However you got here, welcome. Vinyl is one of the most rewarding—and, if we’re being honest, high-maintenance—ways to enjoy music. Unlike digital music streaming, a turntable is a mechanical system.

Next, make sure the turntable itself is level. I used a couple of basic bubble levels from my workbench, but you can also buy a dedicated turntable level, which has a circular, 360-degree design and ...

Compared to a lot of other devices that Digital Trends reviews on a regular basis, testing out the newest and best turntables ...

If you think vinyl is old fashioned, you couldn't be more wrong. While the basic technology behind turntables hasn't changed much in the last decade or so, the surrounding audio ecosystem has come on ...

So you want to start collecting vinyl. Great! Record sales have been steadily climbing, and in March, physical music outsold downloads for the first time in six years. You might've even started buying ...

What’s old is new again, particularly when it comes to music. In 2020, vinyl record sales surpassed CD sales for the first time since the 1980s, totaling $232 million of revenue in the U.S. — and 62 ...

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Around 30 years ago, the turntable market appeared all but dead. The CD had won the format war in the late ‘80s, and the iconic vinyl record seemed condemned to the hi-fi graveyard. We even removed ...

Every spring, Record Store Day sends thousands of people back to the world of vinyl, with sales posting their 18th consecutive year of growth in 2024, according to the RIAA, far outselling CDs and ...