Michael Fremer

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CES 2014
VPI Adds Classic 4 With 12" 3D Printed Arm to Its Turntable Lineup
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2014  |  12 comments
VPI introduced the $10,000 Classic 4 turntable, complete with 12" 3D tonearm for the tidy sum of $10,000.
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Simon Yorke Introduces a 45rpm-only Record Player!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2014  |  18 comments
Turntable manufacturer Simon Yorke just announced the limited edition S45 record player designed exclusively to play 45s and only 45s.
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CES 2014
Soundsmith Introduces New SG-230 Strain Gauge Cartridge/Preamp and System Control Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2014  |  1 comments
Soundsmith's Peter Ledermann demoed his latest Strain Gauge cartridge system, the SG-230. The new model offers a complete system preamp solution that features the strain gauge function plus four line inputs, remote control, balanced, single-ended and fixed outputs.
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CES 2014
Creek Updates to MK2 Edition "Real World"-Priced OBH-15 MM/MC Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014  |  0 comments
Creek Audio demoed an update to its OBH-15 MM/MC phono preamp.
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CES 2014
Parasound Shows Recently Introduced JC3+ Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014  |  1 comments
Parasound's recently announced JC3+ phono preamplifier made its debut at this year's CES.
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CES 2014
Zanden Debuts Model 120 Solid-State LCR Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014  |  0 comments
Osaka, Japan-based Zanden Audio added a third phono preamplifier to its line with the $7,500 Model 120, a solid state LCR RIAA design using Jensen dual tap step-up transformers with 60dB and 71dBs of gain and input impedances of 36 ohms and 470 ohms respectively.
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CES 2014
AMG Introduces the Teatro Moving Coil cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014  |  0 comments
AMG's new Teatro moving coil cartridge is an international collaborative effort, combining a machined, two-piece Tiodize Type III Titanium body manufactured in America and a Japan-sourced generator system, featuring separate coils for each channel said to increase separation (most cartridges have two coils mounted on a single former).
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CES 2014
Rogers High Fidelity Adds a Tubed Phono Preamplifier to its American-Made Lineup
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014  |  1 comments
Warwick, NY-based Rogers High Fidelity introduced the striking-looking and sounding PA-1A MM/MC phono preamplifier.
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CES 2014
Clearaudio Puts Fully Balanced, Current Drive Moving Coil Phono Preamp In Head Shell or Tonearm!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2014  |  0 comments
Clearaudio Introduced the Absolute Phono, a compact, fully balanced, current-based moving coil phono preamplifier built into the head shell of the line's linear tracking tonearms or into the arm tube Clearaudio's pivoted arms
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CES 2014
Pear Audio Blue Turntables Have Familiar-Looking Design Elements
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 15, 2014  |  1 comments
Seeing these Pear Audio Blue turntables in the Audio Skies room produced both surprise and familiarity. Surprise because it was a three-turntable line I'd neither seen nor heard of and familiarity because certain design elements looked like they had been lifted from the late Tom Fletcher of Nottingham Analogue fame.
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