Because you have not heard it so have not “witnessed” anything so I understand your comment. I was up listening until 2:30 AM and you can be sure the returns were intensified not diminished.
“If you have the money & If you want something really badly enough.. just take the money and enjoy your self.. Life is too short!” Well said Michael! Thank you for sharing you passion and showing your magical space!! 🙏🏻
Totally true. I never imagined I'd spend what I have on my rig, but I figure it's no more than what'll be left in the bank when I'm gone. I am loving it every day.
Thank you Michael. This was a pleasure to watch and listen to. You are what I call the Godfather of analogue. Your hard work and dedication has kept vinyl alive for generations to come.
Vinyl has a life it’s own. It’s a love affair . Gadgetry has a minimal lasting fragrant…listen to ……..The Avons “ What love can do to you “. The Drifters “ Three thirty three “………..it’s the music.
Thx for this great video. Rgd Pet Sounds your 2015 review on the AP 33 1/3 Kevin Gray reissue stated that that was the one to get. So the 2017, 2021 AP 45rpm is not as good as that one?
Michael, I could listen to you all night. It is fascinating to hear you discuss your system and an education when you discuss music and pressings. Thank you ...please, keep going and keep sharing. You're a treasure.
My father was had an overtly large record collection. While he was still alive, I asked him what was going to happen to all his collection when he died. He got a twinkle in his eye and told me he wanted all of his colored vinyl and picture discs to be melted into a big coffin for himself. He was smiling almost laughing by then. He then told me he wanted Mauler's unfinished symphony to be played at his funeral. I wasn't able to accomplish that either. I got his guitars and my sister ended up with his records with the intent to sell them. I will own his guitars until my last breath out of respect. Oh he also told me if he sat down and tried to listen non-stop to all of his records he couldn't do it. He would probably die first. He still kept buying records anyway. I now have a large collection myself and am "trying" to slow down my spending on them. More trying to listen and enjoy what I have. I've started fixing cassette decks/turntables for a hobby also as a hack. Life is good.
@@robertjdejong it's definitely addictive and if you have compulsive tendencies, that trigger will be repeated over and over. I guess it's like...buy something, but... do you play it? or is it just a possession? Do you ever listen to it? If not...why do you need it in the first place?
Sorry for my bad english. I'm Brazilian and I'm a deep lover of high fidelity sound equipment and I congratulate you for being born with blessed ears to be able to capture the purest sound extracted from such equipment. God bless you forever!
Wonderful video. Thank you so much, Mr. Fremer! It's fascinating to see your room and equipment. There are many of us who appreciate your expertise on analog and audio.
FASCINATING! My equipment and music is not as high end as yours but when I showed my music to my teenage nephew he asked me did I scratch my records like a DJ? I gave him "THE LOOK" and told him sternly "these records are NOT for scratching!"
What a wealth of knowledge and experience of all things analogue! Some great stories too. Mikey is by far the best and most authoritative commentator on analogue audio equipment and has been for many, many years. Well, Stereophile's loss is the The Absolute Sound's gain. Hope to see you at this year's High End Show in Munich, Germany diligently filming all the new and exciting analogue products for those who are not able to attend. If there was an Analogue Hall of Fame, this man would be in it. Great video as always, Michael! Greetings from Cork, Ireland.
Excellent review of your new turn tables & i have to say that my view of your speakers is amazing to view, also i think a man of your experience & knowledge of the vinyl world is key. I always watched your previous video`s & enjoyed seeing the collection you have & visits to the shows. So my thoughts are keep going & ignore sad comments.
Michael, I’ve watched many of your videos, subscribed to the Tracking Angle magazine, and read your reviews for around 35 years but this video is truly special. I feel like I’ve gotten to know the real you for the first time. Thanks for making this.
All this technology and perfection of design and engineering precision, and then we play warped, scratchy and wow and fluttery records 🤣🤣. Anyhoo, very informative and interesting video. Bravo Sir
Seriously, just go for a $300 CDP. Or just a $200 DAC and a laptop. They'll both sound better than any TT at any price. Including the overpriced ones in this video.
Respect due my man ! I am glad chaps like you can acquire such great gear and are able to show us plebs the perceived limits of analogue . The big advantage for normies is we have Spotify free version and don't even need to spend anything on loads of music that until fairly recently you couldn't actually buy anywhere . We are all really lucky all around Michael !
Michael, I find all your reviews so lucid and refreshing, because everyone else is trying to sell the product not giving a clear framework for the reader or viewer to understand. Hi Fi is a world of endless improvements and we all chase the ultimate, you cause us to focus on what is important, once again thank you.
OMG! Is this the same Michael Fremer who at one time, did the best commercials ever on Boston radio in the early 70s? The most memorable for me being,for "Demanbro's" at Packard's Corner..."Daddy, Daddy, buy me a new Camarro"???
It always cracks me up to read the hostility some people have toward very expensive equipment. I can’t afford it, but I do enjoy the reviews and learning about the technology. Would I buy it if I could ? Who knows … but I certainly don’t condemn those that can afford it. As Michael said, life is too short. Enjoy at whatever level you can!
Dear Michael.!Thank you.!I looked carefully at how your hand behaves at the exit to the output track and made sure that I was setting up anti-skating correctly.This is the first and the second-thank you for meeting great musicians.And the third-the cartridge, in my opinion, has a structurally golden mean and sounds good in both versions.At least I don't hear a cardinal difference in headphones.Thanks again!Health and well-being to you.!
