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Stories by Author: Michael Fremer

Audio-Technica's AT-ART1000X "Direct Power" Cartridge Adds Midband Glory And Texture

December 1st, 2024

A Blah RSD Black Friday Still Produces a Few Gems

November 29th, 2024

Drummer, Composer, Arranger Jacob Wendt Takes BN Love to a Higher Level

November 26th, 2024

"American Idiot" Does the "One-Step!

November 22nd, 2024

"The Beatles 1964 US Albums In Mono"—A Complete Success?

November 21st, 2024

The Beatles 1964 US Albums In Mono Box Opening

November 20th, 2024

At Capital Audio Fest 2024 YG Acoustics Swings For the Audio Fence

November 18th, 2024

Capital Audio Fest 2024 "Turntable Centric" Video Coverage Starts Here

November 15th, 2024

Capital Audio Fest Coverage Starts Here In Doug White's "The Voice That Is" Room

November 12th, 2024

Gandy Gifting Full Ownership to Employees in an EOT (Employee Ownership Trust)

November 12th, 2024

Day Three at The Stadium and Golden Tulip—Warsaw Audio Video Show

November 6th, 2024

Warsaw Audio Video Show 2024 Day Two—Rampage Through Radisson Blu Sobieski

November 4th, 2024

Flying High Above Manhattan in Patrick and Anna Leonard's Cirrus SR22 Airplane

November 3rd, 2024

Bob Ludwig's Led Zeppelin II Test Pressing Goes to Heritage Auction!

October 31st, 2024

WFMU Record Fair Tomorrow (Friday, November 1st) and Saturday—Meet Me There!

October 31st, 2024

Warsaw Audio Video Show 2024 Day One—The Stadium Exhibits

October 30th, 2024

Warsaw Audio Video Show 2024 Takeaway

October 29th, 2024

VPI Introduces New Model One Turntable—Part of a New, Upgradeable "Forever Series"

October 26th, 2024

darTZeel's Hervé Delétraz Responds to Rumors of the Company's Demise

October 16th, 2024

Project's EVO CA Tonearm—Straight Carbon Fiber/Aluminum Sandwich Gets the Job Done! (Correction 10/15)

October 13th, 2024

"Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision" More Hendrix From Experience Hendrix and Sony/Legacy

October 12th, 2024

The Doors Are Still Open—and in 2025 Will Continue to "Break on Through"

October 9th, 2024

Pro-Ject's Tonearm "Wall" Includes the EVO 12 AS Premium HG

October 8th, 2024

I Spoke to the San Francisco Audiophile Foundation at the California Historical Radio Society

October 8th, 2024

Take the Kuzma Factory Tour in Kranj, Slovenia

October 6th, 2024

A 1968 Live Blues Fillmore Classic Gets A Bluesville AAA Reissue

September 29th, 2024

McIntosh's First Stand-Alone Phono Preamp Is A Real Smoothie

September 27th, 2024

Domino to Reissue on Vinyl John Cale's "The Academy In Peril" and "Paris 1919"

September 23rd, 2024

Gram Parsons' "Grievous Angel" Gets Rhino High Fidelity Treatment

September 23rd, 2024

Technics Live-Demos New SL-1300G Turntable and New SC-CX700 Wireless Powered Loudspeaker

September 18th, 2024

Got a Shure V15V Type VxMR "Lying Around" With No Stylus?

September 12th, 2024

Jerome Slow Walks to Greatness

September 10th, 2024

Patrick Leonard and I Discuss His New Album "It All Comes Down To Mood"

September 10th, 2024

On This Day Through the Years at Van Gelder Studios

September 8th, 2024

Technics' New $3300 SL-1300G Turntable Combines SL-1200GR2's ΔΣ Drive With $4300 1200G's Platter And Motor!

September 8th, 2024

Lee Morgan's Delayed Release Oddity Gets a Tone Poet Turn

September 5th, 2024

VPI Hosts A Charity Event to Benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation September 14th

August 30th, 2024

Meet Patrick Leonard and Me at Innovative Audio, NYC September 19th

August 30th, 2024

"L.A. Woman" DCC Compact Classics, 45rpm and Plangent File Comparisons

August 24th, 2024

Does the UHQR "L.A. Woman" Really Beat the Artisan Sound Recorders Original?

