You can’t doubt the appeal of vintage audio equipment, especially stereo receivers. With their giant metal knobs, faux-wood paneling and glow-up facades, they have a unique cool factor that modern ...
Eight years ago, Mikey Weiss had wanted to build a display of vintage stereos at his Brooklyn store – “a museum piece,” he calls it – to show people what stereos looked like in the 1970s. His ...
The Turntable Vintage Audio has opened in Manheim where it sells a variety of stereo equipment and speakers from the 1970s and 1980s. The roughly 1,000-square-foot shop at 27 N. Main St. carries ...
Does vintage audio still make sense? Only if you follow some basic rules and understand that bargains are becoming harder to find. Buying vintage audio or used high-end audio from the 1980s or 1990s ...
The vast majority of people today get their music digitally, listening through earbuds, headphones or small Bluetooth speakers. But there is a small — yet growing — group of music lovers for whom ...
For serious audiophiles, there’s no comparing modern stereo systems to the equipment being produced from the 1950s to the ’70s. Nowadays, electronics are made to be upgraded and replaced every few ...
In a society enamored by the next newest thing, there are still people who like their books on paper, prefer their thank-you notes handwritten, would rather talk to people than interact with bots, and ...
Mars Tapes in Manchester is the last shop in the UK that just sells music on cassette tapes in the UK, according to co-owner Alex Tadross. Business is booming: “When the Oasis tour was announced we ...
VINTAGE-AUDIO collectors are a peculiar breed of relic hunters—never still, rarely pleased, steadfastly in pursuit of another sonic fix. Many of them may begin collecting affordable vintage gear as a ...
Looking for a store that specializes in vintage audio equipment? Cherry Vintage Audio in South Carolina needs to be on your radar. The past 18 months have been rather grueling in New York; between ...
Once upon a time, circa 1970, there was no such thing as “hi-fi.” It was just audio. And every household had a system, likely built around a solid-state stereo receiver or amplifier. Names like ...