Well Mr. Freemer this video was great , I got a little choked up when you talked about kicking the bucket , watching and listening to you is like being with my father and his friends back in the day , all have passed away in the last few years and I value you and you expertise. I pray you have many good and healthy years to come , cheers 🥂
Woof. You are always a hoot to watch, but the stories had me choking! Thank you so much for, you know, being you. Loved the stories, every single one. Please carry on!
Thank you so much for the insightful visit to your wonderful nest and your engaging conversational revelations about how you feel about music and reproduction. I have been reading your reports for years and always found them rewarding. For most of my 82 years I have been involved in audio and being from New Orleans where music is a 24/7 endeavor, I know what live music sounds and as you know it is the rare recording that can deliver the nuance of tone,rhythm and pace and you have helped my collection. Thanks
Man - this was great! I'm 58, make hip-hop style music but I love many types of music and I love quality sound. I enjoyed the music and the stories. I subscribed and look forward to more. Thanks!
I love the tour of your audio room, great stories and very encouraging to hear all the details of your turntables and amps and preamps. and the best records in the world.
Many thanks for this video Michael, wonderful to watch. Have you already made a video about your own and/or favorite cartridges? If not, that would be very interesting to many of us I'm sure.
I've waited for this video for a long time. Many things have changed in your listening room. And now I am absolutely speechless. Thx Michael. Greetings from Germany.
I just have a nice little audio technics turntable. The few things I did to improve it was getting a nicer cartridge and stylus. And made sure that my turntable was on a solid base. Can’t afford much, but I have one hobby and that is vinyl. I just love it. Thank you for the information you provide. I enjoy your channel.
@@trackingangle929 Gotcha, I was just joking around of course. Overall the turntable (including the tonearm) is odd-looking but beautiful IMO (along the lines of high-end industrial consumer art) and obviously it's all functionally-justified. Listening to your presentation on it, clearly the designers were obsessive about its design in the best possible way.
Michael tho you have some incredibly expensive (and very nice) gear, it's good to see that you have your priorities straight in that your listening room is filled to the brim with records! Thanks for sharing, loved the stories.
No need to retire when your doing what you love for a living. Thank you Michael. You could have another channel just dedicates to telling stories...audiophile related or not.
This is wonderful Michael, such an in depth tour, I am breaking it into parts to savour it all the more. That K3 is incredible and I think it very appropriate that the man largely responsible for keeping vinyl alive gets to own the prototype of such a revolutionary record deck!
We went one step further in our 1956 ranch (downsizing for retirement). We also had an overhead line but buried it. So we have new copper wire from the pole into the house into a new AC panel. From there new wiring out to the dedicated listening room my lovely wife agreed to. The original recording quality and the power you provide to your system is where it all starts.
Michael, what a great and inspiring video! What impressed me most was listening to your recording with your in-ear-microphones - I rarely had anything on my little monitors sound so great before! You'll be surprized when I tell you that my system is just a regular Windows PC, internal audio engine bypassed by the SW VoiceMeeter, cheap USB-cable to an even cheaper years-old Alesis USB-Mixer, and from there into a cheap set of Yamaha near field monitor speakers - and it blew me off my seat. So, there must be something happening in your setup that creates that great sound - probably the vinyl and your great room setup.
Hey Michael, you mention that your german press of sticky fingers only has TML on one side, do you notice a difference sonically between the TML and non-TML side? I ask because I have a copy on its way from europe that the seller claims has TML on both sides.
Thanks Michael for sharing your setup! The whole thing sounds quite good - really good! Your system has come along way from the beginning to now. Love those Lp's !
Followed you for a long time and finally you hold up a John Renbourn record and say it is fantastic. So great to hear you say it. Thanks for what you do to make HIFI fun.
Michael, this is by far your best presentation, all of which I have enjoyed. The file of Lori Lieberman you played sounded absolutely amazing on my iPad speakers, I can’t imagine how it speaks in person. You scored the best occupation one can possibly imagine. Ciao, Patrick
32:20 Nice to see other manufacturers do a trick I have done for a long time with my speaker building. It vastly improves control in the medrange. That is essentially kinking the cones (in a controlled way). Nice work!
These turntables remind me of another over-engineered "platform". It was called the RMS Titanic. I'm sure those versions of freaky rich audiophiles certainly got their money's worth.
hello Michael thank you for all your reviews you have done and what a great system you have all the way form MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA but originally from URUGUAY so keep it up amigo
I am torn between laughing and crying when I hear someone rabbiting on about proceedures such as replacing copper with aluminum mains supply wiring having any relationship to what is percived eminating from one's sound system. Furthermore, the electronic signals concerned in playing a vinyl disc are not in the least affected by the amount of money paid for a turntable. As long a turntable spins at the correct speed with no discernable wow, flutter or rumble, it will do the same job as any alternative unit, regardless of price. I would advise anyone who claims otherwise to attempt a blindfold A/B comparison.
Ask any professional musician relying on electricity about the importance of good clean power. If it’s clearly noticeable with a bog standard guitar amplifier it’s going be even more noticeable with high end audio equipment. Kudos for leaving no stone unturned.
Great video Michael. Nice high end equipment. With everything you've shown here, we only have one thing in common. On top of the amplifier you had a small scotch tape turntable dispenser. My daughter got me the very exact one a few Christmases ago. I've never used it. It just sits on my shelf as a display piece.
