Vinyl’s unexpected resurgence has been a welcome shot in the arm for the music industry, and one that has even surprised even the most passionate audiophiles who have never given up on turntables but understood that digital was the future.
High-end digital playback had come a long way from the days of “perfect sound forever,” when it was nothing more than below-average sound reproduction wrapped in a layer of convenience. Today, lossless services like Tidal, Qobuz and Apple Music have legitimized high-res digital streaming as a format that both the mass market and audiophiles can enjoy.
If he were alive today, Thomas Edison would consider us unjustifiably spoiled with so many ways of listening to high-fidelity audio — vinyl, streaming and even CDs — but he would also find comfort in the knowledge that there are passionate artisans and engineers in our midst who are raising the bar in the art of vintage turntable restoration.
Old is not only new again, but in some cases, it’s far superior.
Why Buy Vintage?
Listening to records is the penultimate middle finger to the digital age; one where human beings text family and friends in the same room rather than talk to them, and where people flip through music selections on their smartphones with the same level of attention that they display when selecting a brand of cereal at the grocery store.
On the flip side, listening to music on a turntable requires paying attention to the process of playback and the music itself; something that is seemingly quite difficult for most people these days.