August 22nd, 2024

Injection Molded Records Are Here!

August 17th, 2024

J.R. Boisclair and I Visit "The Audiophile Junkie" and Explain Pros and Cons of Tangential vs. Pivoted Arms

August 16th, 2024

Early "Daze" Neil & Crazy Horse with Jack Nitzsche Is a Great Horse Compilation

August 15th, 2024

A Swinging Quarter Century Old Jazz Vocal Album' Premier Vinyl Release

August 15th, 2024

ASC Tube Trapped For Life!

August 14th, 2024

dCS Launches Varèse Music System

August 11th, 2024

At Its New Soho Technica House, Audio Technica Debuts the new AT-ART1000x "Direct Power" Phono Cartridge

August 9th, 2024

Dave Rawlings Takes You on a Tour of His Woodland Studio In Nashville

August 4th, 2024

Patrick Leonard Talks With Bob Lefsetz About "It All Comes Down to Mood" (and his long and amazing career)

August 1st, 2024

Bad Company's Debut Set Paul Rodgers Free

August 1st, 2024

A Live "Audiophile Roundtable" Appearance on Steve Westman's Channel

August 1st, 2024

How Deep Into "Mind Games" Do You Want to Get?

July 30th, 2024

Next Two Pablo Titles Ship July 26th

July 24th, 2024

McIntosh Releases a Record That Tells You How Bad Most Records Sound

July 24th, 2024

A UHQR Go Round For The Classic Bill Evans Village Vanguard Albums Gets Some Blowback

July 19th, 2024

Rhino Reissue of Talk Talk's "It's My Life" Coming October 4th

July 18th, 2024

A Career Closing Louis Armstrong Recording Resurfaces With a Feel Good Story

July 17th, 2024

Lacquer Plating Secrets With Record Technology Incorporated "Plating Guru" Dorin Sauerbier

July 15th, 2024

Fidelity Record Pressing Opens Its Doors to Tracking Angle

July 14th, 2024

YG Talus Loudspeaker—High Performance Built to an Attractive Pricepoint

July 12th, 2024

Is This The Most Essential Joni Box Set Yet?

July 9th, 2024

I'm So Glad Bluesville Reissued This Skip James Classic!

July 8th, 2024

MoFi Electronics Studio Silver MC Perfect MasterDeck Companion Cartridge

July 5th, 2024

Fluance's Top of the Reference Line RT85 Offers Remarkable Value

July 4th, 2024

Raul Midón Interviewed at "Making Vinyl" Nashville

July 1st, 2024

Joe Lovano Records at Van Gelder Studio and You Are Invited to Attend—A Tracking Angle Exclusive!

July 1st, 2024

"Because Sound Matters One-Step"/Warner Records Series Launches With Three Linkin Park Releases

June 29th, 2024

Hi-Fi Has Been Very Good to Duke Ellington

June 26th, 2024

Perfect Masters Thrive On Disasters: Brian Eno’s “Rock” Albums

June 25th, 2024

John Lee Hooker Delivered Raw

June 25th, 2024

Listen to the Wilson-Benesch GMT One Turntable Play David Bowie's "Fashion"

June 24th, 2024

HSE Swiss Surprise Visit Following Munich High End 2024

June 23rd, 2024

Meet Scott Billington, Curator of Craft's New Bluesville Series

June 21st, 2024

Craft's Bluesville Series Announces Albert King's "Live Wire Blues Power" & Lightnin' Hopkins' "Last Night Blues"

June 21st, 2024

Gene and Dean Ween's "Chocolate and Cheese" Gets Deluxe 3 LP Issue

June 20th, 2024

Made In America MasterDeck Turntable— Original Thinking In Design and Execution

June 19th, 2024

Composer/Bassist Stephan Crump Contemplates Water From the Mississippi to the Gowanus Canal

June 18th, 2024

Have Stereo Consoles Returned? Wrensilva Thinks So

June 18th, 2024

Jaco Brought His Word of Mouth Big Band to Avery Fisher Hall and All Musical Hell Broke Loose

June 13th, 2024

Acoustic Sounds/Verve Series Reissues Perennial Ben Webster "Cognac" Fave

June 11th, 2024

iFi ZEN Phono 3 is 2 Good!