What a T/Table! My first introduction to contactless linear magnet drive was on a.. (now stashed, too good to sell for what they fetch, I'd rather give it to an extended family vinyl music lover with a lesser t/t) ..a 1981'ish PL-L1000 linear tracking d/drive turntable. It moved the arm carriage when the arms light-slit /sensor told the 100% static magnetic induction motor that the arm has gone beyond 0.4 of a degree (or more) either way from true perpendicular groove tracking (those dammed off-centre holed L.P.s aside that only an old Nakamichi Dragon T/table could. Possibly correct for) ..the arm carriage base sat on 3 quarts wheels running on 2 rails stopling it drifting off true (& +/- a half-degree off of..) true perpendicular linear tracking. But In the early'ish or mid 80's, & well beyond 10'yrs after that Pioneer deck was out of production, I read a hi-fi mag's full page ad' from Goldmund with a then-new Turntablesl who, with cut-away detailed diagrams, claimed to had just invented the exact same linear arm contactless magnetic movement inducer with no moving parts other that what it moves, & with with (identical to Pioneer's..) long fat bar-magnet sitting parallel & a cm or 2 below the arm's carriage rails, it also had 2 rails & a 3- wheeled tonearm carriage for linear movement, a precise & exact copy of Pionedr's deck i took apart to clean, inspect & dampen the metal chasis areas internally. Maybe they paid Pioneer to say & write all that but it was not their design & its fact that Pioneer did sell the same system at very least 10'yrs or most prob' more before Goldmund's claim of it being a "Goldmund Design" particularly in that identical magnetic arm-csrriage movement system, its only new & main bragging point.
I have the Mitsubishi linear-track TT from the early 80's. Direct drive and likely the same arm mechanism as the Pioneer. I also have a these linear-trackers: Saul Marantz (1965), Rabco (1977), B&O Beogram and Revox B790 (1980).
@@robertjermantowicz-uw3iw There's some classic oldies there, I've not owned but seen all those models. Rabco must have been amongst the very first. I think it was more like the late 70's when the Pioneer PL-L1000 was made, & 8 or 10'yrs later when Goldmund 'claimed' their very far higher priced version had their own design of contactless arm-carriage movement, it was not tho. 'One' probably cannot patent anything reliant on magnetic induction, it's the EMF nature of physics, like you can't patent naturally grown substances. The Marantz you speak of had it's linear arm sticking out from the left side & running from front to back I recall when looking at my eBay s/h options. The Rabco arm-mover looked like it used a threaded cork-screw -like action. I drew my line at not having to drill holes in a wall & having an air compression pump humming away elsewhere, in another room or outside your house, deck position depending. My own "best sound ever recalled" came from a Haybrook TT2 (like a Sondek but a much heavier solid lump, (of some kind of wood but only cut-away to accommodate the sub-chassis & armboard with a few mil' of space around it's sprung parts, not just a thin wood walled box like the Linn, I thought it much better design for a contemporary late 70's Linn Sondek alternative) / Alphason Xenon (pivoting tonesrm) / Denon 301 (more compliant cantilever than the famous Denon 103) / P.S. Audio IV pre (had best phono stage i'd heard, stomped on the boring sounding Naim 32 + Snaps supply, an old RCA phono circuit adaptation I found after it already bored the heck out of me in comparison, after I bought the s/h P.S. Audio) into 2 early 1960's 'Radford' fully valved amps (2 x EL34 Channel) & Tannoy 15"inch D.C. speakers made in 1969 (1 dual driver bit the dust about 18'months ago with "voice coil rubbing in the magnetic gap, (I filed down the outer curve of that voice-coil's windings & got another 6'months of rub-free bass & low freq' sound but it went further out of true alignment (but what superb engineering to have lasted that long, I bought them unheard from a School's yard-sale in 1990'ish, their rear glued-on cardboard test-pass faded, signed & dated labels told they were made in 1969, I could see I was very likely the first to go inside by their rear panel's as-new screw heads & how long it took to lever out that seemingly air-tight, very tight fitting panel without compromising the fit, they had a little woody coloration that was partly improved by adding extra three 2 x 4 wood bracing struts in each one) ..but you can't file away much outer-curve before you "short out" the insulated voice coil windings!) I often get haunted by how good side 2 of J.Lee's "The Healer" moved me (for just 1 e.g.) with that all 2'nd hand system. I'm miss the speakers, now using B&W DM 70 e/stat hybrids, made circa 70, bought v.cheap but needed new foam cone-edge to chassis rings on their (unusually sized)13"inch woofer that takes over below 350 Htz, I like them but preferred Tannoy's 1969 full working 15" dual concentrics. Otherwise, I don't live in the past but it saved me a good few pence
@@robertjermantowicz-uw3iw p.s. I came close to buying that Mitsubishi t/table, a fine looking linear tracker it was ..is. The Revox arm cut-away design pic's did not inspire much confidence in me but if my kids were still little asses, I'd have had one probably, with a cheap m.m. cart' so they could have just 'swang' that rectangular box across to play their old 45's on & not always have me but em a new cart' ever blooming month. If sure was a "cart' safe" looking design. I noticed your Mitsubishi & my Pioneer t/table s/h prices have doubled at least, since I bought mine in nr'mint con' for £250'ish many yrs'back. Now I've just been recently very impressed with a Sony PS-X800 "biotracer" (they strangely called it. It uses a resonance feedback system that effectively magnetically damps the arm if excited into resonance, like when putting a low compliance cart' into a low-mass tonearm. Regaurdless of technology, it has separation & sound stage that knocked me back a bit, in sheer surprise. I never got my old Linn Troika M.C. sounding good untill I'm put it in that Sony X800. The later Elevated Standard (their E.S. moniker version isn't made nearly as well & seems like half the weight, called a PS-555 E.S.) Tho the X-800's feedback controlled magnetic damping system can get rid of cart' matching needs, it definitely prefers higher compliance cantilevers. It's growing on me, I inherited it from my partially blind father who needed it's full auto functions, Inc just 'dialing in' your required tracking weight. It's growing on me, he died 4 years back but I never bothered trying that X-800 until I heard some dude on-tube praise the ass off it. It is very good & I had a shock seeing 1 eBay dude ask £2'thou 5'hundred B.I.Now alternative to his bidding auction, with bids up to £'1000 on the bid-list. Recently, I understood why. Good luck dude
What a coincidence! I too have a Sony Biotracer TT I bought on eBay about six years ago! The arm is rather a marvel - which attracted me to it. It is still in storage as it awaits space for setup.
