There are dozens of ways that a record’s quality could be affected, to the point where before needle meets wax, a labyrinthine series of choices and variables have already come into play that can affect the playback in big and little ways. That a “puck” of plastic can be turned into something that plays music via subtleties in ridges is a miraculous thing, all things considered. Some of these advances included quadraphonic sound, belt and direct drive, better balanced arms, and better needle cartridges with improved frequency response.If you look at Discogs reviews, or Amazon reviews, or, even Vinyl Me, Please reviews of certain new record releases, you’ll sometimes find a common complaint: “This record doesn’t play right on my turntable. Through the '60s and '70s, record technology advanced, making players cheaper and more portable, as well as introducing higher-end, better-sounding equipment for audiophiles. In the mid '50s, Philco introduced the first record player that resembles the retro-style standalone unit that many consumers are familiar with from contemporary brands, such as Crosley. In the '20s, radio and the Great Depression compressed the industry. Nostalgia, DJ culture, aesthetics, and “analog warmth” are all factors contributing to the revival of vinyl and record players.ĬDs and digital music formats are not the first serious competitor to records as a format. Recently, records (and thus turntables) have made a comeback, outselling CDs for the first time in decades in the US in 2020. Records were the dominant format of commercially storing audio for about a century.

Later in that century, Emile Berliner moved the media from cylinders to flat discs.

The record player, called a phonograph and then gramophone around the beginning of the 20th century, dates back to Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell and their teams in the late 19th century. Turntables & Record Players For Sale on Reverb

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