June 10th, 2024

HiFiction Launches Thales Magnifier MC Phono Preamp/Preamplifier at Turbenthal, Switzerland Event

May 31st, 2024

Technics Versatile Network Audio Amplifier Delivers Surprising Sonic Pleasures*

May 28th, 2024

Has Vinyl Playback Technology Gone As Far As It Can Possibly Go?

May 28th, 2024

High End Munich 2024—Tracking Angle's Day Four Coverage (Plus)

May 24th, 2024

High End Munich 2024—Tracking Angle's Day Three Coverage

May 21st, 2024

High End Munich 2024—Tracking Angle's Day Two Coverage

May 19th, 2024

High End Munich 2024—Tracking Angle's Day One Video Coverage

May 16th, 2024

Steve Albini—The "Dean" of Alternative Rock Engineers Dead at 61—Heart Attack

May 8th, 2024

A Beaut of a SUT From TONA

May 8th, 2024

"Walk on the Wildside" OG Played On Wilson Benesch GMT One Turntable

May 6th, 2024

War "Greatest Hits"—MORE COWBELL!

May 5th, 2024

ARETAI's Entry Level Loudspeaker Delivers Well-Balanced, Extended Response

May 5th, 2024

AXPONA 2024 Day 3 Video Coverage

April 27th, 2024

AXPONA Day Two Video Coverage!

April 24th, 2024

Andrew Singer, Legendary NYC Audio Retailer Dies

April 23rd, 2024

A Superbly Built, High Value MC Cartridge From India

April 22nd, 2024

Michael Cuscuna, Jazz Producer, Record Label Founder, Blue Note Discogropher Dies at 75

April 20th, 2024

Record Store Day at Factory Records in Dover, New Jersey

April 20th, 2024

Sonny Rollins "Freedom Weaver" —A Last Minute RSD "Must Have"

April 19th, 2024

UHQR 'Gaucho' Doesn't Right Any Original Sonic Wrongs, It Just Gets More Right

April 17th, 2024

AXPONA 2024 Day One Video Coverage

April 16th, 2024

Lost Recordings Finds Getz Quartet and Astrid Gilberto Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1966

April 15th, 2024

Rhino's Olé: The Real McCoy

April 9th, 2024

Record Store Day Jazz Release Preview Special

April 8th, 2024

The "Chirping" Crickets In STEREO?

April 5th, 2024

Rhino High Fidelity Drops Double Jazz Titles for Jazz Appreciation Month

April 5th, 2024

Ella's Small Combo Session Still Swings!

April 3rd, 2024

Recording Engineer/Producer/Mixer Bill Schnee Has the Music In Him

March 31st, 2024

First Analogue Productions Pablo Reissue Is a Series of "Trumpet Summit" Outtakes

March 30th, 2024

Schiit Skoll is a Schiit Showcase

March 27th, 2024

Dance On the Ceiling With Vanessa Fernandez!

March 25th, 2024

Acoustic Sounds Announces Major Pablo Records Reissue Series!

March 25th, 2024

Alice In Chains' "Jar of Flies" EP Gets 30th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue

March 25th, 2024

1972 Alice Coltrane Concert Finally Released Fifty Two Years Later

March 23rd, 2024

Hey! Records Are Hot! It's Time to Grade Shrinkwrap!

March 21st, 2024

NAIA Review Video "Overview"

March 21st, 2024

"Getz/Gilberto" File Reveal

March 20th, 2024

NAIA Turntable—In Rega World Less Is More, More Or Less

March 17th, 2024

Anthony Wilson Meets The D.K. Rhythm Section?