I am not even a Vinyl guy .. but .. never miss watching your video’s .. alway’s learn something .. and your music knowledge needs to be downloaded for posterity
25:12 Michael, I bought your turntable setup DVD quite a while ago and it's great to have a detailed guide for setup. Yes, you and others have provided quick setup tips on RUclips as well, but I was more than happy to buy it to give you a bit of a financial contribution for your hard work and to watch extra tips, details, and explanations in your unique inimitable style. All the best! :)
This was very enjoyable! Your stories always amaze me! The room tour was cool. I do have one suggestion. Well, two, actually. First. Get yourself and Eames chair or a good knockoff like I did. The chair back shouldn't rise to ear level. It is akin to sitting up against the backwall. Second, take off your glasses when you listen. You're welcome!
Thank you Michael for sharing some stories from your interesting life and your stereo equipment and room. Very interesting that you could hear the difference between Aluminum and Cooper in the service drop to your new power meter. Thanks again 👍
Nice presentation Micheal, I learned many things from it. Especially enjoyed you sharing your George Martin autographed Rubber Soul album and then in the last minute when you are holding an LP of Definitely Maybe by Oasis. You are a very cool guy so thanks
i'm also envious of his original EU copy of 'definitely maybe.' i'm stuck here with the 1994 UK CD (same master as the original UK and EU vinyl pressings), the 2009 vinyl (very good, the 'audiophile' one), and the 2022 japanese vinyl (bad cut of a mediocre remaster). oh well, could be worse...
Ok,the technical specs mayby are the best in the world but it is an ungly turntable A very ungly turntable and the ultra hi-end passion has and a visual important part Not only the ears but also the eyes are satisfied,the soul lately of course *My hottest regards Thank you very much
hi Michael, it's been our pleasure to have you be our keynote speaker and recipient of awards from the LA/Orange County Audio Society in the last (not so few) recent years. i subscribed to tas since about issue # 2 or 3 and Stereophile while JGH was the model for hp to bring us issues as late as can be. i can see that you feel about audio as do i in that it is a sharing experience and our pleasure is derived from that sharing. thank you for these decades of sharing. ...hifitommy
Mikey (I feel like I've been reading you long enough to call you that!), you were very generous with turntable advice for me recently. Thank you again for that and for the tour of your rig and cave. Excited to have this new channel of yours to follow.
Hi Michael. I am a bit confused after seeing your RUclips video from Axpona regarding turntable setup. I have your dvd and printed the pdf file. On that file you mention that you prefer Baerwald over Loefgren, but in your Axpona conference you say the contrary: that you prefer Loefgren. Can you please clarify? I am setting up a new cartridge and want to know your recommendation.
Truly, this is the best example of diminishing returns I have ever witnessed.
Because you have not heard it so have not “witnessed” anything so I understand your comment. I was up listening until 2:30 AM and you can be sure the returns were intensified not diminished.
“If you have the money & If you want something really badly enough.. just take the money and enjoy your self.. Life is too short!” Well said Michael!
Thank you for sharing you passion and showing your magical space!! 🙏🏻
Indeed, no need to die and be the richest one in the graveyard! Enjoy yourself while you are here and healthy enough.
Totally true. I never imagined I'd spend what I have on my rig, but I figure it's no more than what'll be left in the bank when I'm gone. I am loving it every day.
Thank you Michael. This was a pleasure to watch and listen to. You are what I call the Godfather of analogue. Your hard work and dedication has kept vinyl alive for generations to come.
True.Regards from Poland!
Vinyl has a life it’s own. It’s a love affair . Gadgetry has a minimal lasting fragrant…listen to ……..The Avons “ What love can do to you “. The Drifters “ Three thirty three “………..it’s the music.
@@professorjams it´s the best source we have to hear new music nothing better was created till today in frequency response
First we had the Rutles, then Spinal Tap and now this masterpiece. Wonderful!
I’m gratified you found it humorous
Thx for this great video. Rgd Pet Sounds your 2015 review on the AP 33 1/3 Kevin Gray reissue stated that that was the one to get. So the 2017, 2021 AP 45rpm is not as good as that one?
Best Vid you ever have done. Thank you for your passion and sharing it. I am a fan.
Michael, I could listen to you all night. It is fascinating to hear you discuss your system and an education when you discuss music and pressings. Thank you ...please, keep going and keep sharing. You're a treasure.
My father was had an overtly large record collection. While he was still alive, I asked him what was going to happen to all his collection when he died. He got a twinkle in his eye and told me he wanted all of his colored vinyl and picture discs to be melted into a big coffin for himself. He was smiling almost laughing by then. He then told me he wanted Mauler's unfinished symphony to be played at his funeral. I wasn't able to accomplish that either. I got his guitars and my sister ended up with his records with the intent to sell them. I will own his guitars until my last breath out of respect. Oh he also told me if he sat down and tried to listen non-stop to all of his records he couldn't do it. He would probably die first. He still kept buying records anyway. I now have a large collection myself and am "trying" to slow down my spending on them. More trying to listen and enjoy what I have. I've started fixing cassette decks/turntables for a hobby also as a hack.
Life is good.
