Once you’ve got your heart set on a foray into vinyl, finding the best turntable can be quite a challenge. If you want to make the leap into fine audio, getting one of the best record players on the market is an absolute must, but how do you know what to look for? In more recent times, Bluetooth innovations and updated technologies have seen Audio Technica turntables and Technics record players take off. The idea that music is now considered a collective experience, rather than a downloadable commodity means that vinyl record players and turntables are true, ageless icons.

Analogue-to-digital conversion has come a long way since the early days, but still vinyl is making a major resurgence over the last few years. Most recordings are built from digital masters or recordings made natively in modern software.

Nowadays, ‘all-analogue’ is an incredibly rare occurrence. For vinyl, the volume is dependent on the length of its sides and depth of its grooves, which means that a well-mastered record may have more room to breathe than its digital counterpart. Where digital recordings are compressed, which can at times squash the textures and depth brought out in the original, vinyl is not bound by the same compression standards. Without the complications of digital conversion, record players and vinyl players can express things in detail, with a full range of dynamics. The analogue format allows artists to transport their music from magnetic tape to LP to your speakers as it was intended. Technics Marks 55th Birthday with SL-1210GAE Limited Editionġ5 Best Headphones for Running and Working Outġ4 Best Portable Bluetooth Speakers to Bring the Noise In fact, when it comes to the theory that vinyl record players produce a distinct sound that cannot be achieved through digital technology, science backs things up. It’s a nigh-on biblical experience.īut there is more to the notion than simply feeling it in your bones.

Sure, iPhones and Spotify have become the norm for music lovers across the globe, but for the true audiophile, there’s nothing better than a good vinyl, laid on on the best record player in your arsenal. Have you ever sat down and listened to a vinyl record? Like, really listened? It just has this clear, crisp warmth to it that can’t be emulated by digital technology.

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