Q-I saw your article in the Tribune and was surprised to learn that someone is still making and marketing equipment to play vinyl LPs for audiophiles. My question is: Where can I purchase new ...

As with any hobby, audiophilia has its legends. Among veteran enthusiasts of sound recordings and playback systems, the legends include recordings produced by the American Mercury label from the early ...

So, you’ve decided to nerd up your record collection and expand your aural palette by getting into classical music on vinyl? Awesome! But where to start? The good news is that high-quality classical ...

We live in an era of constant and frantic change, and no one bears the brunt of this more than the music fan. Admittedly, that's a music fan talking, but I can't be the only person in the country with ...

In the thirteen years since the plastic LP era began, no classical record has exhibited the sales allure of such old champions as Enrico Caruso’s 78-r.p.m. performance of Vesti la giubba from ...

Amidst all the recent talk of a “vinyl resurgence” and the renewed admiration for physical media in music, one niche seems to miss its fair share of the attention. Countless reissues, think pieces and ...

RECORDS Cut-Rate Classics In the modern supermarket, the hapless shopper is besieged at every turn by labels of BARGAIN BONANZA! slapped on everything from brussels sprouts to lawnmowers—and, of late, ...

Travelling overseas for LPs, waiting a year for spare parts for turntable upgrades — record listeners have kept their passion alive through waves and crests The only way to consume music at one time, ...

A neighbor has around 300 mostly classical vinyl records and is looking to sell them. She contacted several local (Raleigh, NC) record stores, but there was little, or no interest. I don't know the ...

In 1958, Decca Records audaciously began to record Wagner’s epic, 15-hour Ring Cycle. As Phil Hebblethwaite explains, there was more at stake than art. Decca was a classical music underdog determined ...