March 15th, 2024

Neil Young + Crazy Horse 2023 Recording of Old Songs For RSD and Beyond

March 11th, 2024

Supatrac, Lyra Atlas Lambda SL/ SAT CF1-12, Lyra Atlas Lambda SL Reveal

March 10th, 2024

Impex's 1Step Double 45 "Getz/Gilberto" Tells The Full Story Sonically And Otherwise

March 9th, 2024

New! SAT/Atlas Vs Supatrac/Atlas

March 4th, 2024

A Year With KLAUDIO's KD-CLN-LP200T Ultrasonic Record Cleaner

March 4th, 2024

A Holy Upgraded The Grail SX

March 3rd, 2024

The Supatrac Kleos SL/SAT Atlas Lambda SL "A/B" Reveal

March 2nd, 2024

Craft Launches Bluesville Records— Reissue Series Focuses on "Foundational" Titles

February 28th, 2024

Florida International Audio Expo Days 2 and 3 Coverage

February 28th, 2024

For a Good Time Call Cannonball

February 26th, 2024

A UHQR "Ballads" Joins the Catalogue

February 24th, 2024

The Supatrac Blackbird Farpoint—A Tonearm Like No Other

February 23rd, 2024

Eagles Announce "Career Spanning" 3CD, 6LP Set— 51 Studio and Live Recordings

February 21st, 2024

Florida International Audio Expo—Day One Coverage

February 20th, 2024

"Crosby, Stills & Nash" is a Sonic Tabula Rasa

February 13th, 2024

TechDAS Air Force 10 Air Bearing Pivoted Tonearm North American Debut

February 13th, 2024

Despite the "Turbulent" Title, No Seatbelt Needed For Henderson's Late 60's Milestone Title

February 12th, 2024

AVM’s Versatile Ovation PH 8.3 Says “Have it Your Way”

February 8th, 2024

IMPEX Remembers Kenny Dorham's "Forgotten" 1963 United Artists Release

February 6th, 2024

Join Me, Peter McGrath and Florian "Doc" Kaps at The Audio Salon, Santa Monica

February 4th, 2024

A Truly "Accessible" Don Cherry Record Reissued In the "Verve By Request" Series

February 4th, 2024

Mastering Engineer Chris Bellman Talks Record Mastering With Michael Fremer

February 3rd, 2024

Los Lobos, America's Band—The Tracking Angle Interview

January 31st, 2024

Listen to the Unique Supatrac Sideways Unipivot Tonearm!

January 29th, 2024

Los Lobos's "Kiko" Gets Its Best Vinyl Reissue

January 25th, 2024

Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark Demos" Is A Catalog Essential Not a "Curiosity"

January 18th, 2024

"Change of the Century" is a Fun Listen! Why are People Afraid of Ornette?

January 17th, 2024

The Heath Brothers plus Stanley Cowell Perform on French Radio Show "Jazz Vivant"

January 16th, 2024

Rhino High Fidelity's New Reissue of Television's "Marquee Moon"—Great Sound or Totally Wrong?

January 15th, 2024

Compact, High Mass EMT 928 II Turntable Plus EMT 909-HI Tonearm— Sleek Looks and A Big Sonic Blast

January 14th, 2024

Jazz Detective Gets in the Groove With Vibe Man Cal Tjader

January 9th, 2024

Volatile Oscar Mind Melds With Mellow Milt For Fun Session

January 7th, 2024

IMPEX Reissues Long Neglected Youngbloods Folk-Rock-Jazzy Gem

January 6th, 2024

First New Shakti Album in 46 Years Is Truly A "World Music" Affair

January 3rd, 2024

The Black Ice Audio F159 Tube/MOSFET Phono Preamplifier With XT-R Crosstalk Reduction Circuit

December 30th, 2023

A Look At The Famous Warner-Reprise "Loss Leader" Albums

December 28th, 2023

Visit "Boutique" Onyx Record Press In Arcadia, CA

December 25th, 2023

Finally, the Full "Full House"—Wes M. With Miles D.'s Rhythm Section + J. Griffin—Released on 3 LPs

December 21st, 2023

Still Time to Order and Enjoy Nick Lowe's Timeless Christmas Record

December 18th, 2023

Christmas Is Real Train Time Too!

