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Roxy Music The Complete Studio Albums : There’s a New Sensation! (Updated 5/11/15)
Michael Fremer  |  May 06, 2015  |  First Published: May 06, 2015  |  27 comments
A pin-up cover girl in 1972? Slicked back greaser hair, and while you’re at it an album jacket clothes, make-up and hair credit? Maybe you weren’t around for it in 1972 but back then this—not long hair, sandals, checked flannel shirts and bell-bottom jeans— was outrageous. Those were so yesterday-hippie.

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"Eric Leefe's Last Call to Rock'n'Roll" A Resounding Success!
Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2015  |  First Published: May 07, 2015  |  4 comments
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The above one (that's my wife) is a good example of that. It was taken just after Eric sang his encore "(I Found My Thrill On) Blueberry Hill" and the crowd was still cheering.

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AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015 Wrap-Up
Michael Fremer  |  May 12, 2015  |  First Published: May 12, 2015  |  14 comments
This year’s AXPONA Show was the best yet. It demonstrated that Chicago is a great place to hold a regional audio show—even if the city ignored it. It was well-attended by consumers and well-supported by local dealers and a wide sampling of manufacturers.

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Munich 2015
Munich High End 2015 Begins Tomorrow
Michael Fremer  |  May 13, 2015  |  First Published: May 13, 2015  |  3 comments
The lead photo is from last year's show. Preparing now for this year's show, which promises to be bigger and better—and last year's show was impressive in every way.

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Munich 2015
Analog Stars at High End Munich 2015
Michael Fremer  |  May 14, 2015  |  First Published: May 14, 2015  |  7 comments
Munich High End 2015 Day One was filled with new turntables, phono preamplifiers and cartridges. I'm posting this at 1:50AM evening one.

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Munich 2015
Pro-Ject Introduces World's First Mentholated Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2015  |  First Published: May 16, 2015  |  11 comments
Figured that would get your attention. Only joking.

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Munich 2015
The Physical Emotions Caeles Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  May 17, 2015  |  First Published: May 17, 2015  |  7 comments
The Physical Emotions Caeles turntable is certainly likely to rouse the emotions from "wow" to "WTF" and "is he kidding"?

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Munich 2015
Inside Octave's Phono Module Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  May 17, 2015  |  First Published: May 17, 2015  |  0 comments
Thomas Brieger, Octave's Director of Sales and Marketing and Octave's owner Andreas Hofmann, take us inside the Octave Phono Module Phono Preamplifier.

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Munich 2015
Perpetuum Ebner Spins Again
Michael Fremer  |  May 18, 2015  |  First Published: May 18, 2015  |  3 comments
During the 1960s, Dual, Elac/Benjamin-Miracord and Perpetuum Exner were Germany's leading turntable manufacturers and the brands best known to Americans. PE was probably the least well-distributed and more exotic of the three.

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Munich 2015
Vertere Acoustics Turntable Line Demoed by Designer Touraj Moghaddam
Michael Fremer  |  May 19, 2015  |  First Published: May 19, 2015  |  2 comments
Like T.H.E. Show at The Flamingo Hotel during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, High End Munich has a parasitic "outboard" show, this year held at the Marriott. I went there specifically to visit Touraj Moghaddam and check out his Vertere line of turntables and especially his reference $20K+ pick-up arm.
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