If, like me, you grew up in a time when CD was king and vinyl was a long forgotten relic of the past, you may be missing the basic understandings of how to handle and properly clean your vinyl records. Luckily the Internet has a plethora of tutorials and how-to …

It seems the entire internet community were pulling out their old vinyl records this past week because of a post on reddit pointing to an audio forum detailing how to clean your vinyl using wood glue. It seems if you follow a few easy steps, you can easily clean your …

Now that I’m expanding my vinyl collection, I’m spending more time playing music on my record player and less time playing music on my computer. The problem is I still want to track my listening habits on my last.fm account. How can I get the best of both worlds and …

This Christmas was full of  family, food, happiness, and vinyl. My new found love for records was happily rewarded this Christmas.
Here are the records I added to my collection.
The Waitresses – Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?
The Joykiller – S/T
Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home, Blood on the Tracks
Elvis Costello & …

This weekend I went toa couple of our local flea markets to pick up some new vinyl. I didn’t have anything specific in mind, I just knew I wanted more albums. At the end of the weekend I ended up with 4 new LPs, and I’m very pleased with …

In an interesting turn of events, I now have a turntable. And a 5 disc changer. And a tape deck, equalizer, tuner, and amp with surround sound speakers. I couldn’t be more excited!
In 1989 my Granddad purchased a full Yamaha stereo system. It was a top-of-the-line …

Did I want a record player before I saw High Fidelity, or did High Fidelity make me want a record player?
Either way, I’ve excited about regressing from CDs to LPs. Although CDs are much more convenient and capable of listening to in the car, my car record player skips far …