December 16th, 2023

Rega’s 50th Brings Forth a 50th Anniversary Planar 3

December 14th, 2023

John Prine's Remarkable 1971 Debut Album Has Never Sounded This Good

December 12th, 2023

Mingus's "Blues & Roots" Bristles With Restless Energy

December 12th, 2023

Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh's Latest AAA Release Truly is "Vintage"

December 8th, 2023

Capital Audio Fest 2023 Longform Video 2—Final Show Coverage

December 6th, 2023

Listen to JICO's Seto-Hori Remodel HO MC cartridge on the Technics SL-1200GR2

November 29th, 2023

Technics' New SL-1200GR2 Could Be the Lineup's "Sweetest Spot"

November 25th, 2023

The EBS Team Produces Another Explosive Direct-to-Disc With the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

November 24th, 2023

"The Yes Album" Gets "Super Deluxe" Treatment Or Not—Your Choice

November 22nd, 2023

MoFi Electronics MasterDeck Turntable Announced Today 11/21/2023

November 21st, 2023

Will The Beatles "Red" and "Blue" Expanded Sets Entice Yet Another Young Generation?

November 20th, 2023

Atlantic Records Chairman and CEO Craig Kallman In Conversation with Michael Fremer

November 19th, 2023

Capital Audio Festival Long Form Video

November 16th, 2023

Infigo Debuts Phono Stage Equipped Method 7 Preamplifier

November 14th, 2023

Neil Blanchard Wants to Sell You a Flatpack Transmission Line Loudspeaker System

November 13th, 2023

At Capital Audio Fest 2023 Clayton Shaw's Open Baffle Caladan Loudspeaker Drew Attention

November 13th, 2023

At Capital Audio Fest 2023 TrackingAngle Spoke With Belleson's Brian Lowe

November 13th, 2023

Capital Audio Fest Highlights Begin Now

November 12th, 2023

One of Neil Young's Best Gets a one and a half LP Reissue

November 6th, 2023

Warsaw Audio Video Show Day One Coverage

November 5th, 2023

What About the $29.95 "Aja" Cut at AA Mastering by Alex Abrash Using BG's Digital Master?

November 5th, 2023

"In The Groove"—The Vinyl Record And Turntable Revolution

November 4th, 2023

When All Your Dime Dancing Is Through You'll Order UHQR "Aja"

October 30th, 2023

The Best "Aja" You Will Ever Hear and It's Not Even Close

October 27th, 2023

The Beatles "Red" and "Blue" Hits Albums Re-mixed and Expanded Plus One "New" Beatles Song Debuts

October 26th, 2023

Stay Tuned For Upcoming Warsaw Audio Show Coverage!

October 24th, 2023

Tom Waits Left Asylum Records With a Party In His Head

October 22nd, 2023

Three Wooden Bodied Moving Coil Cartridges Reviewed and Compared

October 22nd, 2023

Listen to the Opening Track From "Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello"

October 21st, 2023

"Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello" Vinyl Release Drops Today!

October 20th, 2023

The White Stripes' 'Urban Folk' Album "Elephant" Does An Inviting UHQR Turn

October 15th, 2023

Well Made Music Adds Third Lathe—And It Has a History Dating Back to 1957

October 12th, 2023

Meet The Writers!

