restorer-john
Grand Contributor
HiFi has always been full of characters and Mr Fremer is a great character. He adds interest, debate, stirs up passion and anger along with inspiring many people to get back into records/vinyl.
I think his dogged support of vinyl is wonderful and has no doubt helped drag many of the previously disinterested companies back to producing world class turntables. Look at Panasonic for example. They previously produced the biggest and by far the best range of turntables and cartridges through the 1980s. Eventually killed the venerable SL-1200, only to bring it back, better and with some TOTL products as well.
Vinyl and turntables are back, never again in the same mainstream level they once were, but vinyl is the cornerstone of the entire high fidelity industry as we now know it. There never would have been the impetus for digital without the flaws of vinyl. But that said, good vinyl has something digital simply doesn't have. It pulls you in and makes you want to play the whole album, and another.
I wish him all the best.
I think his dogged support of vinyl is wonderful and has no doubt helped drag many of the previously disinterested companies back to producing world class turntables. Look at Panasonic for example. They previously produced the biggest and by far the best range of turntables and cartridges through the 1980s. Eventually killed the venerable SL-1200, only to bring it back, better and with some TOTL products as well.
Vinyl and turntables are back, never again in the same mainstream level they once were, but vinyl is the cornerstone of the entire high fidelity industry as we now know it. There never would have been the impetus for digital without the flaws of vinyl. But that said, good vinyl has something digital simply doesn't have. It pulls you in and makes you want to play the whole album, and another.
I wish him all the best.