Buying guides
What to buy, and why, before anyone asks you to spend. Every pick names what is wrong with it.
Reviewed September 2026. There's no single best turntable, there's a best turntable for how deep into vinyl you actually are. We pick three: the Audio-Technica AT-LP60X ($179) if you want to be pla...
Reviewed September 2026. You want to play records. You don't want to become a hobbyist who spends more time optimizing a turntable than listening to music. Here's what to get. What a turntable set...
A cartridge is chosen by what it has to work with, the arm above it and the phono stage after it, and only then by how it sounds. Gain, loading, compliance, named picks with their faults, and what ...
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Learn explains how the gear works. The buying guides say what to buy, and name what is wrong with each pick. If you would rather settle it with your own ears, the listening room at 215 East Lewis Street in Livingston is free and by appointment.