October 12th, 2023

Chasing the Dragon Tackles "Scheherazade" In Multiple Formats

October 10th, 2023

Turntable Comparison Video Yields Hundreds of Fascinating Comments

October 10th, 2023

"Who's Next" Gets the 1/2 Speed and Plangent Process Treatment

October 7th, 2023

U-Turn Orbit Special Lowers the Price of Great Turntable Performance

October 5th, 2023

Tour Record Industry, in Haarlem, The Netherlands—One of the World's Largest Record Pressing Plants

October 1st, 2023

Furnace Record Pressing Opens Up For Tracking Angle

September 27th, 2023

A Very Different Kind of "Power Trio"

September 26th, 2023

Rhino Records Co-Founder Harold Bronson To Release "Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967 – 2007"

September 24th, 2023

Craft Does the "One Step" With Monk

September 23rd, 2023

"Tubular Bells" 50th Anniversary Edition

September 23rd, 2023

Technics Debuts New SL-1200GR2 Turntable

September 20th, 2023

iSonic 6.1 PRO 48kHz "Ultrasonic" Record Cleaning Machine

September 18th, 2023

Exclusive! "AJA" UHQR Preview

September 16th, 2023

Tracking Angle Celebrates One Year Anniversary!

September 13th, 2023

Geffen/UMe Goes All In on Nirvana's "In Utero" 30th Anniversary Reissue Box

September 5th, 2023

Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks' 'Orange Crate Art' "Hold(s) Back Time"

September 3rd, 2023

Golden Smog's 'Down By The Old Mainstream'

September 3rd, 2023

"Stop Making Sense" Gets Re-Mastered and Issued-in-Full on Limited Edition Double LP Set

September 1st, 2023

Which "Jazz Samba" Sounds Best?

August 31st, 2023

Clearaudio electronic GmbH, Erlangen, Germany Celebrates 45th Anniversary With Party and Factory Tour

August 30th, 2023

Agnew Analog Introduces A New Lacquer Cutting Lathe!

August 29th, 2023

Neil Young's Long-Neglected Mid-80s Country Album

August 29th, 2023

Onzow Issues a New Instruction For the Zero Dust

August 29th, 2023

The Late Trumpeter Jaimie Branch's Third And Final Recorded Flight Will Elevate Your Life

August 25th, 2023

The White Stripes' "Elephant" Gets a UHQR cut at Sterling Sound, Nashville, and Tracking Angle Was There For the Cut

August 25th, 2023

Tracking Angle Visits Paul Gold's Salt Mastering In Greenpoint, Bklyn, N.Y.

August 24th, 2023

A Short "Video Tour" of MoFi Electronics' MasterPhono MM/MC Phono Preamplifier

August 23rd, 2023

"A Love Supreme" Gets A Supreme Analogue Productions UHQR Release

August 22nd, 2023

Rhino High Fidelity Reissues The Still Essential Van Morrison's "His Band And The Street Choir"

August 21st, 2023

MoFi Electronics' MasterPhono™ Combines Versatility And High Sonic Performance

August 17th, 2023

Jason Moran's "From the Dancehall to the Battlefield" Coming On Vinyl—Limited to 300 Copies

August 17th, 2023

An Electricity Upgrade From the Roof to My Room Produced Major Sonic Benefits

August 14th, 2023

"His Band and the Street Choir" and "Word of Mouth" Next Up From Rhino's High Fidelity Series

August 12th, 2023

Curated Used Record Seller AudiophileUSA Adds GrooveWasher Record Cleaning Accessories to the Mix

August 12th, 2023

Universal Music Group Opens its Iron Mountain Tape Vault And You are Invited!

August 10th, 2023

Steely Dan "Aja" Reissue Due September 29th Via Geffen/UMe— AAA Analogue Productions UHQR In the Announcement

August 8th, 2023

Analogue Productions Announces Double 45rpm "A Love Supreme" Coming August 11th

August 4th, 2023

A Month Before "Kind of Blue" Miles' Guys Snuck Away While In Chicago To Record This

August 4th, 2023

Sonny Clark Shines in Trio Setting

August 4th, 2023

Amy Ray's Love Song to The South (and more) Is Filled With Wisdom, Pain, Death, and Hope

August 1st, 2023

UHQR Perspective Please!

July 28th, 2023

Michell Gyro SE Turntable—A Classic Revisited

July 28th, 2023

A $249 Transimpedance MC Phono Stage From Andover Audio

July 27th, 2023

Analogue Productions Gives "Pretzel Logic" a Double 45 AAA UHQR Release

July 26th, 2023

"Peter Frampton @ 50" Box Set Rights a Musical Wrong!