Beautiful story, thanks for sharing Byron. I feel it going same way, bought the Rolling Stones Color in Mono box just like that, not think twice.
@@robertjdejong it's definitely addictive and if you have compulsive tendencies, that trigger will be repeated over and over. I guess it's like...buy something, but... do you play it? or is it just a possession?
Do you ever listen to it? If not...why do you need it in the first place?
I like your love.
Sorry for my bad english.
I'm Brazilian and I'm a deep lover of high fidelity sound equipment and I congratulate you for being born with blessed ears to be able to capture the purest sound extracted from such equipment.
God bless you forever!
I enjoy your passion Mr Fremer,
And that you enjoy what you do.
Thank you, Michael. I enjoyed listening to your stories. What a gift to be able to bring music back to Brian Wilson's life, as he gave so much to us.
Always great information and a wonderful presentation, Michael! Thank you for all you do for the world of analogue/vinyl.
I love your videos, so much I go back to them over and over again for information and reference. THX for all your efforts.
Wonderful video. Thank you so much, Mr. Fremer!
It's fascinating to see your room and equipment. There are many of us who appreciate your expertise on analog and audio.
Tell me please how the Merzbow’s woodpecker sounds on this stuff you’ve got?
SOUNDS LOUD AND NOISY!
Michael , God Bless You, your guidance and input is always positive and warming , keep kicking ass .
Beautiful setup. “Life is too short” , indeed it is. Wise words to live by
Thanks Michael - I love to listen to someone who really knows and loves their stuff. Inspirational
FASCINATING! My equipment and music is not as high end as yours but when I showed my music to my teenage nephew he asked me did I scratch my records like a DJ? I gave him "THE LOOK" and told him sternly "these records are NOT for scratching!"
They're already scratched!
What a wealth of knowledge and experience of all things analogue! Some great stories too. Mikey is by far the best and most authoritative commentator on analogue audio equipment and has been for many, many years. Well, Stereophile's loss is the The Absolute Sound's gain. Hope to see you at this year's High End Show in Munich, Germany diligently filming all the new and exciting analogue products for those who are not able to attend. If there was an Analogue Hall of Fame, this man would be in it. Great video as always, Michael! Greetings from Cork, Ireland.
Thank you for this video. Can you tell us who makes the black articulated LED light you have next to the OMA TT?
That's a Little Lite
A great way to spend 53 minutes. Thanks for taking the time to put this all together.
Excellent review of your new turn tables & i have to say that my view of your speakers is amazing to view, also i think a man of your experience & knowledge of the vinyl world is key.
I always watched your previous video`s & enjoyed seeing the collection you have & visits to the shows. So my thoughts are keep going & ignore sad comments.
As you rightly realise through personal experience: THE TURNTABLE ALWAYS COMES BEFORE THE CAR........🚘
Michael, I’ve watched many of your videos, subscribed to the Tracking Angle magazine, and read your reviews for around 35 years but this video is truly special. I feel like I’ve gotten to know the real you for the first time. Thanks for making this.
You got me excited about vinyl in the 90's and with this video you got me excited all over again!
Michael, thank you.Very interesting and informative.
All this technology and perfection of design and engineering precision, and then we play warped, scratchy and wow and fluttery records 🤣🤣. Anyhoo, very informative and interesting video. Bravo Sir
Seriously, just go for a $300 CDP. Or just a $200 DAC and a laptop. They'll both sound better than any TT at any price. Including the overpriced ones in this video.
And digital records also
I have very few records that are warped, scratchy or fluttery or have wow.
@TrackingAngle very good. A lot of mine are, but hey - I still enjoy them
Respect due my man !
I am glad chaps like you can acquire such great gear and are able to
show us plebs the perceived limits of analogue .
The big advantage for normies is we have Spotify free version
and don't even need to spend anything on loads of music that until
fairly recently you couldn't actually buy anywhere .
We are all really lucky all around Michael !
Michael, I find all your reviews so lucid and refreshing, because everyone else is trying to sell the product not giving a clear framework for the reader or viewer to understand. Hi Fi is a world of endless improvements and we all chase the ultimate, you cause us to focus on what is important, once again thank you.
OMG! Is this the same Michael Fremer who at one time, did the best commercials ever on Boston radio in the early 70s? The most memorable for me being,for "Demanbro's" at Packard's Corner..."Daddy, Daddy, buy me a new Camarro"???
Yes. Same guy!
It always cracks me up to read the hostility some people have toward very expensive equipment. I can’t afford it, but I do enjoy the reviews and learning about the technology. Would I buy it if I could ? Who knows … but I certainly don’t condemn those that can afford it. As Michael said, life is too short. Enjoy at whatever level you can!
Excellent Video and so entertaining --the history of your achievements was enlightening-Kudos !
Dear Michael.!Thank you.!I looked carefully at how your hand behaves at the exit to the output track and made sure that I was setting up anti-skating correctly.This is the first and the second-thank you for meeting great musicians.And the third-the cartridge, in my opinion, has a structurally golden mean and sounds good in both versions.At least I don't hear a cardinal difference in headphones.Thanks again!Health and well-being to you.!
Wonderful. FAB-tabulous. Thank you for sharing. BTW-I still have all my old issues of The Tracking Angle...loved that mag.
Well Mr. Freemer this video was great , I got a little choked up when you talked about kicking the bucket , watching and listening to you is like being with my father and his friends back in the day , all have passed away in the last few years and I value you and you expertise. I pray you have many good and healthy years to come , cheers 🥂
Woof. You are always a hoot to watch, but the stories had me choking! Thank you so much for, you know, being you. Loved the stories, every single one. Please carry on!
