Fremer tours the Audio Technica factory

Fremer does lose his temper in vinyl vs digital debates, which is unfortunate. You would think that someone who does so much blissed out listening could control his temper a little better.

I enjoy his no nonsense review writing style. He does say really nice things about digital gear that he reviews, though, and that bothers me when I read him calling all digital crap in discussions like the one referenced in milpai’s post. Which is it?

Regarding his assertion that no one who has heard really good vinyl can say that digital is as good, here is a quote from PS Audio’s owner Paul McGowan:

"And here’s a side note before I continue. Mike (Fremer) loves to demonstrate the superior sound of vinyl to all that will listen. And what’s fascinating to me is he’s right. At Fremer’s home vinyl rules. In every case, when we compare digital audio to vinyl audio, vinyl wins hands down. If you visit Music Room One (Paul’s system), I can demonstrate the exact opposite. So which is right? I think the answer lies in system optimization. I have made every decision in my system in service of optimizing one media, digital. Mike Fremer has done the opposite. And while each of us pays lip service to having maximized media performance of the ‘other format’, the truth is neither of us has really done so."