From Issue Six of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Maybe it was a hand-me-down, maybe it was a spur-of-the-moment eBay grab, or maybe ...
Eight years ago, Mikey Weiss had wanted to build a display of vintage stereos at his Brooklyn store – “a museum piece,” he calls it – to show people what stereos looked like in the 1970s. His ...
You can’t doubt the appeal of vintage audio equipment, especially stereo receivers. With their giant metal knobs, faux-wood paneling and glow-up facades, they have a unique cool factor that modern ...
My ecoustics colleagues and I often field questions about why we like vintage audio gear or prefer it to modern equipment. Let us explain why. “Most old turntables are also sub-par performance-wise.
The vast majority of people today get their music digitally, listening through earbuds, headphones or small Bluetooth speakers. But there is a small — yet growing — group of music lovers for whom ...
Editor's Note: This story was originally published in December 2018. A native of Italy, Adriano “Max” Isernia’s varied career has included selling clothes, running a bank’s branch office and managing ...
This episode explores why vintage audio hi-fi gear has suddenly become so sought after with @audioloveyyc and @budget_audiophiler. The ecoustics team examines the reasons behind the resurgence of ...
[Jean] was shopping around for a vintage stereo receiver, and happened upon a broken, but repairable Marantz 4240. After getting things back to working order, he thought it would be great if he could ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In a society enamored by the next newest thing, there are still people who like their books on paper, prefer their thank-you notes handwritten, would rather ...