Michael Alan Fremer (born 1947)[2] is an American music journalist, YouTuber, and voice actor from New York City, known for writing about audiophile equipment and vinyl.[3] He is the editor of The Tracking Angle and Senior Editor at The Absolute Sound.[4][5] Due to his influence within the audiophile community, he has been called the "Pied Piper of vinyl", a "dean of audiophile writing” [3][6] and “Fremmie”.
Michael Alan Fremer | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University[1] |
| Period | 1970s–present |
Career
editFremer graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1968[1] and worked as a radio DJ in Boston and New Jersey in the 1970s, when he began to write about music and audio equipment.[7] 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.[6]
In 1986, Fremer was hired by The Absolute Sound as pop music editor.[6] During the 1990s, he ran his own magazine called The Tracking Angle.[6] For many years, he was the editor of Analog Planet and contributing editor at Stereophile and Sound&Vision.[7] 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.[4] In 2022, he had a well-publicized spat with YouTuber and record store owner Michael Esposito regarding Mobile Fidelity's use of digital source material.[3]
In addition to his audiophile journalism, Michael Alan Fremer has done voice acting on films such as Animalympics and Felix the Cat: The Movie and supervised the soundtrack to Disney's Tron.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "How a Cornell ILR Grad became a World Renowned Audio Reviewer". Cornell University. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ "Interview Michael Alan Fremer". High Fidelity. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c "How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b "Michael Alan Fremer is Back with The Tracking Angle". Part Time Audiophile. 16 June 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ "Eminent Audio Reviewer Michael Alan Fremer Returns to The Absolute Sound". Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "An Interview with Michael Alan Fremer of AnalogPlanet". VWMusic. 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Michael Fremer". Making Vinyl.
- ^ "Michael Fremer". imdb.com. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
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