Thursday, September 11, 2008

It's a Vinyl World After All

It's a Vinyl World After All, Michael Fremer's Guide to Record Cleaning, Storage, Handling, Collecting & Manufacturing in the 21st Century.

Learn the art and science of turntable set-up with noted analog authority Michael Fremer, Senior contributing editor, Stereophile.

Tour the famous Diepolz, Germany Pallas pressing plant with globetrotting analog expert Michael Fremer and see how they plate lacquers and press records at Europe's premier pressing plant. Then visit Record Technology Incorporated (RTI) and see how America's best record manufacturer does it. Eavesdrop on a mastering session with Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at famed AcousTech Mastering, the world's only mastering room located within a pressing plant. Back in his listening room, Michael Fremer offers invaluable tips on record storage, record handling, record maintenance, cleaning and collecting.

Bonus features include interviews with RTI's Don MacInnis and Pallas's Holger Neummann. Includes PDF file on the DVD-ROM section containing more useful record care, cleaning and collecting information. Shot in high definition and released on DVD in a letterboxed format, this three hour long DVD is even more informative and entertaining than Fremer's first highly acclaimed DVD "21st Century Vinyl: Michael Fremer's Practical Guide to Turntable Set-Up." If you enjoyed, appreciated and laughed along with the first one, you'll love this one from the opening minute. No vinyl fanatic should be without this highly entertaining and informative production.

Features:
• Detailed set-up of a Pro-Ject RM-5 (RPM-5 outside the USA)
• Detailed set-up of a Rega P5
• Detailed set-up of a VPI Scoutmaster
• Using the techniques detailed on this DVD in conjunction with the manufacturer's instructions, you will be able to set-up any turntable, and align virtually any phono cartridge on any tonearm ever made
• Bonus Interview with George Marino and "tour" of Sterling Sound's Neumann cutting system
• Interviews with RTI's Don MacInnis and Pallas's Holger Neummann
• PDF file on the DVD-ROM section contains even more information and set-up tips
• Shot in high definition and released on DVD in a letterboxed format
• 1.33:1 (4:3) Aspect Ratio
• Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• NTSC - No regional Coding

Total Running time, 3:09:39

$29.99

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