July 21st, 2023

Rhino Reissues Deluxe Triple LP "Sailin' Shoes" (Revised Review+ Video)

July 18th, 2023

Holbo Mk2 Airbearing Turntable System

July 13th, 2023

"Rough Mix" Should Be Renamed "Crap Mix"!

July 11th, 2023

The Meitner Audio DS-EQ2 Optical Cartridge Phono Equalizer

July 9th, 2023

Pacific Audio Fest 2023 Day One Coverage

June 25th, 2023

Sasha Matson's Latest Is a Trio of Works For Jazz Orchestra

June 21st, 2023

Nagra's "Meet the Experts" at High End Munich 2023

June 19th, 2023

Dorothy Ashby's Magic Harp

June 19th, 2023

Audio Research Factory Tour

June 17th, 2023

A Visit to Legendary Jerry's Records In Pittsburgh, PA

June 12th, 2023

A Visit to Universal Music Group's Iron Mountain Entertainment Services' Archives Outside of Pittsburgh, PA

June 12th, 2023

Tracking Angle Visits CH Precision in Préverenges, Switzerland

June 6th, 2023

Rhino High Fidelity's "The Cars" Reissue—A 4 Album Pileup

June 3rd, 2023

Giles Martin "ZOOMs" In" to Introduce His Atmos "Pet Sounds" Mix at New York's Dolby Screening Room

June 3rd, 2023

Munich High End 2023 Show Coverage Day Four

May 26th, 2023

Munich High End 2023 Day Three Coverage

May 24th, 2023

"Future Hi-Fi, What's Next?"—A High End Munich 2023 Panel

May 23rd, 2023

Munich High End 2023 Show Coverage Day Two

May 21st, 2023

Munich High End 2023 Show Coverage Day One

May 19th, 2023

Lehmannaudio Decade Jubilee MM/MC Phono Preamplifier Packs a Deft Sonic Punch

May 16th, 2023

Munich High End is This Coming Weekend—Pacific Audio Fest is June 23-25 2023

May 14th, 2023

"In the Shadows" Gil Evans Orchestra World Pacific Title Gets the "Tone Poet" Spotlight

May 13th, 2023

What's the Magic in "The Wand"?

May 8th, 2023

Harold Vick's Blue Note Session Leader Debut And Finale

May 3rd, 2023

Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready Asks Me About "Diversity" in Audio

May 1st, 2023

The Onzow Zerodust Controversy Concludes Here (Updated August 29, 2023 With New Instruction)

May 1st, 2023

My Cartridge Collection Video

April 30th, 2023

Rekkord Audio F 400 Automatic Turntable Does the Light Lifting

April 28th, 2023

AXPONA 2023 Video Coverage Continues!

April 26th, 2023

The Ducks Flew High in Santa Cruz '77

April 23rd, 2023

Watch the MusicWatch Sponsored Webinar "Fundamentals of Vinyl Record Care"

April 23rd, 2023

New X-quisite VORO Cartridge From HiFiction

April 22nd, 2023

Previously Unreleased Chet Baker Sessions Make For a Sweet Record Store Day Release

April 22nd, 2023

Axpona 2023 Video Coverage Begins Here

April 19th, 2023

Rhino Announces 2023 Exclusive 2023 Record Store Day Releases

April 12th, 2023

Would You Buy A $3899 Ethernet Switch?

April 4th, 2023

The KLAUDIO KD-CLN-LP200T Cavitation-Based Record Cleaning Machine

April 3rd, 2023

Peter Frampton Interviewed Alive!

March 30th, 2023

Montreal Audiofest 2023 Video Coverage Part 1 (Includes Interview With Chanteuse Anne Bisson)

March 28th, 2023

Intervention Records Announces "Frampton@50" "Artist Approved" Deluxe Box Set

March 21st, 2023

There's a Story Behind the "Onslaught" of Neil Young Official Bootleg Releases

March 21st, 2023

Audio-Technica Celebrates 60 With the Explosive Sounding AT-MC2022

March 18th, 2023

Hill's "Dance With Death" Is A Lively Set!