I do love listening to your stories 👍
Thank you Michael what a joy to watch.
Thank you so much for the insightful visit to your wonderful nest and your engaging conversational revelations about how you feel about music and reproduction. I have been reading your reports for years and always found them rewarding. For most of my 82 years I have been involved in audio and being from New Orleans where music is a 24/7 endeavor, I know what live music sounds and as you know it is the rare recording that can deliver the nuance of tone,rhythm and pace and you have helped my collection. Thanks
Thanks for inviting us to your private place. Spectacular. Funny story about the broken TT. As always a big MFer fan. Greg
Mr. Fremer, you are a class act !!
Man - this was great!
I'm 58, make hip-hop style music but I love many types of music and I love quality sound.
I enjoyed the music and the stories. I subscribed and look forward to more. Thanks!
I love the tour of your audio room, great stories and very encouraging to hear all the details of your turntables and amps and preamps. and the best records in the world.
Wow, I am watching this 2am OKC time and I can’t fall asleep. What a great video.
Many thanks for this video Michael, wonderful to watch. Have you already made a video about your own and/or favorite cartridges? If not, that would be very interesting to many of us I'm sure.
A cartridge and cable video hopefully coming soon.
This is the fremer that I really enjoy. Calm, collected, and full of useful information.
what a pleasure to watch... Thank you!
I've waited for this video for a long time. Many things have changed in your listening room. And now I am absolutely speechless. Thx Michael. Greetings from Germany.
This is probably your best all around video thus far! I was transfixed! Well, I was stoned but.. a great smattering of all that is Michael.
I just have a nice little audio technics turntable. The few things I did to improve it was getting a nicer cartridge and stylus. And made sure that my turntable was on a solid base. Can’t afford much, but I have one hobby and that is vinyl. I just love it. Thank you for the information you provide. I enjoy your channel.
Thanks, I really enjoyed this video. Hope you live and are healthy till your 150 years old 🥰🎸👍
(Following close visual inspection) Your reference turntable was made from an erector set?
No, The arm is selective laser melt produced of aluminum. Look up SLM.
@@trackingangle929 Gotcha, I was just joking around of course. Overall the turntable (including the tonearm) is odd-looking but beautiful IMO (along the lines of high-end industrial consumer art) and obviously it's all functionally-justified. Listening to your presentation on it, clearly the designers were obsessive about its design in the best possible way.
Michael tho you have some incredibly expensive (and very nice) gear, it's good to see that you have your priorities straight in that your listening room is filled to the brim with records!
Thanks for sharing, loved the stories.
Fremer at his best, very educational and great stories. Thank you to all involved.
No need to retire when your doing what you love for a living. Thank you Michael. You could have another channel just dedicates to telling stories...audiophile related or not.
hey man you don't know what you're talking. simplicity is perfection. dht is the ultimate.
This is wonderful Michael, such an in depth tour, I am breaking it into parts to savour it all the more. That K3 is incredible and I think it very appropriate that the man largely responsible for keeping vinyl alive gets to own the prototype of such a revolutionary record deck!
I agree 100%
We went one step further in our 1956 ranch (downsizing for retirement). We also had an overhead line but buried it. So we have new copper wire from the pole into the house into a new AC panel. From there new wiring out to the dedicated listening room my lovely wife agreed to. The original recording quality and the power you provide to your system is where it all starts.
Thanks for this. I always enjoy your stories.
Michael, what a great and inspiring video!
What impressed me most was listening to your recording with your in-ear-microphones - I rarely had anything on my little monitors sound so great before!
You'll be surprized when I tell you that my system is just a regular Windows PC, internal audio engine bypassed by the SW VoiceMeeter, cheap USB-cable to an even cheaper years-old Alesis USB-Mixer, and from there into a cheap set of Yamaha near field monitor speakers - and it blew me off my seat.
So, there must be something happening in your setup that creates that great sound - probably the vinyl and your great room setup.
Amazing video Michael - one of your best! Northern New Jersey loves you :)
Hi Michael !
What Equalizer do you have on your DS Audio W3 System ? (Meitner DS EQ 1, 2) or the origional?
Hey Michael, you mention that your german press of sticky fingers only has TML on one side, do you notice a difference sonically between the TML and non-TML side? I ask because I have a copy on its way from europe that the seller claims has TML on both sides.
This was so worth warching! Thank You!
Thanks Michael for sharing your setup! The whole thing sounds quite good - really good! Your system has come along way from the beginning to now. Love those Lp's !
This shows why you are the most devoted audiophile there is. Thanks for the video.
Micheal the legend Shine on there buddy cheers
Followed you for a long time and finally you hold up a John Renbourn record and say it is fantastic. So great to hear you say it. Thanks for what you do to make HIFI fun.
Awesome Michael, keep up the great work! Always enjoy your videos, lots of knowledge, experience and humour.
Michael, this is by far your best presentation, all of which I have enjoyed. The file of Lori Lieberman you played sounded absolutely amazing on my iPad speakers, I can’t imagine how it speaks in person. You scored the best occupation one can possibly imagine.
Ciao, Patrick
32:20 Nice to see other manufacturers do a trick I have done for a long time with my speaker building. It vastly improves control in the medrange. That is essentially kinking the cones (in a controlled way). Nice work!
I'm glad he played it... It sounds WAY better than my speakers... Amazing... lol
These turntables remind me of another over-engineered "platform". It was called the RMS Titanic. I'm sure those versions of freaky rich audiophiles certainly got their money's worth.
Why not listen. It might quell your envy.
hello Michael thank you for all your reviews you have done and what a great system you have all the way form MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA but originally from URUGUAY so keep it up amigo
Thank you, Michael. Wonderful information and great insight into all things analog.
