Harold Bronson's "My British Invasion" Is An Eyewitness to Musical HistoryAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Wavy Gravy (A/K/A) Hugh Romney was reputed to have said “If you remember the ‘60s you weren’t there.” The same was true really of the first half of …
Play button Ortofon Announces New Windfeld Ti CartridgeAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer The mystery surrounding the April 18th visit by Ortofon's Leif Johannsen can now explained. The cartridge Ortofon's R&D Chief brought for me to hear …
"American Epic" Director, Creator, Writer Bernard McMahon InterviewedAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer spoke by phone with "American Epic" director, creator and writer Bernard MacMahon about the making of what should …
For Lovers of Recorded Music and its History, "American Epic" Is Must See PBS TVAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Last year while in Los Angeles I was invited to a cramped Culver City editing studio where I got to see extraordinary footage of a then unfinished …
Giles Martin’s “Pass the Salt and Pepper” Remix on CDAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer It all started as a misheard request for a condiment, Paul McCartney recollects in one of the introductions to the box's sumptuously produced book. …
Giles Martin’s “Sgt. Pepper’s….” 50th Anniversary Remix StrategyAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer As the 50th anniversary approached of the 1967 release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Apple Corps and its president Jeff Jones set about …
Eight Phono Preamplifiers Compared (Though Not Yet For Sound)Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Here’s a comparison of eight phono preamplifiers (only six are shown in the photo) incorporating a variety of features and ranging in price from $399 …
"Star Trek The Motion Picture" Soundtrack Is Sonic Blockbuster!Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Jerry Goldsmith's remarkable 84 minute, 54 second score for Star Trek The Motion Picture here in its entirety on vinyl for the first time is a musical …
Should You Buy a MM-Only Phono Preamp If You Are Using a MM Cartridge?Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Many vinyl fans using a moving magnet phono cartridge invest in a MM/MC phono preamplifier figuring they'll eventually get a moving coil cartridge. …
One of Bill Evans' Final Live Concerts Gets Double 45 ORG TreatmentAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer While a great deal of attention rightly gets paid to Bill Evans' legendary Village Vanguard recordings early in his career, this superb set recorded …
The Flying Burrito Bros' "The Gilded Palace of Sin" Finally Reissued CorrectlyAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Characterizing The Gilded Palace of Sin as a “country-rock” album or “the first country-rock album” or as it’s incorrectly called by some Sweetheart of …
Play button Some Turntables At AXPONA 2017Analog Planet - Michael Fremer In the video below you’ll see a new $449 (MSRP) Audio-Technica AT LP5 direct drive turntable with aluminum platter, complete with MM cartridge and …
1980s Pheenix Alpha Rises From "Death of Vinyl" AshesAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Last October we reported on a Swedish newspaper article covering the return to production of the famed Alpha Toolex record press overseen by Niklas …
AnalogPlanet Radio's "John (Cougar) Mellencamp" Radio Show is the Final Radio Show (Now! All 2 Hours)Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Today's John (Cougar) Melloncamp WFDU HD2 radio show is the final AnalogPlanet radio show. It's sure been fun but it takes up a great deal of time …
Play button Giles Martin Talks About His New 50th Anniversary "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Stereo RemixAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Today at The World of McIntosh Townhouse Producer Giles Martin Introduced his new "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band" 50th anniversary stereo mix. …
Play button At AXPONA 2017 Two Phono Preamp Designers Show Their Newest DesignsAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer At AXPONA 2017 Channel D's Rob Robinson demoed his brand new Seta L20 phono preamp, a costly "no holds barred" design (upwards of $50,000, price TBD) …
Play buttonDetroit, MI AXPONA 2017 Marketplace Walk ThroughAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Take a walk through the AXPONA 2017 Marketplace with AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer The photo at the top is of the latest Anvil turntable. We …
At AXPONA 2017 Clearaudio Introduces New Charisma Moving Magnet CartridgeAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer At AXPONA 2017 Clearaudio introduced the Charisma, a new $2000 moving magnet cartridge. A Clearaudio spokesperson described the new cartridge as "the …
Play button Cool Cleveland Interviews AnalogPlanet Editor Michael FremerAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Day one at AXPONA 2017 has come and gone. The show was reasonably well-attended for a Friday, which usually draws retirees, the independently …
Sam Records Releases Thelonious Monk's "Les liaisons dangereuses 1960" For RSD 2017Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Music composed for films is by definition precisely timed and intended to mirror or at least complement the on screen action. Of course that’s not …