March 16th, 2023

A Sonically Spectacular Percussion Record Worth Repeated Plays

March 14th, 2023

Deutsche Grammophon Announces "The Original Source" AAA Reissue Series

March 12th, 2023

A Box Set That Delivers Well Beyond the Expected Enhanced Version of the Classic Collaboration

March 10th, 2023

Two Must See Seminars at Florida International Audio Expo 2023

March 7th, 2023

Nathan Davis Live Recordings Re-pressed by Sam Records

March 5th, 2023

Christian McBride's 2009 Collaborative Project Got a 2021 Limited Edition Double Vinyl Release

March 3rd, 2023

Koeppel Design Catalog Cards

March 2nd, 2023

Audio Intelligent Enzymatic Record Cleaning Concentrate For "Ultrasonic" Cleaning Machines

March 2nd, 2023

Florida International Audio Expo 2023 Video Coverage Part 1

March 1st, 2023

Parasound Adds Darren Myers to its Audio Design Team

February 28th, 2023

ERC Cut "The Doors" Mono Using the Same Tape Elektra Used in 1967 So Why the "Controversy"?

February 27th, 2023

Sold Out But Still Worth Reviewing

February 24th, 2023

When Brad Plays The Beatles It's Not a Cry For Attention

February 23rd, 2023

Tour Michael's Room in 4K

February 22nd, 2023

Rich Record Store Day 4/22 Offerings!

February 18th, 2023

Capital Audio Fest 2022 Video Part 1

February 17th, 2023

Timerette Ends Stylus Life Anxiety

February 15th, 2023

Burt Bacharach, Dead at 94 But His Songs Will Live On

February 9th, 2023

"Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus" Gets the Craft "Small Batch" One-Step Treatment

February 7th, 2023

World Pacific Reissues An Essential Lenny Bruce Recording

February 4th, 2023

2023 Verve/Impulse! Acoustic Sounds Series Announced Today

January 30th, 2023

"Hackensack West"'s First Published Recording Fulfills Kevin Gray's Sonic Quest

January 30th, 2023

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December 9th, 2022

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December 1st, 2022

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November 30th, 2022

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November 29th, 2022

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November 28th, 2022

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November 27th, 2022

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November 26th, 2022

UHQR “Rastaman Vibration” Gets the Riddim Right!

November 21st, 2022

"Revolver" Remix Makes Strong Case For Original Mono Mix

November 20th, 2022

Intervention Reissues the Short But "Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark"

November 18th, 2022

Andover Audio Debuts $249 SpinStage MM/MC Phono Preamp

November 18th, 2022

VMP Record of the Month is "Blonde on Blonde" Mono, RKS Cut From Analog Master Tapes!

November 17th, 2022

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November 17th, 2022

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November 17th, 2022

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November 13th, 2022

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November 5th, 2022

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November 4th, 2022

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November 2nd, 2022

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October 31st, 2022

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October 29th, 2022

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October 24th, 2022

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Analogue Productions' "Stand Up" Reissue Stands Up to Time Musically and Sonically

October 23rd, 2022

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Beatles "Revolver" Remix Box Set Unboxing!

October 18th, 2022

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October 18th, 2022

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October 17th, 2022

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October 13th, 2022

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October 10th, 2022

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October 9th, 2022

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October 5th, 2022

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October 5th, 2022

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October 5th, 2022

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October 3rd, 2022

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October 1st, 2022

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September 27th, 2022

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September 24th, 2022

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September 24th, 2022

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September 23rd, 2022

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September 22nd, 2022

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September 22nd, 2022

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September 21st, 2022

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September 21st, 2022

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September 17th, 2022

Cassandra Wilson Destroys Artificial Musical Boundaries And Celebrates Good Tunes

September 17th, 2022

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September 16th, 2022

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September 16th, 2022

Score One For Analog: An Interview With Soundtrack Recording Engineer Shawn Murphy

September 16th, 2022

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September 16th, 2022

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