Michael Fremer

Analog Gear NewsCES 2016
Continuum Audio Labs Debuts Obsidian the Company's First New Turntable in More Than Five Years (Second Story Update)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 07, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 07, 2016  |  4 comments
At CES 2016 Australian brand Continuum Audio Labs debuted and demoed the Obsidian, its first new turntable in more than a half decade.

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CES 2016
Mobile Fidelity Enters The Turntable Market With Two Made in USA Models
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 07, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 07, 2016  |  3 comments
At CES 2016, Mobile Fidelity, best known for its reissued records catalog, debuted two made in USA turntables, designed by Allen Perkins, one of the world's most talented turntable designers.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Is "Interludes" Lyn Stanley's Breakthrough Album?
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 04, 2016  |  14 comments
Lyn Stanley’s third effort had better not be more of the same I told her, but only because she asked. Otherwise, it’s really none of my business, especially since I would be reviewing it.

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News
This Turntable Was Amazon's Xmas Season Best Selling Home Audio Product!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 04, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 04, 2016  |  40 comments
Amazon recently announced its top-selling home audio product of this past year.
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Features
Riva Audio’s One Two Punch: the Turbo X and New S Bluetooth Speakers
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 02, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 02, 2016  |  12 comments
Bluetooth devices are not my beat but when a company making one brings it to a high performance audio show I pay attention.

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News
Start the New Year With the "RL" Version of "Whole Lotta Love"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 01, 2016  |  33 comments
Here's a transcription of "Whole Lotta Love" from an "RL" original pressing mastered by Bob Ludwig. We'll see how long it lives on You Tube.

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Album Reviews
I'm "Bullish" on Patrick Higgins' "Bachanalia"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016  |  4 comments
A description of this record in Twitter-like brevity: "Sandy Bull meets Michael Hedges in a church."

Of course that short-changes everyone involved, especially the only living artist among the three: guitarist Patrick Higgins.

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Letters to the Editor
A Great Way to Start The New Year!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 01, 2016  |  8 comments
I just wanted to thank you for your fervent passion to keep vinyl alive in these digital times. I have been a big fan of Analog Planet since my early years of collecting. I am 17 years old now but I have been collecting vinyl since I was 12. My first time stepping into a record store was a monumental experience that will always be a watershed moment in my life. It also became my college essay (trying to convert the admissions offices).

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Album Reviews
"Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Best of The Cutting Edge—The Bootleg Series Volume 12
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  4 comments
Recorded music comes to us pressed in plastic and frozen in time. The work leading up to the master often gets lost, tossed or erased and recorded over without a thought that it might be of interest to anyone. That’s most often true. Alternate takes, when they do surface, usually make clear why they were passed over in favor of the one programmed into your brain, though there are exceptions.

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News
Our Pal Lux Record Shopping Runs Into Martha Reeves!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  First Published: Dec 30, 2015  |  12 comments
Our friend Lux, who we recently interviewed was record shopping at Mill Valley Music when he ran into Martha Reeves who was there doing the same thing. The Motown fan and Ms. Reeves hit it off big time!

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