I am torn between laughing and crying when I hear someone rabbiting on about proceedures such as replacing copper with aluminum mains supply wiring having any relationship to what is percived eminating from one's sound system.
Furthermore, the electronic signals concerned in playing a vinyl disc are not in the least affected by the amount of money paid for a turntable.
As long a turntable spins at the correct speed with no discernable wow, flutter or rumble, it will do the same job as any alternative unit, regardless of price. I would advise anyone who claims otherwise to attempt a blindfold A/B comparison.
your ignorance is actually hilarious.
Ask any professional musician relying on electricity about the importance of good clean power. If it’s clearly noticeable with a bog standard guitar amplifier it’s going be even more noticeable with high end audio equipment. Kudos for leaving no stone unturned.
Thank you for this very enjoyable hour.
Thank you for the content. You have a great voice by the way. Interesting video.
Thank you Michael. I am looking forward to more.
Great video Michael. Nice high end equipment. With everything you've shown here, we only have one thing in common. On top of the amplifier you had a small scotch tape turntable dispenser. My daughter got me the very exact one a few Christmases ago. I've never used it. It just sits on my shelf as a display piece.
Mine sits unused as well!
What a T/Table! My first introduction to contactless linear magnet drive was on a.. (now stashed, too good to sell for what they fetch, I'd rather give it to an extended family vinyl music lover with a lesser t/t) ..a 1981'ish PL-L1000 linear tracking d/drive turntable. It moved the arm carriage when the arms light-slit /sensor told the 100% static magnetic induction motor that the arm has gone beyond 0.4 of a degree (or more) either way from true perpendicular groove tracking (those dammed off-centre holed L.P.s aside that only an old Nakamichi Dragon T/table could. Possibly correct for) ..the arm carriage base sat on 3 quarts wheels running on 2 rails stopling it drifting off true (& +/- a half-degree off of..) true perpendicular linear tracking. But In the early'ish or mid 80's, & well beyond 10'yrs after that Pioneer deck was out of production, I read a hi-fi mag's full page ad' from Goldmund with a then-new Turntablesl who, with cut-away detailed diagrams, claimed to had just invented the exact same linear arm contactless magnetic movement inducer with no moving parts other that what it moves, & with with (identical to Pioneer's..) long fat bar-magnet sitting parallel & a cm or 2 below the arm's carriage rails, it also had 2 rails & a 3- wheeled tonearm carriage for linear movement, a precise & exact copy of Pionedr's deck i took apart to clean, inspect & dampen the metal chasis areas internally. Maybe they paid Pioneer to say & write all that but it was not their design & its fact that Pioneer did sell the same system at very least 10'yrs or most prob' more before Goldmund's claim of it being a "Goldmund Design" particularly in that identical magnetic arm-csrriage movement system, its only new & main bragging point.
I have the Mitsubishi linear-track TT from the early 80's. Direct drive and likely the same arm mechanism as the Pioneer. I also have a these linear-trackers: Saul Marantz (1965), Rabco (1977), B&O Beogram and Revox B790 (1980).
@@robertjermantowicz-uw3iw There's some classic oldies there, I've not owned but seen all those models. Rabco must have been amongst the very first. I think it was more like the late 70's when the Pioneer PL-L1000 was made, & 8 or 10'yrs later when Goldmund 'claimed' their very far higher priced version had their own design of contactless arm-carriage movement, it was not tho. 'One' probably cannot patent anything reliant on magnetic induction, it's the EMF nature of physics, like you can't patent naturally grown substances. The Marantz you speak of had it's linear arm sticking out from the left side & running from front to back I recall when looking at my eBay s/h options. The Rabco arm-mover looked like it used a threaded cork-screw -like action. I drew my line at not having to drill holes in a wall & having an air compression pump humming away elsewhere, in another room or outside your house, deck position depending. My own "best sound ever recalled" came from a Haybrook TT2 (like a Sondek but a much heavier solid lump, (of some kind of wood but only cut-away to accommodate the sub-chassis & armboard with a few mil' of space around it's sprung parts, not just a thin wood walled box like the Linn, I thought it much better design for a contemporary late 70's Linn Sondek alternative) / Alphason Xenon (pivoting tonesrm) / Denon 301 (more compliant cantilever than the famous Denon 103) / P.S. Audio IV pre (had best phono stage i'd heard, stomped on the boring sounding Naim 32 + Snaps supply, an old RCA phono circuit adaptation I found after it already bored the heck out of me in comparison, after I bought the s/h P.S. Audio) into 2 early 1960's 'Radford' fully valved amps (2 x EL34 Channel) & Tannoy 15"inch D.C. speakers made in 1969 (1 dual driver bit the dust about 18'months ago with "voice coil rubbing in the magnetic gap, (I filed down the outer curve of that voice-coil's windings & got another 6'months of rub-free bass & low freq' sound but it went further out of true alignment (but what superb engineering to have lasted that long, I bought them unheard from a School's yard-sale in 1990'ish, their rear glued-on cardboard test-pass faded, signed & dated labels told they were made in 1969, I could see I was very likely the first to go inside by their rear panel's as-new screw heads & how long it took to lever out that seemingly air-tight, very tight fitting panel without compromising the fit, they had a little woody coloration that was partly improved by adding extra three 2 x 4 wood bracing struts in each one) ..but you can't file away much outer-curve before you "short out" the insulated voice coil windings!) I often get haunted by how good side 2 of J.Lee's "The Healer" moved me (for just 1 e.g.) with that all 2'nd hand system. I'm miss the speakers, now using B&W DM 70 e/stat hybrids, made circa 70, bought v.cheap but needed new foam cone-edge to chassis rings on their (unusually sized)13"inch woofer that takes over below 350 Htz, I like them but preferred Tannoy's 1969 full working 15" dual concentrics. Otherwise, I don't live in the past but it saved me a good few pence
