Q. Why do so many audio fans seem to prefer a vintage receiver over new receivers with modern technology? Are there actual reasons that older equipment can sound different or better? I have a Technics ...

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 ...

I'm in the process of putting together a budget hi-fi system and I am curious for any advice fellow Arsians could provide. I would like a system that is purely stereo and produces high SQ rather than ...

The Turntable Vintage Audio has opened in Manheim where it sells a variety of stereo equipment and speakers from the 1970s and 1980s. The roughly 1,000-square-foot shop at 27 N. Main St. carries ...

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 ...

Being an audiophile is hard to do on a budget, but it is possible. Weblog MakeUseOf notes that buying vintage audio gear is a great way to get bang for your buck. For the money you put in, an old ...

Grandpa smell. Let’s talk about it. My grandpa smelled great, and I have no complaints about my kid’s grandads, so forgive me for the sweeping statement. But there’s something about the smell of some ...

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 ...

The lengths the retrocomputing devotee must go to in order to breathe new life into old gear can border on the heroic. Tracing down long-discontinued parts, buying multiple copies of the same unit to ...

For serious audiophiles, there’s no comparing modern stereo systems to the equipment being produced from the 1950s to the ’70s. Nowadays, electronics are made to be upgraded and replaced every few ...

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 ...