Munich Ortofon's Leif Johannsen Stopped By TodayAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Ortofon's Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology Leif Johannsen and Dee Hustinova, Ortofon U.S. General Manager stopped over today to show me a …
AnalogPlanet Radio's "Island Records Special" WFDU HD2 Radio Show Streams NowAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer When Stereophile deadlines loom, AnalogPlanet content suffers. Nothing can be done. But the radio show must go on so this week's show is all Island …
AnalogPlanet Radio's "Motown From Original Stereo Vinyl" WFDU HD2 Radio Show Streams NowAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Today's show is all-Motown sourced almost exclusively from original stereo pressings. Well, there's one curve-ball: The Clash's "Hitsville U.K.", …
Vinyl Records VPI Launches New Prime Scout TurntableAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer VPI recently launched a new Prime Scout turntable that refines the original Scout 'table, which has been in production for many years. In addition to …
Rhino's 29 Title Record Store Day Drop!Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Here's a complete listing of Rhino's extensive Record Store Day April 2017 offerings including singles and picture discs.. The company has obviously …
Legacy's Vault-Opening Tenth Anniversary Record Store Day SwagAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Legacy recently announced its swag for the April 22nd 2017 tenth Record Store Day, proving cynics wrong who claim Record Store Day is "so …
"Larry Young In Paris" From Resonance Records A Must HaveAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Over the past decade or so vinyl-loving jazz enthusiasts have been treated to a series of previously unreleased but significant recordings discovered …
Throw Away Your Old AudioQuest Carbon Fiber Brush!Analog Planet - Michael Fremer AudioQuest's carbon fiber brush, in production for thirty five years, has been the industry "standard" dry record brush. If you have the one pictured …
Play button Audio Porn Experiment Part #1 and #2Analog Planet - Michael Fremer The other day, after comparing two power conditioners that produced very different sonic results in my system, and writing a Stereophile review, I …
68 Years Later, McIntosh Launches Its First Stand-Alone Phono PreamplifierAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Some may find it difficult to believe, but the new $2000 solid-state McIntosh MP100 phono preamplifier is the sixty eight year old company’s first …
Harold Bronson's "My British Invasion" Is An Eyewitness to Musical HistoryAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Wavy Gravy (A/K/A) Hugh Romney was reputed to have said “If you remember the ‘60s you weren’t there.” The same was true really of the first half of …
Play button Ortofon Announces New Windfeld Ti CartridgeAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer The mystery surrounding the April 18th visit by Ortofon's Leif Johannsen can now explained. The cartridge Ortofon's R&D Chief brought for me to hear …
"American Epic" Director, Creator, Writer Bernard McMahon InterviewedAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer spoke by phone with "American Epic" director, creator and writer Bernard MacMahon about the making of what should …
For Lovers of Recorded Music and its History, "American Epic" Is Must See PBS TVAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Last year while in Los Angeles I was invited to a cramped Culver City editing studio where I got to see extraordinary footage of a then unfinished …
Giles Martin’s “Pass the Salt and Pepper” Remix on CDAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer It all started as a misheard request for a condiment, Paul McCartney recollects in one of the introductions to the box's sumptuously produced book. …
Giles Martin’s “Sgt. Pepper’s….” 50th Anniversary Remix StrategyAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer As the 50th anniversary approached of the 1967 release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Apple Corps and its president Jeff Jones set about …
Eight Phono Preamplifiers Compared (Though Not Yet For Sound)Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Here’s a comparison of eight phono preamplifiers (only six are shown in the photo) incorporating a variety of features and ranging in price from $399 …
"Star Trek The Motion Picture" Soundtrack Is Sonic Blockbuster!Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Jerry Goldsmith's remarkable 84 minute, 54 second score for Star Trek The Motion Picture here in its entirety on vinyl for the first time is a musical …
Should You Buy a MM-Only Phono Preamp If You Are Using a MM Cartridge?Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Many vinyl fans using a moving magnet phono cartridge invest in a MM/MC phono preamplifier figuring they'll eventually get a moving coil cartridge. …
One of Bill Evans' Final Live Concerts Gets Double 45 ORG TreatmentAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer While a great deal of attention rightly gets paid to Bill Evans' legendary Village Vanguard recordings early in his career, this superb set recorded …