@@robertjermantowicz-uw3iw p.s. I came close to buying that Mitsubishi t/table, a fine looking linear tracker it was ..is. The Revox arm cut-away design pic's did not inspire much confidence in me but if my kids were still little asses, I'd have had one probably, with a cheap m.m. cart' so they could have just 'swang' that rectangular box across to play their old 45's on & not always have me but em a new cart' ever blooming month. If sure was a "cart' safe" looking design. I noticed your Mitsubishi & my Pioneer t/table s/h prices have doubled at least, since I bought mine in nr'mint con' for £250'ish many yrs'back. Now I've just been recently very impressed with a Sony PS-X800 "biotracer" (they strangely called it. It uses a resonance feedback system that effectively magnetically damps the arm if excited into resonance, like when putting a low compliance cart' into a low-mass tonearm. Regaurdless of technology, it has separation & sound stage that knocked me back a bit, in sheer surprise. I never got my old Linn Troika M.C. sounding good untill I'm put it in that Sony X800. The later Elevated Standard (their E.S. moniker version isn't made nearly as well & seems like half the weight, called a PS-555 E.S.) Tho the X-800's feedback controlled magnetic damping system can get rid of cart' matching needs, it definitely prefers higher compliance cantilevers. It's growing on me, I inherited it from my partially blind father who needed it's full auto functions, Inc just 'dialing in' your required tracking weight. It's growing on me, he died 4 years back but I never bothered trying that X-800 until I heard some dude on-tube praise the ass off it. It is very good & I had a shock seeing 1 eBay dude ask £2'thou 5'hundred B.I.Now alternative to his bidding auction, with bids up to £'1000 on the bid-list. Recently, I understood why. Good luck dude
What a coincidence! I too have a Sony Biotracer TT I bought on eBay about six years ago! The arm is rather a marvel - which attracted me to it. It is still in storage as it awaits space for setup.
I expect the Biotracer would work real well with the London cartridge with its near - cantileverless design.
I am not even a Vinyl guy .. but .. never miss watching your video’s .. alway’s learn something .. and your music knowledge needs to be downloaded for posterity
Amazing! Thanks Michael.
Amazing Brian Wilson story. Thank you for sharing Michael!
Barber shop quartet music 😂😂😂🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
25:12 Michael, I bought your turntable setup DVD quite a while ago and it's great to have a detailed guide for setup. Yes, you and others have provided quick setup tips on RUclips as well, but I was more than happy to buy it to give you a bit of a financial contribution for your hard work and to watch extra tips, details, and explanations in your unique inimitable style. All the best! :)
This was very enjoyable! Your stories always amaze me! The room tour was cool. I do have one suggestion. Well, two, actually.
First. Get yourself and Eames chair or a good knockoff like I did. The chair back shouldn't rise to ear level. It is akin to sitting up against the backwall.
Second, take off your glasses when you listen.
You're welcome!
Thank you Michael for sharing some stories from your interesting life and your stereo equipment and room. Very interesting that you could hear the difference between Aluminum and Cooper in the service drop to your new power meter. Thanks again 👍
Nice presentation Micheal, I learned many things from it. Especially enjoyed you sharing your George Martin autographed Rubber Soul album and then in the last minute when you are holding an LP of Definitely Maybe by Oasis. You are a very cool guy so thanks
i'm also envious of his original EU copy of 'definitely maybe.' i'm stuck here with the 1994 UK CD (same master as the original UK and EU vinyl pressings), the 2009 vinyl (very good, the 'audiophile' one), and the 2022 japanese vinyl (bad cut of a mediocre remaster). oh well, could be worse...
Really enjoyed this. Thanks!
Ok,the technical specs mayby are the best in the world but it is an ungly turntable
A very ungly turntable and the ultra hi-end passion has and a visual important part
Not only the ears but also the eyes are satisfied,the soul lately of course
*My hottest regards
Thank you very much
hi Michael, it's been our pleasure to have you be our keynote speaker and recipient of awards from the LA/Orange County Audio Society in the last (not so few) recent years. i subscribed to tas since about issue # 2 or 3 and Stereophile while JGH was the model for hp to bring us issues as late as can be. i can see that you feel about audio as do i in that it is a sharing experience and our pleasure is derived from that sharing. thank you for these decades of sharing.
...hifitommy
Thank you for sharing Mr Fremer! Great video, entertaining and very informative!
All those DVDs 📀 you sold , puts in perspective the state of our wonderful hobby! Vinyl is here to stay!
Sounds exactly like the built in speakers on my Amazon fire tablet.
I’ve waited for this video for a long time. Thank you!
Mikey (I feel like I've been reading you long enough to call you that!), you were very generous with turntable advice for me recently. Thank you again for that and for the tour of your rig and cave. Excited to have this new channel of yours to follow.
I would love to hear your system, Michael! Great video!
Hi Michael. I am a bit confused after seeing your RUclips video from Axpona regarding turntable setup. I have your dvd and printed the pdf file. On that file you mention that you prefer Baerwald over Loefgren, but in your Axpona conference you say the contrary: that you prefer Loefgren. Can you please clarify? I am setting up a new cartridge and want to know your recommendation.
The DVD was produced in 2006 so I now have other ideas...Lofgren A
@@trackingangle929 Thanks Mike. Will use that one.
Do you have any acoustic panels in your listening room?