
Record sales were up 27% last year, and if you yourself are searching for the best record players to enjoy your new stack of LPs, we've got you covered.īut first, what is it about vinyl that has everyone rediscovering record stores again? For Francis Harris, co-founder and musical director of Public Records in Brooklyn, New York, it's less about sound quality (Harris champions CD as a “superior format") than it is about a “greater appreciation of the art form and the labor that goes into making a record.” And while a CD player is great and all, listening to analog playback, rather than digital, allows users to hear music as the artist intended.Īs opposed to just streaming a song on Spotify, playing vinyl also “adds an alternate tactile experience to your listening,” Peter Hahn, owner and founder of Turntable Lab in Brooklyn, New York, says.

In case you hadn't heard, vinyl is having a moment.
