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Kozmophone Is a Modern Turntable and Phonograph

At the end of the 1800s, Edison invented the phonograph. Ten years after that—still in the 1800s—Emile Berliner invented the gramophone, which opted for flat discs (aka records) instead of Edison’s cylindrical ones. More than…

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Open 45 Credenza

When it comes to vinyl storage, you have a few different options once you’ve graduated from the milk crate. If your collection is huge, you probably go with something like an IKEA Kallax setup because…

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HRDL Vinyl Table

Vinyl storage has come a long way since the milk crate days of yesteryear. These days, vinyl record storage is as much about listening to music as it is about looking at album covers, as…

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8 Vinyl Record Holders More Stylish Than a Milk Crate

Vinyl record sales are still on the rise. It seems everyone from Kendrick Lamar, to Ed Sheeran and Father John Misty are putting their music to wax because they understand not just the value in…

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This App Lets You Stream an Album by Taking a Picture of It

We’ll often find ourselves flipping through records at a shop and stumbling up on a small collection with killer artwork. Great cover art doesn’t always equal great music, unfortunately. With Record Player, a new app…

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HD Vinyl Will Hit Stores Next Year

Sound quality remains one of the main reasons people turn to vinyl. It sure as hell isn’t convenience, right? Well, as early as next year, that sound quality is getting better. Rebeat Innovation, an Austrian-based…

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Dovetail Vinyl Storage Cabinets

For the first time since 2011, physical albums outsold digital ones. So, yeah, that whole “vinyl is just a hipster trend” thing is just about put to bed. If you’re one of the many who’ve…

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‘Extraordinary Records’ Is an Ode to Great Album Art

The album jacket was the first thing we thought of when the digital era began. Without a hard copy of a record, where would we get the artist-defining visuals? Luckily—and maybe partially because of this—vinyl…

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Essential Vinyl: 25 Albums Every Record Collector Must Own

Saturday was Record Store Day. It’s a day when people wait in lines outside of record shops to purchase brand new vinyl. And if you told us any of that 10 years ago, we would have…

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Spinbox is a DIY Record Player

Have you ever wanted to build a turntable? Spinbox is a DIY Record Player unlike anything else on the market. The box that will ultimately become your Spinbox turntable comes with everything you need to…

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Wheel Minimalist Turntable

A significant part of the reason so many vinyl collections sit unused in basements and storage units is the bulky nature of most turntables. People don’t want to add a boxy, wired monstrosity to their…

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Turn Your Cremated Remains into a Vinyl Record

There are all kinds of opinions about how to treat dead bodies. Plenty of people are buried, but others are in coffins that hang from cliff faces, some still make it to family dinner, and…

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Hoerboard Com.Four DJ Stand

Hoerboard, the brainchild of designer David Kornmann, creates some of the most beautiful custom furniture out there, and that’s before you factor in that they’re specially designed for the pro audio and DJ set. The…

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RokBlok Lets You Play Records Anywhere

For all that’s great about vinyl—sound quality, sense of nostalgia—one thing that isn’t so great is its portability. RokBlok is looking to change that. The compact, wireless player rides around your favorite records like a…

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MAG-LEV Is the First Levitating Turntable

If you’d like to bring a little sorcery to your vinyl experience, consider making the MAG-LEV your new deck. The world’s first levitating turntable features a platter that spins in midair. While that’s a neat trick,…

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