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Original Soundtracks 1 by Passengers (a.k.a. Brian Eno and U2) Is a Must-Own 180g 2LP Recycled Black Vinyl 30th Anniversary Record Store Day Release

6 days ago | analogplanet.com | Mark Smotroff

Original Soundtracks 1 by Passengers (a.k.a. Brian Eno and U2) Is a Must-Own 180g 2LP Recycled Black Vinyl 30th Anniversary Record Store Day Release One of the more under-the-radar releases that I didn’t see or hear many people talking about pre-Record Store Day 2025 (which occurred last Saturday, April 12, 2025) is the 30th anniversary 180g 2LP vinyl reissue of Passengers’ Original Soundtracks 1, a 1995 collaboration between U2 and their then-producer Brian Eno.
AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 1: Thiele, Rega, AVM

6 days ago | analogplanet.com | Julie Mullins

AXPONA is back, and bigger and better than ever. People packed Chicagoland’s Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center’s rooms and hallways the weekend of April 11-13, 2025, particularly on Friday and Saturday. On Wednesday, show organizers JD Events provided some figures solidifying AXPONA’s status as the largest consumer audio event in North America.
AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 3: TEAC

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 3: TEAC Welcome welcome welcome to Part 3 of my AXPONA: First Impressions series.
AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 2: Clearaudio & Quintessence Audio Ltd.

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 2: Clearaudio & Quintessence Audio Ltd. Welcome back to Part 2 of my AXPONA: First Impressions series. Today’s as-I-write-it soundtrack was quite symmetrical.
AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 1: Grimm Audio and Revox

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 1: Grimm Audio and Revox It seems like only yesterday we were at AXPONA 2025 — well, actually, it was exactly yesterday, April 13, 2025, that we spent our last day at AXPONA, and what a deeply fulfilling show it was overall. AXPONA just seemed to fly on by this year, even though it was busier, “hustlier,” and “bustlier” (to coin a phrase) than it was last year.
AXPONA 2025 Preview: SME Model 8 Turntable

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

If there’s one product category I want to see in droves at AXPONA, it’s gotta be turntables. Luckily, I got an early look at a cool new table before heading off to the airport today, and since I promised to post a few new gear previews before touching ground at the big show, here’s the next one — namely, SME’s new Model 8 turntable. SME and their team at Monarch System Ltd.
AXPONA 2025 Preview: Vinnie Rossi Second-Gen Brama Preamp

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

We’re a day away from wheels-up to AXPONA, but as I noted in my show primer here yesterday, I wanted to share a few cool new gear previews before heading off to the event. Here’s one of them, courtesy of our friends at Choice Audio, and the Vinnie Rossi line in particular.
Top Things to See, Hear & Do at AXPONA

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

As we get ready to head off to AXPONA in just a day’s time, we wanted to post a macro-level primer that sets the broader table for what we expect to see and hear at the show before we dial deeper into analog-centric minutiae in our firsthand show reports.
Short Cuts, Vol. 24: Record Store Day Preview & Review of Three Resonance Records 180g Multi-LP Live Albums From Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, and Freddie Hubbard

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mark Smotroff

Before we turn our posting attention to covering AXPONA the rest of this week, AP editor Mike Mettler wanted me to do a short preview/review ahead of Record Store Day, which is taking place this Saturday, April 12, 2025 — and I was more than happy to oblige. Resonance Records has several exciting new titles coming out for this year’s RSD, and my esteemed colleague Ken Micallef shared a video of some of them being previewed at a recent listening event in NYC here on AP just a few days ago.
AP Exclusive Video: Record Store Day Preview With Zev Feldman at All Blues Listening Bar

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Ken Micallef

Manhattan’s All Blues played host to Zev Feldman’s traveling Record Store Day (RSD) cavalcade this past Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Joined by jazz journalist, Jazz and Coffee’s Syd Schwartz, Feldman gave the backstories and played selections from his upcoming RSD 2025 releases. These six RSD releases followed Feldman’s typical Jazz Detective approach, mining tapes from radio stations, performance venues, and collector’s vaults, pressed to virgin vinyl.