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Chipping in for Mother’s or Father’s Day
Some ideas, most of them digital: A turntable. Yes, this may seem a bit retro, but vinyl is in the midst of a wonderful comeback. New records cost more than their CD equivalents, but it’s easy to build...
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Extremely Long Player
1980s: I’m buying lots of LPs. 1990s: I’m buying lots of CDs. 2000s: I’m downloading lots of music files. 2010s: I’m buying lots of LPs. What’s going on? As record companies contemplate the end of CD...
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Vinyl for sale
As LPs continue to gain popularity, here’s a list of stores that sell used LPs. Fair prices (mostly, around $5, some as low as $1-2, as high as $7-8). Very good to excellent condition (free from...
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A Re-Introduction to Two-Channel Stereo (Part 1)
Somehow, stereophonic sound has survived. The excitement began in the 1930s, but it wasn’t until the late 1950s when consumers could buy their own stereo record albums and their own stereo turntables....
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A Re-Introduction to Two-Channel Stereo (Part 8: Listening to Beethoven–or Do...
Or do LPs sound better than CDs? Or, in the end, is it all about the performance and the recording, not the stereo system? Or is there no good answer because every record, every CD and every stereo...
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The Other Sam (The Record Man)
For many years, the very best place on planet earth to shop for LPs (or, if you prefer, records), was Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada. As it happens, Yonge (pronounced “Young”) is one of the world’s...
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