There’s something mesmerizing about watching a vinyl record spin around on a turntable, but unfortunately the vast majority of record players spin horizontally, and aren’t really designed for easy viewing. Luckily, vintage audio design company Gramovox has built a solution — a turntable that turns your records vertically, without compromising sound quality. If you took […]
Former Wham! singer and massively successful soul and pop solo vocalist dies “peacefully at home” George Michael, the soulful British heartthrob who became a star in the Eighties as half of Wham! before earning critical acclaim as a solo artist, died Sunday at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire, England. The cause of death was […]
The PLX-500 also includes a USB out for ripping vinyl. Pioneer DJ is expanding its commitment to vinyl with the launch of a new turntable aimed at both DJs and home listeners. The PLX-500 is the second turntable to come from the digital-focused company after the launch of the PLX-1000 in 2014. Like its predecessor, […]
I’ve found you can get great LP’s on a budget if you’re meticulous about inspecting them. Here’s how I go about it. Pull LP’s without inspecting them. Flip and pull, flip and pull. Inspecting quality while you’re digging is strictly amateursville; it means others can’t flip the bin while you’re peeping at wax. You’ll inspect your […]
Prologue: Due to the widespread use of CDs, turntable systems disappeared briefly from the market, but their warm sound quality is bringing them back. The direct-drive turntable invented by Technics is still highly acclaimed by audiophiles and DJs in the form of the SL-1200 Series, and there have been many requests to revive the turntable […]
Even Steve Jobs listened to vinyl… The late Apple CEO, whose iTunes Store revolutionized the music business for the online era, “listened to vinyl” at home, Neil Young said in 2012. Young, who’s now hawking his $399 high-definition PonoPlayer, has a stake in the mythologizing of studio-grade sound, but he’s not the only believer. As […]
