stereophile's Hi-Fi Show) takes on a life of its own, even if the venue, the participants, and the products are mostly familiar. It has to do with a confluence of factors—the paying customers, the weather, current events, whatever seems to be the hot industry trend, and just "the ether."

Home Entertainment 2003, held this past June at San Francisco's venerable Westin–St. Francis Hotel, was no exception. The contours of this show's personality were drawn in greater relief for those of us who had attended the previous show at this venue, back in 1997.

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Analog Corner
Analog Corner #99
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 29, 2018  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2003  |  1 comments
The innards of the ASR Basis Exclusive phono preamplifier, reviewed in this column.

Press kits arrive at my house almost daily, trumpeting one thing or another, including upcoming hi-fi shows around the world. Recently, none has provided quite the jolt to my system as one sent by Steve Rowell of Audio Classics in Vestal, New York. It's for the New York High Fidelity Music Show, September 29–October 3. Don't worry, you haven't missed it. Well, you have—by 38 years. Rowell sent me a genuine classic: a press kit for a hi-fi show held in 1965.

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News
Analog Devotees Producing All-Analog Indie Sci-Fi Feature Film
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 03, 2012  |  3 comments
An international group of analog devotees are in the midst of producing a Sci-Fi film shot on 16MM film, with sound recorded on a Nagra III reel-to-reel deck featuring a music track using analog synthesizers (Moog and Doepfer, a Theramin, etc.).

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Capital AudioFest 2013
Analog Instruments Limited's Siggwan 12 Tonearm From New Zealand
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 30, 2013  |  0 comments
The "cult of tonearm" grows, particularly with but not limited to wooden arms. I'd heard of but never seen in person one of James Grant's tonearms (Analog Instruments Limited.
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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analog Planet Radio "Car Show" Now Available
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 28, 2015  |  First Published: Sep 28, 2015  |  14 comments
Today's edition of Analog Planet Radio consists exclusively of songs about cars.
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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analog Planet Radio "Columbus Day Special" Now Available For Download
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 12, 2015  |  9 comments
Today's Analog Planet Radio show, hosted by "Michele Fremere" is now available.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analog Planet Radio "Drug" Show Now Available
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 19, 2015  |  10 comments
Analog Planet Radio's "Drug" show is now available for downloading here and on WFDU.fm's website archive where it will be available for streaming for two weeks. For those overseas who are having trouble downloading from this site, that might be a better solution.

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Analog Planet Radio "Halloween Show" Now Available As Download or Streaming Via SoundCloud Player
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 26, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 26, 2015  |  13 comments
Analog Planet Radio's first annual Halloween Show is now available for downloading.
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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analog Planet Radio Show Expands to Two Hours October 5th—"Got Live 2" Now Available
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 22, 2015  |  First Published: Sep 22, 2015  |  13 comments
Analog Planet radio show "Got Live 2" is available for streaming on the WFDU.fm website and here on analogplanet.com at higher resolution.

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Analog Planet Radio Two Hour Direct to Disk Radio Show Now Available For Downloading
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 02, 2015  |  17 comments
With this Direct to Disk show, Analog Planet Radio expands its Monday noon show to two hours. This is also the first show to be broadcast over the air on WFDU-FM's HD2 channel. The antenna is located atop the Alpine Tower built on the New Jersey Palisades by General Edward Howard Armstrong, invented of FM radio. He built it there so it would be visible to his nemesis RCA's Dr. David Sarnoff.

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