Michael Fremer

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Munich 2018
At High End Munich 2018 SME CEO Stuart McNeilis Introduces the New "Synergy" Integrated Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2018  |  First Published: May 16, 2018  |  9 comments
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LAAS 2017
At LAAS 2017 Chad Kassem Talks Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 03, 2017  |  First Published: Jun 03, 2017  |  6 comments
At the Los Angeles Audio Show (June 2-4) Analogue Productions' Chad Kassem talks about the company's reel-to-reel tape program, the late Doug Sax's refurbished and restored The Mastering Lab mastering system that's now operational in Salina, Kansas and more.

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Making Vinyl 2018
At Making Vinyl 2018 "The New Business Model Filling The Vinyl Pipeline"
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 11, 2018  |  First Published: Nov 11, 2018  |  0 comments
Hosted by AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer and featuring Chad Kassem (Acoustic Sounds/Analogue Productions/Quality Record Pressing), Josh Bizar (Music Direct/Mobile Fidelity), Cameron Schaefer (Vinyl Me, Please) and Jay Millar (Sundazed), this lively panel discussion features vinyl industry pioneers specializing in high quality all-analog reissues, a newcomer who built a successful subscription service and a spokesperson for an eclectic label that began reissuing on vinyl at a time when the industry declared the format dead "oddball" and obscure artists along with many well known ones.

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Analog Gear NewsRMAF 2015
At RMAF 2015 Dan D'Agostino Launches New State of the Art Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 03, 2015  |  4 comments
At the 2015 Rocky Mountain Audio Festival Dan D'Agostino launched his new state of the art phono preamplifier.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
At T.H.E. Show Newport Beach, Kevin Voecks Talks About the Revel Concerta2 Speaker Series
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 26, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 26, 2016  |  4 comments
Yes, there’s still more T.H.E. Show Newport coverage to go.

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Thailand 2017
At Thai International High End 2017 News of New Audible Illusions Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 28, 2017  |  First Published: Jul 28, 2017  |  15 comments
Sometimes you have to travel overseas for news about American audio. While at the Thai show I learned of a new stand-alone phono preamplifier from venerable but until recently inactive Audible Illusions.

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Thailand 2017
At Thai International High End 2017 VPI Debuts Cliffwood Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 27, 2017  |  First Published: Jul 27, 2017  |  1 comments
At What Hi-Fi?'s International High-End A/V 2017 show in Bangkok, Thailand VPI introduced the new Cliffwood turntable. The new turntable features a vinyl-wrapped plinth, an inverted ceramic ball topped bearing, an aluminum alloy platter and a new gimbaled bearing tone arm.

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NY Audio Show 2013
Atocha Design Custom Cabinetry Takes A Different Turn on the High Quality Retro Road
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2013  |  3 comments
New York City based Atocha Design displayed a gorgeous looking, superbly crafted retro-cabinet designed to hold components and store records or other lesser media. All of the company's cabinetry is hand-crafted in the U.S.A. by a master cabinetmaker.

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RMAF 2013
Atomic Audio Labs Wins Analogplanet's "RMAF Extravagant Performance Enhancement Claims Award"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2013  |  13 comments
Atomic Audio Labs gets the RMAF "Extravagant Performance Enhancement Claims" award for the startling number of benefits said to derive from resting a Mac Mini on one of the company's' Mac Mini Platforms.

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News
Attention Submarine Watchers! Murray The "K"'s "It's What's Happening Baby" Airs on PBS March 6th!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 03, 2021  |  First Published: Mar 03, 2021  |  8 comments
New York D.J. Murray Kaufman, a/k/a "Murray the K", a/k/a "The Fifth Beatle" in the early 1960s presented raucous all-star rock and soul shows at Brooklyn's fabulous Fox Theater. After a 56 year absence Murray's TV special "It's What's Happening Baby" returns to the airwaves in a newly restored from the original video and audiotape presentation, featuring Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, The Miracles, Herman's Hermits, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Temptations, Johnny Rivers and Marvin Gaye, among others!

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