The Flying Burrito Bros' "The Gilded Palace of Sin" Finally Reissued CorrectlyAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Characterizing The Gilded Palace of Sin as a “country-rock” album or “the first country-rock album” or as it’s incorrectly called by some Sweetheart of …
Play button Some Turntables At AXPONA 2017Analog Planet - Michael Fremer In the video below you’ll see a new $449 (MSRP) Audio-Technica AT LP5 direct drive turntable with aluminum platter, complete with MM cartridge and …
1980s Pheenix Alpha Rises From "Death of Vinyl" AshesAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Last October we reported on a Swedish newspaper article covering the return to production of the famed Alpha Toolex record press overseen by Niklas …
AnalogPlanet Radio's "John (Cougar) Mellencamp" Radio Show is the Final Radio Show (Now! All 2 Hours)Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Today's John (Cougar) Melloncamp WFDU HD2 radio show is the final AnalogPlanet radio show. It's sure been fun but it takes up a great deal of time …
Play button Giles Martin Talks About His New 50th Anniversary "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Stereo RemixAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Today at The World of McIntosh Townhouse Producer Giles Martin Introduced his new "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band" 50th anniversary stereo mix. …
Play button At AXPONA 2017 Two Phono Preamp Designers Show Their Newest DesignsAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer At AXPONA 2017 Channel D's Rob Robinson demoed his brand new Seta L20 phono preamp, a costly "no holds barred" design (upwards of $50,000, price TBD) …
Play buttonDetroit, MI AXPONA 2017 Marketplace Walk ThroughAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Take a walk through the AXPONA 2017 Marketplace with AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer The photo at the top is of the latest Anvil turntable. We …
At AXPONA 2017 Clearaudio Introduces New Charisma Moving Magnet CartridgeAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer At AXPONA 2017 Clearaudio introduced the Charisma, a new $2000 moving magnet cartridge. A Clearaudio spokesperson described the new cartridge as "the …
Play button Cool Cleveland Interviews AnalogPlanet Editor Michael FremerAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Day one at AXPONA 2017 has come and gone. The show was reasonably well-attended for a Friday, which usually draws retirees, the independently …
Sam Records Releases Thelonious Monk's "Les liaisons dangereuses 1960" For RSD 2017Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Music composed for films is by definition precisely timed and intended to mirror or at least complement the on screen action. Of course that’s not …
Munich Ortofon's Leif Johannsen Stopped By TodayAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Ortofon's Chief Officer of Acoustics and Technology Leif Johannsen and Dee Hustinova, Ortofon U.S. General Manager stopped over today to show me a …
AnalogPlanet Radio's "Island Records Special" WFDU HD2 Radio Show Streams NowAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer When Stereophile deadlines loom, AnalogPlanet content suffers. Nothing can be done. But the radio show must go on so this week's show is all Island …
AnalogPlanet Radio's "Motown From Original Stereo Vinyl" WFDU HD2 Radio Show Streams NowAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Today's show is all-Motown sourced almost exclusively from original stereo pressings. Well, there's one curve-ball: The Clash's "Hitsville U.K.", …
Vinyl Records VPI Launches New Prime Scout TurntableAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer VPI recently launched a new Prime Scout turntable that refines the original Scout 'table, which has been in production for many years. In addition to …
Rhino's 29 Title Record Store Day Drop!Analog Planet - Michael Fremer Here's a complete listing of Rhino's extensive Record Store Day April 2017 offerings including singles and picture discs.. The company has obviously …
Legacy's Vault-Opening Tenth Anniversary Record Store Day SwagAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Legacy recently announced its swag for the April 22nd 2017 tenth Record Store Day, proving cynics wrong who claim Record Store Day is "so …
"Larry Young In Paris" From Resonance Records A Must HaveAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Over the past decade or so vinyl-loving jazz enthusiasts have been treated to a series of previously unreleased but significant recordings discovered …
Throw Away Your Old AudioQuest Carbon Fiber Brush!Analog Planet - Michael Fremer AudioQuest's carbon fiber brush, in production for thirty five years, has been the industry "standard" dry record brush. If you have the one pictured …
Play button Audio Porn Experiment Part #1 and #2Analog Planet - Michael Fremer The other day, after comparing two power conditioners that produced very different sonic results in my system, and writing a Stereophile review, I …
68 Years Later, McIntosh Launches Its First Stand-Alone Phono PreamplifierAnalog Planet - Michael Fremer Some may find it difficult to believe, but the new $2000 solid-state McIntosh MP100 phono preamplifier is the sixty eight year old company’s first …
