Michael Fremer

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Can I Have My Money Back?
Too Much Death
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2015  |  First Published: Mar 29, 2015  |  24 comments
There's way too much death in the air lately. It's always there but it's coming now in Tsunami waves.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Oscar Peterson In Your Living Room Via Six LP Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 30, 2015  |  7 comments
Back in the late 1990s Speakers Corner released the 180 gram LP Oscar Peterson The Lost Tapes (MPS 529-096-1) featuring ten tracks recorded between 1965 and 1968 in the Black Forest villa of MPS Records owner and recording engineer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer.

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Album Reviews
D'Angelo's Black Messiah  Took Fifteen Years To Produce
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2015  |  6 comments
Squishy, sticky, elastic beats, some so slow and off-kilter that they threaten to fall apart, ghostly falsetto harmonies, cavernous empty spaces between the rhythmic wah-wah pulses and a distant, almost other-worldly sonic perspective announce D’Angelo’s singular sinewy yet gentle vision.

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Phono Preamp Reviews
A Mono Set-Up That Won’t Break the Bank
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 02, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 02, 2015  |  5 comments
The Italian-built Tektron Italia Mono Phono preamplifier manufactured exclusively for Robyatt Audio is an all-tube design housed in a wooden box topped by a solid copper plate that serves as the unit’s ground plane.

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News
Legendary Mastering Engineer Doug Sax Has Passed Away
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 02, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 02, 2015  |  30 comments
It is with much sadness that I inform you that Doug Sax, the great mastering engineer, direct-to-disc pioneer, co-founder of Sheffield Labs, founder of The Mastering Lab and of course a truly wonderful and pleasingly cantankerous person, passed away the morning of April 2nd. He would have been 79 on April 26th.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Storytone A Twice Told Neil Young Album (Revised Mastering Info)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 05, 2015  |  8 comments
On Storytone Neil Young wears his heart on his sleeve and splattered on his windshield, serving it up both straight and backed by orchestral and big band arrangements. All of the performances are recorded live, with no overdubs.

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News
M2tech Joplin A/D Converter Gets Mk2 Update (Revised 4/9/2015)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 07, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 07, 2015  |  5 comments
The M2tech Joplin, one of the A/D converters profiled in the recent A/D converter "shoot out" has had a "make over".

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News
Joni Mitchell Sounds Off on Digital Recording
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 07, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 07, 2015  |  21 comments
In case you missed this Billboard Magazine interview with Joni Mitchell, conducted upon the release of her 4 CD retrospective box set Love Has Many Faces, A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced.

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Turntable Reviews
The George-Warren Turntable—Well-Made, Sensibly Engineered, Elegant-Looking
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 09, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 09, 2015  |  12 comments
Souix-Falls, South Dakota based George-Warren Precision Sound manufactures and sells direct but one model turntable. After spending a few months with it, I’d say one is enough.

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News
"Ultimate Sinatra" Compilation Includes Columbia, Capitol and Reprise Tracks (Updated 4/13/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 10, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 10, 2015  |  13 comments
Capitol/UMe kicks off the Frank Sinatra centennial with Ultimate Sinatra a multi-format April 21st release that will include a 24 track double 180g vinyl edition, a 25 track CD, a 26 track digital download and a deluxe 101 track 4 CD set.

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