Category: Vinyl Record Players
5 records to help you appreciate vinyl
Posted on ABS CBN News, Jan 15 2017 07:07 PM, Rick Olivares As an old-time music fan, audiophile, and collector, the return to popularity of vinyl records has been a welcome development. As early as in sixth grade, I would save my allowance and on weekends do some extra work like delivering newspapers around the neighborhood and … continue reading
Your old vinyl records could be worth THOUSANDS – and these are the most valuable
Posted on www.coventrytelegraph.net, 10th December 2016 High street retailers have now started stocking the old-school disks, as they continue to soar in popularity The vinyl revival shows no signs of slowing down – with plenty looking to buy turntables and record players this Christmas. The retro form of listening to music has enjoyed quite the … continue reading
Decades-old machines turn used CDs into playable vinyl at Afropunk music fest
Posted on Digital Trends, September 1, 2016 Every year during the last weekend of August, every inch of the 10 acres of Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park — including the baseball field — is taken over by the annual Afropunk Music Festival and thousands of people who wear the creative core of their identity on … continue reading
CHECK OUT THESE INGENIOUSLY DESIGNED RECORD PLAYERS
Sounding good and looking great, these are some of the more special portable record players you will ever see. If playing vinyl didn’t already make you look really really good, these portable record players will give you that extra touch of pizzazz when throwing on your favorite 12″. Fumihito Taguchi’s beautiful and elegantly simple designs … continue reading
The 10 Most Over-the-Top Turntables in the World
Posted on robbreport.com, JULY 17, 2016 VIEW SLIDESHOW Known as phonographs, gramophones, record players, or turntables, the altar of the dark vinyl disc has enjoyed a popular revival in recent years. However, for audiophiles, vinyl records have remained a constant presence. Over the years, a small handful of companies have been quietly toiling away to … continue reading
Does music sound better on vinyl records than on CDs?
Posted on now.tufts.edu, July 11, 2016 Paul D. Lehrman, a lecturer in music and director of the music engineering minor program, weighs in on the debate Vinyl is back, no doubt about it. Sales of vinyl records have been soaring, although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry’s revenues: about 2 … continue reading
7 RECORDS TO RE-VINYL-IZE YOUR MOM’S RECORD COLLECTION
Posted on Crosley Blog, May 06, 2016 (Shout to Natalia Mohl’s incredible photography- go check out her dreamy photos at wildbindi, based in Sydney, Australia! With love from a transient Melbournite.) So say you’ve gotten yourself a record player. Awesome, A+. If you’re like me and part of the dreaded “millenial” generation, when you brought … continue reading
In praise of the LP on a turntable
Posted on thehindu.com, April 26, 2016 There is a seeming revival today of the record player and the vinyl record. What keeps them trendy? During early childhood I thought music from the radio came from little people who lived inside it; the faint light visible through the ventilator holes was evidence enough of this. That … continue reading
The Crosley generation: the record player that has the kids in a spin
Posted on www.theguardian.com, 22 April 2016 ‘I bought one for my nine-year-old daughter’ I was delighted when my eldest daughter, who is nine, asked for a record player for Christmas. It wasn’t to do with any great residual love for vinyl on my part, although I do have a weird notion that the actual act … continue reading
World Record Store Day in Melbourne
Posted on www.timeout.com, 12 April 2016 This Saturday (Apr 16) music lovers unite and rejoice – World Record Store Day (RSD) is back for another year and our favourite record stores are celebrating with so much musical goodness, we don’t even know where to start: live in-store performances, full bars, discounts, giveaways, and then some. … continue reading
