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Michael Fremer

American journalist

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Michael Fremer was a journalist and music journalist.

Michael Alan Fremer (born 22nd March 1947) is an American music journalist, YouTuber, and voice actor from New York City, known for writing about audiophile equipment and vinyl. He is the editor of The Tracking Angle and Senior Editor at The Absolute Sound. Due to his influence within the audiophile community, he has been called the "Pied Piper of vinyl" and the "dean of audiophile writing."

Career

Fremer graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1968 and worked as a radio DJ in Boston and New Jersey in the 1970s, when he began to write about music and audio equipment. In the early 1980s, he became a well known critic of the audio quality of compact discs and was a vocal proponent of analogue source material and vinyl records.

In 2022 he left Analog Planet and returned to The Absolute Sound and, along with Nick Despotopoulos and David L’Heureux, revived The Tracking Angle as a website.

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Important facts

Born
New York (state), New York City
Education
Cornell University
Employers
The Absolute Sound

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American journalist

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Michael Fremer was a journalist and music journalist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Michael Fremer

· Wikidata: Q113471378

· DBpedia: Michael Fremer

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