Vinyl

From the stylus to your speakers, the following ten tips are designed to help you, the budding vinyl connoisseur, optimize your setup and enjoy music to its fullest. We’ll show you the best ways to select and clean your records, too.

Whether you're brand new to vinyl and turntables, or you've been around the block a few times, you've probably faced this problem. It's a phenomenon that has been an issue with turntables since their creation -- feedback! When you are playing an album at low volume, everything sounds fine. However, as you turn up the volume, you get a howl through your speakers that gets louder and worse when you turn it up.

I purchased one of these all-in-one turntables as an act of public service. I thought the people buying these turntables, or more importantly, those receiving them as a gift, should know what they are getting into before you do some damage. Don’t feel bad, it only cost $49.