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Thanks for (Digitizing) the Memories: How and Why to Transfer from Analog to Digital

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Perhaps you are one of the many people who are interested in the reborn world of vinyl. You  have crates of old records that you love. For many years — between the time that vinyl gave way to digital and when it made its surprising and welcome comeback — you considered throwing them all away.  But you resisted. They are not just …

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It’s All Got to Go Somewhere: 5 Choices for Best Turntable Stand

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Finding the right record player stand is common sense. That’s quite a relief after dealing with tracking angles, phono stages, decibel levels, the relative merits of passive and active speakers and all the other  technical elements of an audio equipment. Click here for info on turntable stands from Crosley, Line Phono, Darla’Studio, Novogratz and Victrola That said, there are many things to …

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Have Tunes, Will Travel: Five Best Portable Record Player Candidates

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Have tunes, will travel. Who would think that totally portable records player built into suitcases would be such a big thing? Well, they are. Finding the best portable record player is not focused on money. These devices are not too expansive and, in many cases, put style and looks above high fidelity. That’s a polite way of saying that these are not …

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Erasing Your Past: Five of the Best Vinyl Record Cleaners

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Many folks have a pile of old records that they wish to play. It’s about the music. But it also is about the memories. It should also be about finding the best record cleaner. Vinyl (and often the equipment that plays it) is the living history of people’s lives. These records  have been dragged between parents homes, dorms, off campus houses, apartments …

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Circular Logic: 5 Candidates for Best Turntable Under $200

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Turntables have a hard job: They spin a grooved record into which a stylus holding a tiny needle – usually a sliver of diamond, sometimes of sapphire – is lowered. That said, they don’t have to break the bank.  In fact, it’s possible to find what for you is the best turntable under $200. Turntables detects the tiniest of vibrations that corresponded …

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The Supremes: 12 Number One Hits in the Most Creative Decade in US Music History

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The Supremes never lacked for competition. Consider 1966. There were a lot of songs released that year that we still hear every day on the radio. Indeed, it’s a hall of fame type thing: Simon and Garfunkel (“Sounds of Silence”), The Beatles (“We Can Work It Out” and “Paperback Writer”), The Rolling Stones (“Paint It Black”), Percy Sledge (“When a Man Loves …

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5 Candidates for the Best Record Player Under $100

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Finding the best record player under $100 depends upon what you are looking for. That sounds like a tautology or a self-proving statement (a no-brainer, in other words). In this case, it isn’t quite so simple…and it’s a good place to begin. Click here to skip to capsules of  products from Victrola, uDreamer, Crosley, Wockoder, Victrola and Wrcibo Shopping for a such …

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