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Fluance RT81: The Sweet Spot Between Cheap Record Players and Serious Setups
At one end, you have the cheap all-in-one players that are simple, small, and easy to buy. At the other end, you have turntables like the Fluance RT82 that feel much more serious, but also ask you to think about extra gear like phono preamps, amps, receivers, and speakers. The…
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Vinyl Record Cleaner: Most People Need Less Than They Think
Look around the internet or social media, and you’ll find a lot of advice for cleaning a record. Most will tell you to design a near-lab-like process for your collection. The reality is that most people don’t need anything so complex. The right vinyl record cleaner depends on what you…
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Some Vintage Record Players Are Magic. Others Are Just Old.
When you go up in the attic or clear out your parents’ garage, you might happen upon an old record player. These vintage devices can be beautifully built, like weird, mechanical little time capsules. For a modern user, the controls feel different, the designs are unique, and the whole experience…
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Why One Vinyl Record Sells for $20 and Another for $2,000
It’s pretty easy to assume the most valuable vinyl records are worth so much because they are really old, famous, or tied to iconic artists. The truth is that it is only part of the total story. Most of the valuable vinyl you’ll come across has a high price point…
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LEGO Record Player: Is It Real? And Why It’s Blowing Up
The truth is, all of our feeds over the past two years or so have been inundated with pictures and videos of LEGO record players. Whenever one of these super aesthetic shorts hit my feed, I wonder, what am I actually looking at? Does this LEGO record player actually play…
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How to Use a Record Player Safely (and Get the Best Sound)
Over a quarter of hardcore Gen Z vinyl fans pick up new records at least once a month. Vinyl has made an epic comeback, and that’s not even considering every other age group who still love flipping through secondhand copies in coffee shop record stores across the world. Why, you…
