Every sound you hear in real life is analog, but digital recording converts the original sound into a sequence of numbers. No wonder analog and digital sound so different! Ex-movie theater ...

Digital technology can’t replicate the sound of gear from the 1950s and ’60s, Sean Wolcott and Craig Curran say. For the past 30 years, Everett musician Sean Wolcott has collected artifacts from a ...

The Digigram ALP280e, left, and ALP280e-MIC, right, sound cards. The ALP280e and ALP280e-MIC are French manufacturer Digigram’s latest additions to a sound card line that launched in 2022. The company ...

This version of the famous song features a full band, and is the only copy that will ever be manufactured or released. Bob Dylan recording with an acoustic Gibson guitar and a harmonica in 1961 at ...

Inspired by the depth of emotion he witnessed at vinyl listening sessions organized during his tenure at the Bridgestone Museum of Arts in Tokyo, Hideo Matsushita was determined to enable more people ...

It's time to rearrange your speakers—quadraphonic sound is back. Well, at least in one instance. A new LP documenting a live performance by electronic musician Suzanne Ciani is being released as a ...

Long before the recent vinyl renaissance, audiophiles have long espoused the analog benefits of vinyl records as being vastly superior to digital. The argument often includes claims of vinyl sounding ...

Today, on Aug. 12, record stores and collectors celebrate the sound of analog by turning National Vinyl Record Day into a full-sensory tribute to vinyl culture. In a digital world flooded with instant ...

At Hollow Earth Radio’s basement digs in north Seattle, station co-founder Amber Kai Morgan keeps a stash of answering machine cassettes in a Mason jar marked “beans.” As self-proclaimed salvagers of ...

Turntables are back in style, with the best record players of today sporting advanced features and classic looks. Here are ...

For someone like me—an avid record collector with profound hearing loss—the past decade has produced severe cognitive dissonance caused by two contrary developments. First, vinyl came back; then, good ...

Fluance’s preference for a glossy finish may not be your first choice, but the RT85N should absolutely be on your radar as a purely analog turntable. There’s no preamp here, so you’ll need to buy one ...