In the following video interview that is now posted on the AP YouTube channel, Ken Micallef speaks with Acoustic Sounds head honcho Chad Kassem about the upcoming Vinyl Summit that is being held in ...

Two in a row, everybody knows — at the green light, you rev it on the red line. Gearheads know what I’m talking about here — and so do fans of the blended British/American rock collective known as ...

One question I am often asked when installing a new cartridge is how long it will take to break in. My usual answer is that break-in happens on a logarithmic curve. A new cartridge will sound ...

I’m always on the lookout for new and better tools to help with my installations, and over the years, WAM Engineering, a.k.a. WallyTools, has made some of the most innovative aids to help nail the ...

Fact it, it’s all about applied science. “I was unscrewing the back of everything in the house — the stereo, the television, the table radio, my sister’s hairdryer. That’s when my mother sent me to ...

A legacy brand in cartridge production, Sumiko may be best known — at least amongst the crowd I hung with back in the day — for their Sumiko Blue Point No. 2. The Blue Point was a moving coil (MC) ...

Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall is neither a live album, nor was it recorded at Carnegie Hall. It was simply a studio recreation of a set that this supremely popular and influential blues artist had ...

A few more Zombie FAQs for you now. According to the liner notes, “ Continue Here is the first, full account on LP of those [mid-’60s] wilderness years in the original mono mixes — eight singles; ...

Originally released on Tamla on August 28, 1973, Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On LP was a landmark recording that resonated with audiences at the time of its release, and it has continued to do so for ...

The Esoteric Grandioso T1 turntable uses a completely new drive system, designed to combine all the advantages of the various existing systems with none of the downsides. The T1 drive system can be ...

Three acoustic-driven rock records — one from the 1960s, and two from the 1990s — have recently gotten the Vinylphyle audiophile treatment from UMe. As most regular AP readers likely know, the ...